Genesis 1:6

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

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  • Jer 51:15 : 15 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
  • Ps 104:2 : 2 Who coverest [thyself] with light as [with] a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
  • Job 37:18 : 18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, [which is] strong, [and] as a molten looking glass?
  • Ps 33:6 : 6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
  • Job 26:7-8 : 7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, [and] hangeth the earth upon nothing. 8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
  • Ps 33:9 : 9 For he spake, and it was [done]; he commanded, and it stood fast.
  • Ps 136:5-6 : 5 To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy [endureth] for ever. 6 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
  • Zech 12:1 : 1 ¶ The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
  • Ps 19:1 : 1 ¶ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
  • Jer 10:12-13 : 12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion. 13 When he uttereth his voice, [there is] a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
  • Ps 148:4 : 4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that [be] above the heavens.
  • Ps 150:1 : 1 ¶ Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
  • Eccl 11:3 : 3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty [themselves] upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
  • Jer 10:10 : 10 But the LORD [is] the true God, he [is] the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
  • Job 38:22-26 : 22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, 23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war? 24 By what way is the light parted, [which] scattereth the east wind upon the earth? 25 ¶ Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; 26 To cause it to rain on the earth, [where] no man [is; on] the wilderness, wherein [there is] no man;
  • Job 26:13 : 13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
  • Job 37:11 : 11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
  • Gen 1:14 : 14 ¶ And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
  • Gen 1:20 : 20 ¶ And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl [that] may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
  • Gen 7:11-12 : 11 ¶ In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

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    7And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which [were] under the firmament from the waters which [were] above the firmament: and it was so.

    8And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

    9¶ And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry [land] appear: and it was so.

    10And God called the dry [land] Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that [it was] good.

    11And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, [and] the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed [is] in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

  • Gen 1:13-24
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    13And the evening and the morning were the third day.

    14¶ And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

    15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

    16And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: [he made] the stars also.

    17And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

    18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that [it was] good.

    19And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

    20¶ And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl [that] may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

    21And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.

    22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

    23And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

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    1¶ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

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    3¶ And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

    4And God saw the light, that [it was] good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

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