Genesis 1:7
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.
Genesis 1:7 in other translations
| BSB | So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so. |
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| WEB | 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. |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | 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. |
| DARBY | 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. |
| BBE | And God made the arch for a division between the waters which were under the arch and those which were over it: and it was so. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Genesis 1:7 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 1:6-13
The earth was emptiness, but by a word spoken, it became full of God's riches, and his they are still. Though the use of them is allowed to man, they are from God, and to his service and honour they must be used. The earth, at his command, brings forth grass, herbs, and fruits. God must have the glory of all the benefit we receive from the produce of the earth. If we have, through grace, an interest in Him who is…
Genesis 1:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 1:7
- Proverbs 8:28-29
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
- Psalms 148:4
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.
- Matthew 8:27
But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
- Job 38:8-11
Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
- Genesis 1:9
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
- Job 26:8
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
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Context
- Genesis 1:6
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
- Genesis 1:7
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.
- Genesis 1:8
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Genesis 1:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | E hizo Dios la expansión, y apartó las aguas que estaban debajo de la expansión, de las aguas que estaban sobre la expansión: y fué así. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Dieu fit l’étendue, et sépara les eaux qui sont au-dessous de l’étendue d’avec les eaux qui sont au-dessus de l’étendue. Et il fut ainsi. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Gott machte die Ausdehnung und schied die Wasser, welche unterhalb der Ausdehnung, von den Wassern, die oberhalb der Ausdehnung sind. Und es ward also. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et fecit Deus firmamentum, divisitque aquas, quæ erant sub firmamento, ab his, quæ erant super firmamentum. Et factum est ita. |