Focused Passage

Genesis 1:6-8

The Sovereign God Creates and Orders All Things

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

6 And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.”

7 So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.

8 God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

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References and Original Words

Verse 6

Cross-references

Jeremiah 51:15 Classic cross-references Job 37:18 Classic cross-references Psalms 33:6 Classic cross-references Job 26:7 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 10:12 Classic cross-references

Original words

And God אֱלֹהִ֔ים H430 Noun - masculine plural said וַיֹּ֣אמֶר H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Let there be יְהִ֥י H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular an expanse רָקִ֖יעַ H7549 Noun - masculine singular between בְּת֣וֹךְ H8432 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct the waters הַמָּ֑יִם H4325 Article | Noun - masculine plural to וִיהִ֣י H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular separate מַבְדִּ֔יל H914 Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular . . . בֵּ֥ין H996 Preposition the waters מַ֖יִם H4325 Noun - masculine plural from the waters לָמָֽיִם׃ H4325 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural

BSB notes

Or a canopy or a firmament or a vault; also in verses 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, and 20

Verse 7

Cross-references

Proverbs 8:28 Classic cross-references Psalms 148:4 Classic cross-references Matthew 8:27 Classic cross-references Job 38:8 Classic cross-references Jonah 2:10 Classic cross-references

Original words

So God אֱלֹהִים֮ H430 Noun - masculine plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker made וַיַּ֣עַשׂ H6213 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular the expanse הָרָקִיעַ֒ H7549 Article | Noun - masculine singular and separated וַיַּבְדֵּ֗ל H914 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular . . . בֵּ֤ין H996 Preposition the waters הַמַּ֙יִם֙ H4325 Article | Noun - masculine plural - אֲשֶׁר֙ H834 Pronoun - relative beneath מִתַּ֣חַת H8478 Preposition-m [it] לָרָקִ֔יעַ H7549 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular from וּבֵ֣ין H996 Conjunctive waw | Preposition the waters הַמַּ֔יִם H4325 Article | Noun - masculine plural - אֲשֶׁ֖ר H834 Pronoun - relative above מֵעַ֣ל H5921 Preposition-m - לָרָקִ֑יעַ H7549 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular And it was וַֽיְהִי־ H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular so כֵֽן׃ H3651 Adverb

Verse 8

Cross-references

Genesis 1:5 Classic cross-references Genesis 1:31 Classic cross-references Job 2:13 Classic cross-references

Original words

God אֱלֹהִ֛ים H430 Noun - masculine plural called וַיִּקְרָ֧א H7121 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular the expanse לָֽרָקִ֖יעַ H7549 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular sky שָׁמָ֑יִם H8064 Noun - masculine plural And there was וַֽיְהִי־ H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular evening עֶ֥רֶב H6153 Noun - masculine singular and there was וַֽיְהִי־ H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular morning בֹ֖קֶר H1242 Noun - masculine singular the second שֵׁנִֽי׃פ H8145 Number - ordinal masculine singular day י֥וֹם H3117 Noun - masculine singular

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