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God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
רקיע rāqı̂ya‛ — “expanse;” στερέωμα stereōma — רקע rāqa‛ — “spread out by beating, a…
19th Century
Anglican
A firmament. — This is the Latin translation of the Greek word used by the translators of the Septuagint Version. Undoubtedly, it …
Baptist
"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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16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
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