Genesis 1:7

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 148:4 : 4 Praise him, O highest heaven, and you waters above the sky!
  • Prov 8:28-29 : 28 when he established the clouds above, when he secured the fountains of the deep, 29 when he gave the sea his decree that the waters should not pass over his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
  • 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.
  • Gen 1:9 : 9 God said,“Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear.” It was so.
  • Gen 1:11 : 11 God 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 1:15 : 15 and let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.” It was so.
  • Gen 1:24 : 24 God 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.
  • Job 26:8 : 8 He locks the waters in his clouds, and the clouds do not burst with the weight of them.
  • Job 38:8-9 : 8 “Who shut up the sea with doors when it burst forth, coming out of the womb, 9 when I made the storm clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band, 10 when I prescribed its limits, and set in place its bolts and doors, 11 when I said,‘To here you may come and no farther, here your proud waves will be confined’?
  • Ps 104:10 : 10 He turns springs into streams; they flow between the mountains.

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