George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Genesis 1:7
Above the firmament and stars, according to some of the Fathers; or these waters were vapours and clouds arising from the earth, and really divided from the lower waters contained in the sea. (Calmet)
Above the firmament and stars, according to some of the Fathers; or these waters were vapours and clouds arising from the earth, and really divided from the lower waters contained in the sea. (Calmet)
- IV. The Second Day 6. רקיע _rāqı̂ya‛_, “expanse;” στερέωμα _stereōma_, רקע _rāqa‛_, “spread out by beating, as leaf gold.” This expanse was not understood to be solid, as the fowl is said to fly...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE CREATION ACCOUNT The manner in which the book of Genesis begins leaves no doubt that it is the revelation of God. The creation account is historical truth. The questio...
When, on the second morning, light resumes the sway which had been interrupted by the night, God begins the task of evolving order out of chaos. First He makes a firmament, by which is meant a solid v...
MADE. Occurs. times. App-5....
_and it was so_ This formula is here out of place. See previous note....
The Firmament of the Heaven 6. _Let there be … waters_ The work of the "second day" is the creation of the so-called "firmament" of heaven. The Hebrews had no conception of an infinite ethereal space....
AND GOD CALLED, &C.— And this _expanse_ God called _heaven, shemmim,_ (because _waters_ were _there_ placed,) from שׁם _sham,_ there, and מים _maim,_ waters: a derivation the rather to be approved, be...
Day Two: The Atmosphere (Genesis 1:6-8) _And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the w...
PART SIX: THE FIRST FOUR DAYS OF THE COSMIC WEEK OF BEGINNINGS Genesis 1:2-19 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The verb _bara,_ translated create, writes Skinner (ICC, 15) is u...
_AND GOD SAID, LET THERE BE A FIRMAMENT IN THE MIDST OF THE WATERS, AND LET IT DIVIDE THE WATERS FROM THE WATERS._ Let there be a firmament, х_ RAAQIYA`_ (H7549)] - expansion. Our version, following...
THE CREATION 'The foundation of foundations and pillar of all wisdom is to know that the First Being is, and that He giveth existence to everything that exists! 'Thus wrote Moses Maimonides, a Jewish...
The space is the sky or the atmosphere. The ‘waters above the space’ may be outer space. That is where the sun and the stars are. The ‘waters under the space’ are the seas. V9 After that God said, ‘L...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ ABOUT GENESIS Many people think that Moses wrote Genesis. If he did, other people probably helped him. And if he did, he may have used some of the words o...
EXCURSUS B: ON THE NAMES ELOHIM AND JEHOVAH-ELOHIM. Throughout the first account of creation (Genesis 1:1 to Genesis 2:3) the Deity is simply called _Elohim._ This word is strictly a plural of _Eloah,...
GOD MADE THE FIRMAMENT. — This wide open expanse upon earth’s surface, supplied by the chemistry of nature — that is, of God — with that marvellous mixture of gases which form atmospheric air, was a p...
וַ יַּ֣עַשׂ אֱלֹהִים֮ אֶת ־הָ רָקִיעַ֒ וַ
THE CREATION Genesis 1:1; Genesis 2:1 IF anyone is in search of accurate information regarding the age of this earth, or its relation to the sun, moon, and stars, or regarding the order in which plan...
SKY, EARTH, SEASONS Genesis 1:6 There were successive stages in creation. The days probably represent long periods. It is so with the new creation in our hearts. See 2 Corinthians 5:17. In nature the...
The opening sentence of the Book of Genesis is an interpretation of the fact "that what is seen hath not been made out of things which do appear" Hebrews 11:3), and accounts for the things which are s...
"GOD CREATED" It should be noted the writer of this account is not concerned with science. However, no proven fact of science contradicts any scripture. The expression "and God" is used 28 times in Ge...
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which [were] (f) under the firmament from the waters which [were] above the firmament: and it was so. (f) As the sea and rivers, from those waters t...
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over...
There is one characteristic of divine revelation to which attention may be profitably called as a starting point. We have to do with facts. The Bible alone is a revelation of facts, and, we can add (n...
Let us examine then the contents of this book in order. First, we have the creation creation in which man is found placed on earth as centre and head. We have first the WORK of God, and then the REST...
AND GOD MADE THE FIRMAMENT,.... By a word speaking, commanding it into being, producing it out of the chaos, and spreading it in that vast space between the heaven of heavens and our earth z. AND DIV...
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which [were] under the firmament from the waters which [were] above the firmament: and it was so. Ver. 7. _Waters which were above the firmament._]...
[THE CREATION OF THE WORLD.] 1 The creation of Heauen and Earth, 3 of the light, 6 of the firmament, 9 of the earth separated from the waters, 11 and made fruitfull, 14 of the Sunne, Moone, and...
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament. And it was so. Although there is no concrete, visible vault of the sky...
The Creation of the Firmament...
THE GENESIS OF THE WORLD AND OF THE PRIMITIVE TIME OF THE HUMAN RACE, AS THE GENESIS OF THE PRIMITIVE RELIGION UNTIL THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEATHENDOM, AND OF ITS ANTITHESIS IN THE GERMINATING PATRIARCHAL...
In our human nature is a thirst to know about origins. God has given us this nature and God supplies the answer to our desire simply and decisively in the first statement of His own revelation to mank...
6-13 The earth was emptiness, but by a word spoken, it became full of God's riches, and his they are still. Though the use of them is allowed to man, they are from God, and to his service and honour...
THE FIRMAMENT here is either, 1. The starry heaven; so called, not from its solidity, but from its fixed, durable, and, in a sort, incorruptible and unchangeable nature. Or, 2. The air; called here,...
There is something peculiarly striking in the manner in which the Holy Ghost opens this sublime book. He introduces us, at once, to God, in the essential fullness of His Being, and the solitariness of...
Genesis 1:7 God H430 made H6213 (H8799) firmament H7549 divided H914 (H8686) waters H4325 which H834 under...
‘And God made the firmament and separated the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament, and it was so. And God called the firmament Sky (or Heaven). And the...
Genesis 1 It is possible that God made at first only one kind of matter, the germ of all the universe. Indeed, Scripture seems to hint this in the sublime record of the origin of light: "And God said...
Genesis 1:1. _In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth._ When that «beginning» was, we cannot tell. It may have been long ages before God fitted up this world for the abode of man, but i...
CONTENTS: Original creation and the renovating of earth for habitation of man. Creation of animal and human life. CHARACTERS: God, Genesis 1:1. Spirit, Genesis 1:2. Christ, Genesis 1:26 (See...
_Let there be a firmament_ THE ATMOSPHERE I. THE ATMOSPHERE IS NECESSARY TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HUMAN LIFE. 1. Gathers up the vapours. 2. Throws them down again in rain, snow, or dew, when needed....
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 1:6 As light was separated from darkness, so the WATERS are separated to form an EXPANSE, which God calls HEAVEN. It is difficult to find a single English word
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 1:1 Primeval History. Genesis 1:1 surveys the history of the world before Abraham, while chs....
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 1:6. Firmament] Or: “expanse;” prop. “something beaten out.” “expanded.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Genesis 1:6_ THE ATMOSPHERE The word here translated “firmament...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 1:6 _Day_ _two_._ _The work of this day consisted in the formation of that immense gaseous ocean, called the atmosphere, by which the earth is encircled. AND GOD SAID, LET THERE BE...
Shall we now turn in our Bibles to Genesis chapter one, verse one? The word Genesis in Hebrew means "beginning." And so, it is "the book of the beginnings", and in Genesis we find the beginning of the...
divided. Proverbs 8:28 Proverbs 8:29 above. Job 26:8 Psalms 104:10 Psalms 1
THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT Genesis 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have a very interesting study to set before you today. Most of us realize how vital a part the Holy Spirit plays in our own exp...
IN THE BEGINNING GOD Genesis 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In these days of humanizing God, we need to give more time to the study of God's eternity. The Bible opens with the expression, "In the beginning...