Genesis 1
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Genesis 1:7-14

7God made the 1expanse, and separated 2the waters which were below the 3expanse from the waters 4which were above the 5expanse; and it was so. 8God called the 6expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

9Then God said, “7Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let 8the dry land appear”; and it was so. 10God called the dry land earth, and the 9gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good. 11Then God said, “Let the earth sprout 1011vegetation, 12plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after 13their kind 14with seed in them”; and it was so. 12The earth brought forth 15vegetation, 16plants yielding seed after 17their kind, and trees bearing fruit 18with seed in them, after 19their kind; and God saw that it was good. 13There was evening and there was morning, a third day.

14Then God said, “Let there be 2021lights in the 2223expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for 24signs and for 25seasons and for days and years;

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 1:7 Or firmament ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 1:7 Job 38:8-11 ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 1:7 Or firmament ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 1:7 Ps 148:4 ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 1:7 Or firmament ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 1:8 Or firmament ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 1:9 Ps 104:6-9; Jer 5:22; 2 Pet 3:5 ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 1:9 Ps 24:1, 2; 95:5 ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 1:10 Ps 33:7; 95:5; 146:6 ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 1:11 Or grass ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 1:11 Ps 65:9-13; 104:14; Heb 6:7 ↩
  12. 12. Genesis 1:11 Or herbs ↩
  13. 13. Genesis 1:11 Lit its ↩
  14. 14. Genesis 1:11 Lit in which is its seed ↩
  15. 15. Genesis 1:12 Or grass ↩
  16. 16. Genesis 1:12 Or herbs ↩
  17. 17. Genesis 1:12 Lit its ↩
  18. 18. Genesis 1:12 Lit in which is its seed ↩
  19. 19. Genesis 1:12 Lit its ↩
  20. 20. Genesis 1:14 Or luminaries, light-bearers ↩
  21. 21. Genesis 1:14 Ps 74:16; 136:7 ↩
  22. 22. Genesis 1:14 Or firmament ↩
  23. 23. Genesis 1:14 Ps 19:1; 150:1 ↩
  24. 24. Genesis 1:14 Jer 10:2 ↩
  25. 25. Genesis 1:14 Ps 104:19 ↩

Commentaries on Genesis 1

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