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Ge 1:6 Darby And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a division between waters and waters.
  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 said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a division between waters and waters.
7 And God 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.
8 And God called the expanse Heavens. And there was evening, and there was morning -- a second day.
2 I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago, (whether in the body I know not, or out of the body I know not, God knows;) such a one caught up to the third heaven.
8 And God called the expanse Heavens. And there was evening, and there was morning -- a second day.
7 And God 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.
20 And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living souls, and let fowl fly above the earth in the expanse of the heavens.
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens, to divide between the day and the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
6 And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a division between waters and waters.
1 Hallelujah! Praise łGod in his sanctuary; praise him in the firmament of his power.
3 And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and they that turn the many to righteousness as the stars, for ever and ever.
21 And God created the great sea monsters, and every living soul that moves with which the waters swarm, after their kind, and every winged fowl after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth living souls after their kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth, after their kind. And it was so.
15 and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth. And it was so.
9 And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear. And it was so.
6 And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a division between waters and waters.
7 And God 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.
8 And God called the expanse Heavens. And there was evening, and there was morning -- a second day.
4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens.
2 And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were closed, and the pour of rain from heaven was stopped.
29 But can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the crashing of his pavilion?
13 He watereth the mountains from his upper-chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the sound of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are open, and the foundations of the earth shake.
19 And the captain answered the man of God and said, Behold, if Jehovah should make windows in the heavens, would such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
2 And the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God and said, Behold, if Jehovah should make windows in the heavens, would this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and had opened the doors of the heavens,
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that same day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the pour of rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.
12 And God said, This is the sign of the covenant that I set between me and you and every living soul that is with you, for everlasting generations:
12 And the pour of rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.
2 And the earth was waste and empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
1 And he shewed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, going out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
2 And I saw as a glass sea, mingled with fire, and those that had gained the victory over the beast, and over its image, and over the number of its name, standing upon the glass sea, having harps of God.
6 and before the throne, as a glass sea, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, four living creatures, full of eyes, before and behind;
8 And God called the expanse Heavens. And there was evening, and there was morning -- a second day.
18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, firm, like a molten mirror?
10 and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were work of transparent sapphire, and as it were the form of heaven for clearness.
22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a gauze curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;
2 O God, hear my prayer; give ear to the words of my mouth.
20 And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living souls, and let fowl fly above the earth in the expanse of the heavens.
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens, to divide between the day and the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
15 and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth. And it was so.