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Genesis 1:7 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so. "

Genesis 1:7

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5 God called the light “day”, and the darkness he called “night”. There was evening and there was morning, the first day.

6 God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”

7 God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

8 God called the expanse “sky”. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.

9 God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;” and it was so.

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