Genesis 1:7

World English Bible (2000)

God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 148:4 : 4 Praise him, you heavens of heavens, You waters that are above the heavens.
  • Prov 8:28-29 : 28 when he established the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong, 29 when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth;
  • Eccl 11:3 : 3 If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.
  • Gen 1:9 : 9 God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;" and it was so.
  • Gen 1:11 : 11 God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth;" and it was so.
  • Gen 1:15 : 15 and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth;" and it was so.
  • Gen 1:24 : 24 God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind;" and it was so.
  • Job 26:8 : 8 He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.
  • Job 38:8-9 : 8 "Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth from the womb, 9 when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness, 10 marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors, 11 and said, 'Here you may come, but no further. Here your proud waves shall be stayed?'
  • Ps 104:10 : 10 He sends forth springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains.

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    1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

    2 Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.

    3 God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.

    4 God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.

    5 God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." There was evening and there was morning, one day.

    6 God said, "Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."

  • Gen 1:8-11
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    8 God called the expanse "sky." There was evening and there was morning, a second day.

    9 God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;" and it was so.

    10 God called the dry land "earth," and the gathering together of the waters he called "seas." God saw that it was good.

    11 God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth;" and it was so.

  • Gen 1:13-23
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    13 There was evening and there was morning, a third day.

    14 God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;

    15 and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth;" and it was so.

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

    17 God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,

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

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

    20 God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky."

    21 God created the large sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.

    22 God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."

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    4 This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens.

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    28 when he established the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong,

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    10 It happened after the seven days, that the waters of the flood came on the earth.

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    12 The rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.

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    2 The deep's fountains and the sky's windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

  • Gen 7:17-20
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    17 The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ship, and it was lifted up above the earth.

    18 The waters prevailed, and increased greatly on the earth; and the ship floated on the surface of the waters.

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    20 The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.

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    1 The heavens and the earth were finished, and all their vast array.

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    6 By Yahweh's word, the heavens were made; all their army by the breath of his mouth.

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    5 For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water, by the word of God;

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    1 The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork.

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    26 God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

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    6 but a mist went up from the earth, and watered the whole surface of the ground.

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    4 Praise him, you heavens of heavens, You waters that are above the heavens.

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    14 In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.

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    22 Over the head of the living creature there was the likeness of an expanse, like the awesome crystal to look on, stretched forth over their heads above.

  • Exod 14:21
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    21 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and Yahweh caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

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    10 He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.

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    13 He split the sea, and caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand as a heap.

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    25 There was a voice above the expanse that was over their heads: when they stood, they let down their wings.

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    6 You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains.