Genesis 1:7 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 1:7

5 God called the light Day, and the ^adarkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.

6 Then God said, ^a“Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”

7 Thus God made the firmament, ^aand divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were ^babove the firmament; and it was so.

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

9 Then God said, ^a“Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and ^blet the dry land appear”; and it was so.

10 And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

11 Then God said, “Let the earth ^abring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the ^bfruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth”; and it was so.

12 And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

13 So the evening and the morning were the third day.

Verse Comparison: Genesis 1:7

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American Standard Version
And 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.

Amplified® Bible
And God made the firmament [the expanse] and separated the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse. And it was so.

Contemporary English Version
And that's what happened. God made the dome

Darby English Version
And God made the expanse, and divided between the waters that are under the expanse and the waters that are above the expanse; and it was so.

Good News Bible
(SEE 1:6)

King James Version
And 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.

New American Standard Bible
God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

New International Version
So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so.

New King James Version
Thus 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.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
God made the expanse, and separated the waters which located below the expanse from the waters which located above the expanse; and it came to pass.

Revised Standard Version
And God made the firmament and separated the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament. And it was so.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

New English Translation
So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it.¹ It was so.²

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