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…

And God made the firmament
By a word speaking, commanding it into being, producing it out of the chaos, and spreadin…

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…