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Selected Verse: Genesis 1:8 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ge 1:8 |
Strong Concordance |
And God [0430] called [07121] the firmament [07549] Heaven [08064]. And the evening [06153] and the morning [01242] were the second [08145] day [03117]. |
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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 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];
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].