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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.

KJV

Et fecit Deus firmamentum, divisitque aquas, quæ erant sub firmamento, ab his, quæ erant super firmamentum. Et factum est ita.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸ στερέωμα· καὶ διεχώρισεν ὁ θεὸς ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ ὕδατος ὃ ἦν ὑποκάτω τοῦ στερεώματος, καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ ὕδατος τοῦ ἐπάνω τοῦ στερεώματος.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יַּ֣עַשׂ אֱלֹהִים֮ אֶת הָ/רָקִיעַ֒ וַ/יַּבְדֵּ֗ל בֵּ֤ין הַ/מַּ֨יִם֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ מִ/תַּ֣חַת לָ/רָקִ֔יעַ וּ/בֵ֣ין הַ/מַּ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֖ר מֵ/עַ֣ל לָ/רָקִ֑יעַ וַֽ/יְהִי כֵֽן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֵּ֥ין
byn
noun · 405×
הַבְדִּ֕יל
hbdyl
verb · 42×
ו
v
noun · 505×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
רָקִ֔יעַ
rqy'
noun · 17×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 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.
  • Gen 1:20 — And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
  • Gen 7:11 — In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
  • Job 38:8 — Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
  • Jonah 2:10 — And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
  • Matt 8:27 — But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
  • Prov 8:28 — When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
  • Ps 148:4 — Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.
  • Ps 148:4 — Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.