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The Sky is an "Expanse"
Commentators like Calvin and Barnes clarify that the Hebrew word for "firmament" (rāqı̂ya‛) means "expanse," not a solid dome as some translations might imply. The creation account uses descriptive language for ordinary people, portraying the sky as the vast space God created to separate the waters above (clouds) from the waters below (seas).
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 1:6–8
18th Century
Theologian
רקיע rāqı̂ya‛ — “expanse;” στερέωμα stereōma — רקע rāqa‛ — “spread out by beating, a…
Charles Ellicott
On Genesis 1:6
19th Century
Bishop
A firmament. — This is the Latin translation of the Greek word used by the translators of the Septuagint Version. Undoubtedly, it …
Charles Spurgeon
On Genesis 1:6–8
19th Century
Preacher
"The firmament"—an expanse of air in which floated the waters which afterwards condensed, and fell upon the earth in refreshing showers. These wate…
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John Calvin
On Genesis 1:6
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On Genesis 1:6
17th Century
Pastor
And God said, let there be a firmament in the midst of
the waters
On which the Spirit…
Matthew Henry
On Genesis 1:6–13
17th Century
Minister
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…