And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd God maketh the expanse, and it separateth between the waters which are under the expanse, and the waters which are above the expanse: and it is so.
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
AndGod made the expanse, and divided between the waters that are under the expanse and the waters that are above the expanse; and it was so.
So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.
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)