Genesis 1:7

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And God maketh the expanse, and it separateth between the waters which `are' under the expanse, and the waters which `are' above the expanse: and it is so.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 148:4 : 4 Praise ye Him, heavens of heavens, And ye waters that are above the heavens.
  • Prov 8:28-29 : 28 In His strengthening clouds above, In His making strong fountains of the deep, 29 In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth,
  • Eccl 11:3 : 3 If the thick clouds are full of rain, On the earth they empty `themselves'; And if a tree doth fall in the south or to the north, The place where the tree falleth, there it is.
  • Gen 1:9 : 9 And God saith, `Let the waters under the heavens be collected unto one place, and let the dry land be seen:' and it is so.
  • Gen 1:11 : 11 And God saith, `Let the earth yield tender grass, herb sowing seed, fruit-tree (whose seed `is' in itself) making fruit after its kind, on the earth:' and it is so.
  • Gen 1:15 : 15 and they have been for luminaries in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth:' and it is so.
  • Gen 1:24 : 24 And God saith, `Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind:' and it is so.
  • Job 26:8 : 8 Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.
  • Job 38:8-9 : 8 And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out. 9 In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band, 10 And I measure over it My statute, And place bar and doors, 11 And say, `Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.'
  • Ps 104:10 : 10 Who is sending forth fountains in valleys, Between hills they go on.

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    3and God saith, `Let light be;' and light is.

    4And God seeth the light that `it is' good, and God separateth between the light and the darkness,

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    15and they have been for luminaries in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth:' and it is so.

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    18and to rule over day and over night, and to make a separation between the light and the darkness; and God seeth that `it is' good;

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    22And God blesseth them, saying, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and the fowl let multiply in the earth:'

    23and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day fifth.

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