Genesis 1:6

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God said,“Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters and let it separate water from water.”

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  • Jer 51:15 : 15 He is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom fixed the world in place, by his understanding he spread out the heavens.
  • Ps 104:2 : 2 He covers himself with light as if it were a garment. He stretches out the skies like a tent curtain,
  • Job 37:18 : 18 will you, with him, spread out the clouds, solid as a mirror of molten metal?
  • Ps 33:6 : 6 By the LORD’s decree the heavens were made; and by the breath of his mouth all the starry hosts.
  • Job 26:7-8 : 7 He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth on nothing. 8 He locks the waters in his clouds, and the clouds do not burst with the weight of them.
  • Ps 33:9 : 9 For he spoke, and it came into existence, he issued the decree, and it stood firm.
  • Ps 136:5-6 : 5 to the one who used wisdom to make the heavens, for his loyal love endures, 6 to the one who spread out the earth over the water, for his loyal love endures,
  • Zech 12:1 : 1 The Repentance of Judah This is an oracle, the LORD’s message concerning Israel: The LORD– he who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundations of the earth, who forms the human spirit within a person– says,
  • Ps 19:1 : 1 For the music director; a psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the sky displays his handiwork.
  • Jer 10:12-13 : 12 The LORD is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom established the world. And by his understanding he spread out the skies. 13 When his voice thunders, the heavenly ocean roars. He makes the clouds rise from the far-off horizons. He makes the lightning flash out in the midst of the rain. He unleashes the wind from the places where he stores it.
  • Ps 148:4 : 4 Praise him, O highest heaven, and you waters above the sky!
  • Ps 150:1 : 1 Praise the LORD! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in the sky, which testifies to his strength!
  • Eccl 11:3 : 3 If the clouds are full of rain, they will empty themselves on the earth, and whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, the tree will lie wherever it falls.
  • Jer 10:10 : 10 The LORD is the only true God. He is the living God and the everlasting King. When he shows his anger the earth shakes. None of the nations can stand up to his fury.
  • Job 38:22-26 : 22 Have you entered the storehouse of the snow, or seen the armory of the hail, 23 which I reserve for the time of trouble, for the day of war and battle? 24 In what direction is lightning dispersed, or the east winds scattered over the earth? 25 Who carves out a channel for the heavy rains, and a path for the rumble of thunder, 26 to cause it to rain on an uninhabited land, a wilderness where there are no human beings,
  • Job 26:13 : 13 By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
  • Job 37:11 : 11 He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through the clouds.
  • Gen 1:14 : 14 God said,“Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs to indicate seasons and days and years,
  • Gen 1:20 : 20 God said,“Let the water swarm with swarms of living creatures and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.”
  • Gen 7:11-12 : 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month– on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. 12 And the rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.

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  • Gen 1:7-11
    5 verses
    94%

    7So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. It was so.

    8God called the expanse“sky.” There was evening, and there was morning, a second day.

    9God said,“Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear.” It was so.

    10God called the dry ground“land” and the gathered waters he called“seas.” God saw that it was good.

    11God said,“Let the land produce vegetation: plants yielding seeds and trees on the land bearing fruit with seed in it, according to their kinds.” It was so.

  • Gen 1:13-24
    12 verses
    83%

    13There was evening, and there was morning, a third day.

    14God said,“Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs to indicate seasons and days and years,

    15and let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.” It was so.

    16God made two great lights– the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night. He made the stars also.

    17God placed the lights in the expanse of the sky to shine on the earth,

    18to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.

    19There was evening, and there was morning, a fourth day.

    20God said,“Let the water swarm with swarms of living creatures and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.”

    21God created the great sea creatures and every living and moving thing with which the water swarmed, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. God saw that it was good.

    22God blessed them and said,“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”

    23There was evening, and there was morning, a fifth day.

    24God said,“Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: cattle, creeping things, and wild animals, each according to its kind.” It was so.

  • Gen 1:1-5
    5 verses
    82%

    1¶ The Creation of the World In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

    2Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water.

    3God said,“Let there be light.” And there was light!

    4God saw that the light was good, so God separated the light from the darkness.

    5God called the light“day” and the darkness“night.” There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day.

  • Gen 1:26-28
    3 verses
    74%

    26Then God said,“Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth.”

    27God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them.

    28God blessed them and said to them,“Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground.”

  • Gen 2:4
    74%

    4The Creation of Man and Woman This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created– when the LORD God made the earth and heavens.

  • 2 Pet 3:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5For they deliberately suppress this fact, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago and an earth was formed out of water and by means of water.

    6Through these things the world existing at that time was destroyed when it was deluged with water.

  • Ps 33:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6By the LORD’s decree the heavens were made; and by the breath of his mouth all the starry hosts.

    7He piles up the water of the sea; he puts the oceans in storehouses.

  • Gen 2:6
    73%

    6Springs would well up from the earth and water the whole surface of the ground.

  • Ps 19:1
    72%

    1For the music director; a psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the sky displays his handiwork.

  • Prov 8:28
    72%

    28when he established the clouds above, when he secured the fountains of the deep,

  • Gen 8:2
    72%

    2The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of heaven were closed, and the rain stopped falling from the sky.

  • Job 26:10
    72%

    10He marks out the horizon on the surface of the waters as a boundary between light and darkness.

  • Ps 148:4
    72%

    4Praise him, O highest heaven, and you waters above the sky!

  • Jer 51:16
    71%

    16When his voice thunders, the waters in the heavens roar. He makes the clouds rise from the far-off horizons. He makes the lightning flash out in the midst of the rain. He unleashes the wind from the places where he stores it.

  • Gen 7:10
    70%

    10And after seven days the floodwaters engulfed the earth.

  • Gen 2:1
    70%

    1The heavens and the earth were completed with everything that was in them.

  • Ezek 1:25
    70%

    25Then there was a voice from above the platform over their heads when they stood still.

  • Exod 14:21
    70%

    21Moses stretched out his hand toward the sea, and the LORD drove the sea apart by a strong east wind all that night, and he made the sea into dry land, and the water was divided.

  • Ps 104:6
    70%

    6The watery deep covered it like a garment; the waters reached above the mountains.

  • Gen 8:15
    70%

    15Then God spoke to Noah and said,

  • Ezek 1:22
    70%

    22Over the heads of the living beings was something like a platform, glittering awesomely like ice, stretched out over their heads.

  • Gen 7:18
    70%

    18The waters completely overwhelmed the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.

  • Amos 9:6
    70%

    6He builds the upper rooms of his palace in heaven and sets its foundation supports on the earth. He summons the water of the sea and pours it out on the earth’s surface. The LORD is his name.

  • Gen 1:31
    69%

    31God saw all that he had made– and it was very good! There was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.