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Genesis 1:6-8

The Sovereign God Creates and Orders All Things

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

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

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

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Verse 6

Cross-references

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

Original words

And Godאֱלֹהִ֔יםH430Noun - masculine pluralsaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularLet there beיְהִ֥יH1961Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singularan expanseרָקִ֖יעַH7549Noun - masculine singularbetweenבְּת֣וֹךְH8432Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructthe watersהַמָּ֑יִםH4325Article | Noun - masculine pluraltoוִיהִ֣יH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singularseparateמַבְדִּ֔ילH914Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular. . .בֵּ֥יןH996Prepositionthe watersמַ֖יִםH4325Noun - masculine pluralfrom the watersלָמָֽיִם׃H4325Preposition-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 8:28Classic cross-references Psalms 148:4Classic cross-references Matthew 8:27Classic cross-references Job 38:8Classic cross-references Jonah 2:10Classic cross-references

Original words

So Godאֱלֹהִים֮H430Noun - masculine plural-אֶת־H853Direct object markermadeוַיַּ֣עַשׂH6213Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularthe expanseהָרָקִיעַ֒H7549Article | Noun - masculine singularand separatedוַיַּבְדֵּ֗לH914Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular. . .בֵּ֤יןH996Prepositionthe watersהַמַּ֙יִם֙H4325Article | Noun - masculine plural-אֲשֶׁר֙H834Pronoun - relativebeneathמִתַּ֣חַתH8478Preposition-m[it]לָרָקִ֔יעַH7549Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singularfromוּבֵ֣יןH996Conjunctive waw | Prepositionthe watersהַמַּ֔יִםH4325Article | Noun - masculine plural-אֲשֶׁ֖רH834Pronoun - relativeaboveמֵעַ֣לH5921Preposition-m-לָרָקִ֑יעַH7549Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singularAnd it wasוַֽיְהִי־H1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularsoכֵֽן׃H3651Adverb

Verse 8

Cross-references

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

Original words

Godאֱלֹהִ֛יםH430Noun - masculine pluralcalledוַיִּקְרָ֧אH7121Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularthe expanseלָֽרָקִ֖יעַH7549Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singularskyשָׁמָ֑יִםH8064Noun - masculine pluralAnd there wasוַֽיְהִי־H1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singulareveningעֶ֥רֶבH6153Noun - masculine singularand there wasוַֽיְהִי־H1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularmorningבֹ֖קֶרH1242Noun - masculine singularthe secondשֵׁנִֽי׃פH8145Number - ordinal masculine singulardayי֥וֹםH3117Noun - masculine singular

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