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Genesis 1:5-7
New Catholic Bible
Genesis 1:5-7
New Catholic Bible
5 And he called the light day, and he called the darkness night. This was the evening and the morning of the first day.
6 God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters to separate one set of waters from the other.”[a] 7 God separated the firmament from the waters, those waters that are under the firmament from those that are above the firmament. And it was so.
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- Genesis 1:6 The ancient Semites viewed the heavens as a vault made of a solid material—the firmament—which holds back the waters above and separates them from the waters below; from openings in it—the floodgates (see Gen 7:11)—the flood will pour down.
Genesis 1:5-7
New International Version
Genesis 1:5-7
New International Version
5 God called(A) the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.”(B) And there was evening, and there was morning(C)—the first day.
6 And God said,(D) “Let there be a vault(E) between the waters(F) to separate water from water.” 7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it.(G) And it was so.(H)
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