1. רקיע rāqı̂ya‛ — “expanse;” στερέωμα stereōma — רקע rāqa‛ — “spread out by beating, a…

EXCURSUS B: ON THE NAMES ELOHIM AND JEHOVAH-ELOHIM.

Throughout the first account of creation (Genesis 1:1 to Ge…

"The firmament"—an expanse of air in which floated the waters which afterwards condensed, and fell upon the earth in refreshing showers. These wate…

Let there be a firmament. The work of the second day is to provide an empty space around the circumference of the earth, so that heaven an…

And God said, let there be a firmament in the midst of
the waters
On which the Spirit…

The earth was emptiness, but by a word spoken, it became full of God's riches, and they are still His. Though their use is allowed to humanity, the…