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Ge 1:6 Strong Concordance And God [0430] said [0559], Let there be a firmament [07549] in the midst [08432] of the waters [04325], and let it divide [0914] the waters [04325] from the waters [04325].
  King James And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
SECOND DAY. (Gen 1:6-8)

firmament--an expanse--a beating out as a plate of metal: a name given to the atmosphere from its appearing to an observer to be the vault of heaven, supporting the weight of the watery clouds. By the creation of an atmosphere, the lighter parts of the waters which overspread the earth's surface were drawn up and suspended in the visible heavens, while the larger and heavier mass remained below. The air was thus "in the midst of the waters," that is, separated them; and this being the apparent use of it, is the only one mentioned, although the atmosphere serves other uses, as a medium of life and light.
 
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6 And God [0430] said [0559], Let there be a firmament [07549] in the midst [08432] of the waters [04325], and let it divide [0914] the waters [04325] from the waters [04325].
7 And God [0430] made [06213] the firmament [07549], and divided [0914] the waters [04325] which [0834] were under [08478] the firmament [07549] from the waters [04325] which [0834] were above [05921] the firmament [07549]: and it was so [03651].
8 And God [0430] called [07121] the firmament [07549] Heaven [08064]. And the evening [06153] and the morning [01242] were the second [08145] day [03117].
2 I knew [1492] a man [444] in [1722] Christ [5547] above [4253] fourteen [1180] years [2094] ago [4253], (whether [1535] in [1722] the body [4983], I cannot [3756] tell [1492]; or whether [1535] out [1622] of the body [4983], I cannot [3756] tell [1492]: God [2316] knoweth [1492] such an one [5108] caught up [726] to [2193] the third [5154] heaven [3772].
8 And God [0430] called [07121] the firmament [07549] Heaven [08064]. And the evening [06153] and the morning [01242] were the second [08145] day [03117].
7 And God [0430] made [06213] the firmament [07549], and divided [0914] the waters [04325] which [0834] were under [08478] the firmament [07549] from the waters [04325] which [0834] were above [05921] the firmament [07549]: and it was so [03651].
20 And God [0430] said [0559], Let the waters [04325] bring forth abundantly [08317] the moving creature [08318] that hath [05315] life [02416], and fowl [05775] that may fly [05774] above [05921] the earth [0776] in the open [06440] firmament [07549] of heaven [08064].
14 And God [0430] said [0559], Let there be lights [03974] in the firmament [07549] of the heaven [08064] to divide [0914] the day [03117] from the night [03915]; and let them be for signs [0226], and for seasons [04150], and for days [03117], and years [08141]:
6 And God [0430] said [0559], Let there be a firmament [07549] in the midst [08432] of the waters [04325], and let it divide [0914] the waters [04325] from the waters [04325].
1 Praise [01984] ye the LORD [03050]. Praise [01984] God [0410] in his sanctuary [06944]: praise [01984] him in the firmament [07549] of his power [05797].
3 And they that be wise [07919] shall shine [02094] as the brightness [02096] of the firmament [07549]; and they that turn many [07227] to righteousness [06663] as the stars [03556] for ever [05769] and ever [05703].
21 And God [0430] created [01254] great [01419] whales [08577], and every living [02416] creature [05315] that moveth [07430], which the waters [04325] brought forth abundantly [08317], after their kind [04327], and every winged [03671] fowl [05775] after his kind [04327]: and God [0430] saw [07200] that it was good [02896].
24 And God [0430] said [0559], Let the earth [0776] bring forth [03318] the living [02416] creature [05315] after his kind [04327], cattle [0929], and creeping thing [07431], and beast [02416] of the earth [0776] after his kind [04327]: and it was so.
15 And let them be for lights [03974] in the firmament [07549] of the heaven [08064] to give light [0215] upon the earth [0776]: and it was so.
9 And God [0430] said [0559], Let the waters [04325] under the heaven [08064] be gathered together [06960] unto [0413] one [0259] place [04725], and let the dry [03004] land appear [07200]: and it was so.
6 And God [0430] said [0559], Let there be a firmament [07549] in the midst [08432] of the waters [04325], and let it divide [0914] the waters [04325] from the waters [04325].
7 And God [0430] made [06213] the firmament [07549], and divided [0914] the waters [04325] which [0834] were under [08478] the firmament [07549] from the waters [04325] which [0834] were above [05921] the firmament [07549]: and it was so [03651].
8 And God [0430] called [07121] the firmament [07549] Heaven [08064]. And the evening [06153] and the morning [01242] were the second [08145] day [03117].
4 Praise [01984] him, ye heavens [08064] of heavens [08064], and ye waters [04325] that be above the heavens [08064].
2 The fountains [04599] also of the deep [08415] and the windows [0699] of heaven [08064] were stopped [05534], and the rain [01653] from heaven [08064] was restrained [03607];
29 Also can any understand [0995] the spreadings [04666] of the clouds [05645], or the noise [08663] of his tabernacle [05521]?
13 He watereth [08248] the hills [02022] from his chambers [05944]: the earth [0776] is satisfied [07646] with the fruit [06529] of thy works [04639].
18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth [05127] from the noise [06963] of the fear [06343] shall fall [05307] into the pit [06354]; and he that cometh up [05927] out of the midst [08432] of the pit [06354] shall be taken [03920] in the snare [06341]: for the windows [0699] from on high [04791] are open [06605], and the foundations [04146] of the earth [0776] do shake [07493].
19 And that lord [07991] answered [06030] the man [0376] of God [0430], and said [0559], Now, behold, if the LORD [03068] should make [06213] windows [0699] in heaven [08064], might such a thing [01697] be? And he said [0559], Behold, thou shalt see [07200] it with thine eyes [05869], but shalt not eat [0398] thereof.
2 Then a lord [07991] on whose hand [03027] the king [04428] leaned [08172] answered [06030] the man [0376] of God [0430], and said [0559], Behold, if the LORD [03068] would make [06213] windows [0699] in heaven [08064], might this thing [01697] be? And he said [0559], Behold, thou shalt see [07200] it with thine eyes [05869], but shalt not eat [0398] thereof.
23 Though he had commanded [06680] the clouds [07834] from above [04605], and opened [06605] the doors [01817] of heaven [08064],
11 In [08141] the six [08337] hundredth [03967] year [08141] of Noah's [05146] life [02416], in the second [08145] month [02320], the seventeenth [07651] [06240] day [03117] of the month [02320], the same [02088] day [03117] were all the fountains [04599] of the great [07227] deep [08415] broken up [01234], and the windows [0699] of heaven [08064] were opened [06605].
12 And the rain [01653] was upon the earth [0776] forty [0705] days [03117] and forty [0705] nights [03915].
12 And God [0430] said [0559], This is the token [0226] of the covenant [01285] which I [0589] make [05414] between me and you and every living [02416] creature [05315] that is with you, for perpetual [05769] generations [01755]:
12 And the rain [01653] was upon the earth [0776] forty [0705] days [03117] and forty [0705] nights [03915].
2 And the earth [0776] was [01961] without form [08414], and void [0922]; and darkness [02822] was upon the face [06440] of the deep [08415]. And the Spirit [07307] of God [0430] moved [07363] upon [05921] the face [06440] of the waters [04325].
1 And [2532] he shewed [1166] me [3427] a pure [2513] river [4215] of water [5204] of life [2222], clear [2986] as [5613] crystal [2930], proceeding [1607] out of [1537] the throne [2362] of God [2316] and [2532] of the Lamb [721].
2 And [2532] I saw [1492] as it were [5613] a sea [2281] of glass [5193] mingled [3396] with fire [4442]: and [2532] them that had gotten the victory [3528] over [1537] the beast [2342], and [2532] over [1537] his [846] image [1504], and [2532] over [1537] his [846] mark [5480], and over [1537] the number [706] of his [846] name [3686], stand [2476] on [1909] the sea [2281] of glass [5193], having [2192] the harps [2788] of God [2316].
6 And [2532] before [1799] the throne [2362] there was a sea [2281] of glass [5193] like [3664] unto crystal [2930]: and [2532] in [1722] the midst [3319] of the throne [2362], and [2532] round about [2945] the throne [2362], were four [5064] beasts [2226] full [1073] of eyes [3788] before [1715] and [2532] behind [3693].
8 And God [0430] called [07121] the firmament [07549] Heaven [08064]. And the evening [06153] and the morning [01242] were the second [08145] day [03117].
18 Hast thou with him spread out [07554] the sky [07834], which is strong [02389], and as a molten [03332] looking glass [07209]?
10 And they saw [07200] the God [0430] of Israel [03478]: and there was under his feet [07272] as it were a paved [03840] work [04639] of a sapphire stone [05601], and as it were the body [06106] of heaven [08064] in his clearness [02892].
22 It is he that sitteth [03427] upon the circle [02329] of the earth [0776], and the inhabitants [03427] thereof are as grasshoppers [02284]; that stretcheth out [05186] the heavens [08064] as a curtain [01852], and spreadeth them out [04969] as a tent [0168] to dwell in [03427]:
2 Hear [08085] my prayer [08605], O God [0430]; give ear [0238] to the words [0561] of my mouth [06310].
20 And God [0430] said [0559], Let the waters [04325] bring forth abundantly [08317] the moving creature [08318] that hath [05315] life [02416], and fowl [05775] that may fly [05774] above [05921] the earth [0776] in the open [06440] firmament [07549] of heaven [08064].
14 And God [0430] said [0559], Let there be lights [03974] in the firmament [07549] of the heaven [08064] to divide [0914] the day [03117] from the night [03915]; and let them be for signs [0226], and for seasons [04150], and for days [03117], and years [08141]:
15 And let them be for lights [03974] in the firmament [07549] of the heaven [08064] to give light [0215] upon the earth [0776]: and it was so.