And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsYLT
And God saith, `Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be separating between waters and waters.'
ASV
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
DBT
AndGod said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a division between waters and waters.
WEB
And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.”
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)