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Selected Verse: Genesis 1:17 - Webster

Verse         Translation Text
Ge 1:17 Webster And God set them in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth.
  King James And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

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The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
heaven

That is, the "heaven" of the stars; for example (Gen 15:5); (Luk 23:43).
 
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43 And Jesus said to him, Verily I say to thee, This day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now towards heaven, and tell the stars, if thou art able to number them: and he said to him, So shall thy seed be.