OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 6

Genesis 1:6

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God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”

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Genesis 1:3–9

3

God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

4

God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.

5

God called the light “day”, and the darkness he called “night”. There was evening and there was morning, the first day.

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God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”

7

God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

8

God called the expanse “sky”. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.

9

God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;” and it was so.

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