Verse 6
Genesis 1:6
World English Bible, British Edition
6
God (Elohim) said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters,
and let it divide 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
1
In the beginning, God (Elohim) created the heavens and the
earth.
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2
The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep
and God (Elohim)’s Spirit...
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3
God (Elohim) said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
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4
God (Elohim) saw the light, and saw that it was good. God (Elohim) divided the light from
the darkne...
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5
God (Elohim) called the light “day”, and the darkness he called “night”. There
was evening and there...
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6
God (Elohim) said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters,
and let it divide the water...
7
God (Elohim) made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse
from the waters w...
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8
God (Elohim) called the expanse “sky”. There was evening and there was morning,
a second day.
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9
God (Elohim) said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to
one place, and let the dry...
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10
God (Elohim) called the dry land “earth”, and the gathering together of the waters
he called “seas”....
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11
God (Elohim) said, “Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seeds, and fruit
trees bearing fruit a...
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12
The earth yielded grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees
bearing fruit, with their s...
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13
There was evening and there was morning, a third day.
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14
God (Elohim) said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to divide
the day from the night;...
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15
and let them be for lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on
the earth;” and it was so.
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16
God (Elohim) made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and
the lesser light to r...
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17
God (Elohim) set them in the expanse of the sky to give light to the earth,
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18
and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light
from the darkness. God (Elohim)...
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19
There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
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20
God (Elohim) said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let
birds fly above the earth i...
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21
God (Elohim) created the large sea creatures and every living creature that moves,
with which the wa...
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22
God (Elohim) blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters
in the seas, and...
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23
There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
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24
God (Elohim) said, “Let the earth produce living creatures after their
kind, livestock, creeping thi...
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25
God (Elohim) made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock
after their kind, and...
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26
God (Elohim) said, “Let’s make man in our image, after our likeness. Let
them have dominion over the...
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27
God (Elohim) created man in his own image. In God (Elohim)’s image he created him; male
and female h...
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28
God (Elohim) blessed them. God (Elohim) said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the
earth, and su...
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29
God (Elohim) said, “Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of al...
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30
To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything
that creeps on the ear...
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31
God (Elohim) saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very
good. There was evening and t...
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