Verse 7

Genesis 1:7

World English Bible, British Edition

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