And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. God's almighty word continued to create on the second day. He caused a firm extension, or expansion, to be fixed in the midst of the waters, in the chaos where liquid and vapor were intermingled with the more solid substances. The purpose of this firmament was to keep separate the waters from the waters, as the text next explains.
Verse Genesis 1:6. _AND GOD SAID, LET THERE BE A FIRMAMENT_] Our translators, by following the _firmamentum_ of the Vulgate, which is a translation of the στερεωμα of the Septuagint, have deprived th...
- 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...
FIRMAMENT. expanse. Something spread out....
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....
LET THERE BE A FIRMAMENT IN THE MIDST OF THE WATERS— After having given an account of the generation of _light,_ the sacred writer goes on to inform us of the generation of the _air,_ or of that _expa...
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 FIRMAMENT] the sky, heavens. The word means something 'solid' or 'beaten out,' like a sheet of metal. The ancients supposed that the sky was a solid, vaulted dome stretched over the earth, its end...
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...
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,...
A FIRMAMENT. — This is the Latin translation of the Greek word used by the translators of the Septuagint Version. Undoubtedly it means something solid; and such was the idea of the Greeks, and probabl...
וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֔ים יְהִ֥י רָקִ֖יעַ בְּ תֹ֣
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...
_A firmament. By this name is here understood the whole space between the earth and the highest stars. The lower part of which divideth the waters that are upon the earth, from those that are above in...
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...
6_Let there be a firmament _(58) The work of the second day is to provide an empty space around the circumference of the earth, that heaven and earth may not be mixed together. For since the proverb,...
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 SAID, LET THERE BE A FIRMAMENT IN THE MIDST OF THE WATERS,.... On which the Spirit of God was sitting and moving, Genesis 1:2 part of which were formed into clouds, and drawn up into heaven by...
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. Ver. 6. _Let there be a firmament._] Yet not so firm, but it shall be dissolved. 2Pe 3...
_Let there be a firmament_ This term, which is an exact translation of the word used by the Septuagint, or Greek translation of the Old Testament, by no means expresses the sense of the word used by M...
[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...
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...
FIRMAMENT: _ Heb._ expansion...
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...
A FIRMAMENT; or, _an extension, _ or _a space_ or _place extended_ or _stretched out, _ and spread abroad like a tent or curtain, between the waters, though not exactly in the middle place; as _Tyrus_...
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 1:6 God H430 said H559 (H8799) firmament H7549 midst H8432 waters H4325 divide H914 (H8688) waters...
‘And God said “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.' Up to this time there has been no atmosphere, for creation is seen as being one bla...
FIRMAMENT Literally, expanse (that is, of waters beneath, of vapour above)....
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...
Let there. Genesis 1:14 Genesis 1:20 Genesis 7:11 Genesis 7:12 Job 26:7...
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...
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...
We have here an account of the second day's work, the creation of the firmament. In which observe, 1. The command of God; Let there be a firmament — An expansion; so the Hebrew word signifies, like a...