Verse 6
Genesis 1:6
Bible in Basic English
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And God (Elohim) said, Let there be a solid arch stretching over the waters, parting the waters from the waters.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֔ים יְהִ֥י רָקִ֖יעַ בְּ/ת֣וֹךְ הַ/מָּ֑יִם וִ/יהִ֣י מַבְדִּ֔יל בֵּ֥ין מַ֖יִם לָ/מָֽיִם
English Translation
And God said, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it separate between the waters and the waters."
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Chapter 1 Context
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At the first God (Elohim) made the heaven and the earth.
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And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of...
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And God (Elohim) said, Let there be light: and there was light.
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And God (Elohim), looking on the light, saw that it was good: and God (Elohim) made a division betwe...
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Naming the light, Day, and the dark, Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first d...
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6
And God (Elohim) said, Let there be a solid arch stretching over the waters, parting the waters from...
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And God (Elohim) made the arch for a division between the waters which were under the arch and those...
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8
And God (Elohim) gave the arch the name of Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the...
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9
And God (Elohim) said, Let the waters under the heaven come together in one place, and let the dry l...
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10
And God (Elohim) gave the dry land the name of Earth; and the waters together in their place were na...
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11
And God (Elohim) said, Let grass come up on the earth, and plants producing seed, and fruit-trees gi...
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12
And grass came up on the earth, and every plant producing seed of its sort, and every tree producing...
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13
And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
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14
And God (Elohim) said, Let there be lights in the arch of heaven, for a division between the day and...
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15
And let them be for lights in the arch of heaven to give light on the earth: and it was so.
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16
And God (Elohim) made the two great lights: the greater light to be the ruler of the day, and the sm...
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17
And God (Elohim) put them in the arch of heaven, to give light on the earth;
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To have rule over the day and the night, and for a division between the light and the dark: and God...
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And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
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And God (Elohim) said, Let the waters be full of living things, and let birds be in flight over the...
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21
And God (Elohim) made great sea-beasts, and every sort of living and moving thing with which the wat...
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22
And God (Elohim) gave them his blessing, saying, Be fertile and have increase, making all the waters...
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23
And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
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And God (Elohim) said, Let the earth give birth to all sorts of living things, cattle and all things...
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And God (Elohim) made the beast of the earth after its sort, and the cattle after their sort, and ev...
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And God (Elohim) said, Let us make man in our image, like us: and let him have rule over the fish of...
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27
And God (Elohim) made man in his image, in the image of God (Elohim) he made him: male and female he...
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And God (Elohim) gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the...
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And God (Elohim) said, See, I have given you every plant producing seed, on the face of all the eart...
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And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the air and every living thing moving on the fa...
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And God (Elohim) saw everything which he had made and it was very good. And there was evening and th...
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