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Selected Verse: Genesis 1:8 - New American Standard Bible©
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ge 1:8 |
New American Standard Bible© |
God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day. |
| |
King James |
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
firmament
That is, the expanse above, the "heaven" of the clouds. (Gen 7:11); (Gen 8:2). |
2 Also the fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained;
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened.