be [1] a firmament made amidst the waters: and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7 And God made a firmament, and divided the waters that were under the firmament, from those that were above the firmament. And it was so.
8 And God called the firmament, Heaven: and the evening and morning were the second day.
9 God also said: Let the waters that are under the heaven, be gathered together into one place: and let the dry land appear. And it was so done.
10 And God called the dry land, Earth: and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
11 And he said: Let the earth bring forth the green herb, and such as may seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind, which may have seed in itself upon the earth. And it was so done.
12 And the earth brought forth the green herb, and such as yieldeth seed according to its kind, and the tree that beareth fruit, having seed each one according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
14 And God said: Let there be lights made in the firmament of heaven, to divide the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons and for days and years:
15 To shine in the firmament of heaven, and to give light upon the earth. And it was so done.
16 And God made [2] two great lights: a greater light to rule the day: and a lesser light to rule the night: and stars.
17 And he set them in the firmament of heaven, to shine upon the earth.
18 And to rule the day and the night, and to divide the light and the darkness.
- ↑ Ver. 6. A firmament. By this name is here understood the whole space between the earth and the highest stars. The lower part of which divideth the waters that are upon earth, from those that are above in the clouds.
- ↑ Ver. 16. Two great lights. God created on the first day Light, which being moved from east to west, by its rising and setting made morning and evening. But on the fourth day he ordered and distributed this light, and made the sun, moon, and stars. The moon, though much lesser than the stars, is here called a great light, from its giving a far greater light to the earth than any of them.
