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Selected Verse: Genesis 1:8 - Basic English
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ge 1:8 |
Basic English |
And God gave the arch the name of Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the 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 And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were shut, and the rain from heaven was stopped.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep came bursting through, and the windows of heaven were open;