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Genesis 1:6
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Genesis 1:6
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And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.”
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Genesis 1:6 in Other Translations
KJV
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And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
ESV
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And God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters."
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Then God said, “Let there be a space between the waters, to separate the waters of the heavens from the waters of the earth.”
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God spoke: "Sky! In the middle of the waters; separate water from water!"
CSB
6
Then God said, "Let there be an expanse between the waters, separating water from water."
Genesis 1:6 In-Context
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God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.
5
God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
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And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.”
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So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so.
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God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
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1.
S ver 3
2.
S ver 1;
Isaiah 44:24
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Jeremiah 10:12
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2 Peter 3:5
3.
ver 9;
Psalms 24:2
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Psalms 136:6
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