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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Genesis 1:8
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And God called the firmament Heauen. So the Euening and the morning were the seconde day.
And God called the firmament Sky. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
God called the expanse sky. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.
God named that space "sky." There was evening, and then there was morning. This was the second day.
And God called the expanse Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
And God gave the arch the name of Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
and named it "Sky." Evening came and then morning—that was the second day.
and God called the dome Sky. So there was evening, and there was morning, a second day.
And God called the expanse Heavens. And there was evening, and there was morning—a second day.
And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
And God called the firmament, Heauen: and the euening and the morning were the second day.
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
God called the expanse [of sky] heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
And God called the firmament Heaven, and God saw that it was good, and there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
God called the expanse "sky." And there was evening, and there was morning-the second day.
And God called the vaulted dome "heaven." And there was evening, and there was morning, a second day.
And God called the expanse, Heavens. And there was evening, and there was morning the second day.
God named the air "sky." Evening passed, and morning came. This was the second day.
God called the expanse "sky." There was evening, and there was morning, a second day.
And God called the firmament Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day.
God called the space "sky." And evening passed and morning came, marking the second day.
Then God called the open space Heaven. There was evening and there was morning, the second day.
And God called the firmament, Heaven; and the evening and morning were the second day.
And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
He named the dome "Sky." Evening passed and morning came—that was the second day.
And God clepide the firmament, heuene. And the euentid and morwetid was maad, the secounde dai.
And God calleth to the expanse `Heavens;' and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day second.
God called the expanse sky. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.
And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
And God called the firmament Heaven: and the evening and the morning were the second day.
And God called the firmament the heauen: and the euenyng and the mornyng were the seconde day.
God called the expanse “sky.” Evening came and then morning: the second day.
And God called ye firmament, Heauen. Then of the euenynge & mornynge was made the seconde daye.
God called the expanse "heaven." And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
God called the dome Sky. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
And God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
God: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 5:2
evening: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:19, Genesis 1:23, Genesis 1:31
Reciprocal: Exodus 27:21 - evening Job 2:13 - seven days Mark 14:30 - this day
Cross-References
and God called the light, day, but the darkness, called he, night. So it was evening - and it was morning, one day.
And God called, the dry-ground, land, but the gathering together of the waters, called he seas. And God saw that it was good.
So it was evening - and it was morning, a third day.
So it was evening - and it was morning, a fourth day.
So it was evening - and it was morning, a fifth day.
And God saw every thing which he had made, and lo! it was very good. So it was evening - and it was morning, the sixth day.
Male and female, created he them, - and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day they were created.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And God called the firmament heaven,.... Including the starry and airy heavens: it has its name from its height in the Arabic language, it being above the earth, and reaching to the third heaven; though others take the word "shamaim" to be a compound of two words, "sham" and "maim", that is, there are waters, namely, in the clouds of heaven:
and the evening; and the morning were the second day; these together made up the space of twenty four hours, which was another natural day; the body of light, created on the first day, having again moved round the chaos in that space of time; or else the chaos had turned round on its own axis in that time, which revolution produced a second day; and which, according to Capellus, was the nineteenth of April, and according to Bishop Usher the twenty fourth of October. It is an observation that everyone may make, that the phrase,
and God saw that it was good, is not used at the close of this day's work, as of the rest: the reason some Jewish writers give is, because the angels fell on this day; but it is a much better which Jarchi gives, and that is, because the work of the waters was not finished; it was begun on the second day, and perfected on the third d; and therefore the phrase is twice used in the account of the third day's work: the Septuagint version adds it here indeed, but without any foundation.
d Vid. Maimon. Moreh Nevochim, par. 2. c. 30.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
- IV. The Second Day
6. רק××¢ raÌqıÌyaâ, âexpanse;â ÏÏεÏεÌÏμα stereoÌma, רקע raÌqaâ, âspread out by beating, as leaf gold.â This expanse was not understood to be solid, as the fowl is said to fly on the face of it Genesis 1:21. It is also described as luminous Daniel 12:3, and as a monument of divine power Psalms 150:1.
7. עש×× âaÌsÌaÌh âwork on,â âmake out of already existing materials.â
The second act of creative power bears upon the deep of waters, over which the darkness had prevailed, and by which the solid crust was still overlaid. This mass of turbid and noisy water must be reduced to order, and confined within certain limits, before the land can be reached. According to the laws of material nature, light or heat must be an essential factor in all physical changes, especially in the production of gases and vapors. Hence, its presence and activity are the first thing required in instituting a new process of nature. Air naturally takes the next place, as it is equally essential to the maintenance of vegetable and animal life. Hence, its adjustment is the second step in this latest effort of creation.
Genesis 1:6
Let there be an expanse in the midst of the water. - For this purpose God now calls into existence the expanse. This is that interval of space between the earth on the one side and the birds on the wing, the clouds and the heavenly bodies on the other, the lower part of which we know to be occupied by the air. This will appear more clearly from a comparison of other passages in this chapter (Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20).
And let it be dividing between water and water. - It appears that the water in a liquid state was in contact with another mass of water, in the shape of dense fogs and vapors; not merely overhanging, but actually resting on the waters beneath. The object of the expanse is to divide the waters which are under it from those which are above it. Hence, it appears that the thing really done is, not to create the space that extends indefinitely above our heads (which, being in itself no thing, but only room for things, requires no creating), but to establish in it the intended disposition of the waters in two separate masses, the one above, and the other below the intervening expanse. This we know is effected by means of the atmosphere, which receives a large body of water in the state of vapor, and bears up a visible portion of it in the form of clouds. These ever-returning and ever-varying piles of mist strike the eye of the unsophisticated spectator; and when the dew is observed on the grass, or the showers of rain, hail, and snow are seen falling on the ground, the conclusion is obvious - that above the expanse, be the distance small or great, is laid up an unseen and inexhaustible treasury of water, by which the earth may be perpetually bedewed and irrigated.
The aqueous vapor is itself, as well as the element with which it is mingled, invisible and impalpable; but when condensed by cold it becomes apparent to the eye in the form of mists and clouds, and, at a certain point of coolness, begins to deposit itself in the palpable form of dew, rain, hail, or snow. As soon as it becomes obvious to the sense it receives distinguishing names, according to its varying forms. But the air being invisible, is unnoticed by the primitive observer until it is put in motion, when it receives the name of wind. The space it occupies is merely denominated the expanse; that is, the interval between us and the various bodies that float above and hang upon nothing, or nothing perceptible to the eye.
The state of things before this creative movement may be called one of disturbance and disorder, in comparison with the present condition of the atmosphere. This disturbance in the relations of air and water was so great that it could not be reduced to the present order without a supernatural cause. Whether any other gases, noxious or innocuous, entered into the constitution of the previous atmosphere, or whether any other ingredients were once held in solution by the watery deep, we are not informed. Whether any volcanic or plutonic violence had disturbed the scene, and raised a dense mass of gaseous damp and fuliginous matter into the airy region, is not stated. How far the disorder extended we cannot tell. We are merely certain that it reached over all the land known to man during the interval between this creation and the deluge. Whether this disorder was temporary or of long standing, and whether the change was effected by altering the axis of the earthâs rotation, and thereby the climate of the land of primeval man, or by a less extensive movement confined to the region under consideration, are questions on which we receive no instruction, because the solution does not concern our well-being. As soon as human welfare comes to be in any way connected with such knowledge, it will by some means be made attainable.
The introduction of the expanse produced a vast change for the better on the surface of the earth. The heavy mass of murky damp and aqueous steam commingling with the abyss of waters beneath is cleared away. The fogs are lifted up to the higher regions of the sky, or attenuated into an invisible vapor. A leaden mass of clouds still overshadows the heavens. But a breathing space of pure pellucid air now intervenes between the upper and lower waters, enveloping the surface of the earth, and suited for the respiration of the flora and fauna of a new world.
Let it be noted that the word âbeâ is here again employed to denote the commencement of a new adjustment of the atmosphere. This, accordingly, does not imply the absolute creation on the second day of our present atmosphere: it merely indicates the constitution of it out of the materials already at hand, - the selecting and due apportionment of the proper elements; the relegation of all now foreign elements to their own places; the dissipation of the lazy, deadening damps, and the establishment of a clear and pure air fit for the use of the future man. Any or all of these alterations will satisfy the form of expression here adopted.
Genesis 1:7
Then made God the expanse. - Here the distinction between command and execution is made still more prominent than in the third verse. For the word of command stands in one verse, and the effect realized is related in the next. Nay, we have the doing of the thing and the thing done separately expressed. For, after stating that God made the expanse, it is added, âand it was so.â The work accomplished took a permanent form, in which it remained a standing monument of divine wisdom and power.
Genesis 1:8
Then called God to the expanse, heaven. - This expanse is, then, the proper and original skies. We have here an interesting and instructive example of the way in which words expand in their significance from the near, the simple, the obvious, to the far and wide, the complex and the inferential: The heaven, in the first instance, meant the open space above the surface in which we breathe and move, in which the birds fly and the clouds float. This is the atmosphere. Then it stretches away into the seemingly boundless regions of space, in which the countless orbs of luminous and of opaque surfaces circumambulate. Then the heavens come to signify the contents of this indefinitely augmented expanse, - the celestial luminaries themselves. Then, by a still further enlargement of its meaning, we rise to the heaven of heavens, the inexpressibly grand and august presence-chamber of the Most High, where the cherubim and seraphim, the innumerable company of angels, the myriads of saints, move in their several grades and spheres, keeping the charge of their Maker, and realizing the joy of their being. This is the third heaven 2 Corinthians 12:2 to the conception of which the imaginative capacity of the human mind rises by an easy gradation. Having once attained to this majestic conception, man is so far prepared to conceive and compose that sublime sentence with which the book of God opens, - âIn the beginning God created âthe heavensâ and the earth.â
The expanse, or aerial space, in which this arrangement of things has been effected, having received its appropriate name, is recognized as an accomplished fact, and the second day is closed.
