21 Then God created the great whales, and euery thing liuing and mouing, which the waters brought foorth in abundance according to their kinde, and euery fethered foule according to his kinde: and God sawe that it was good.

20 Afterward God said, Let the waters bring foorth in abundance euery creeping thing that hath life: and let the foule flie vpon the earth in the open firmament of the heauen. 19 So the euening and the morning were the fourth day. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to shine vpon the earth, 18 And to rule in the day, and in the night, and to separate the light from the darkenesse: and God saw that it was good. 16 God then made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesse light to rule the night: he made also the starres. 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heauen to giue light vpon the earth: and it was so. 14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heauen, to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signes, and for seasons, and for dayes and yeeres. 13 So the euening and the morning were the third day. 12 And the earth brought foorth the bud of the herbe, that seedeth seede according to his kind, also the tree that beareth fruit, which hath his seed in it selfe according to his kinde: and God saw that it was good.

11 Then God said, Let the earth bud forth the bud of the herbe, that seedeth seed, the fruitfull tree, which beareth fruite according to his kinde, which hath his seede in it selfe vpon the earth: and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land, Earth, and he called the gathering together of the waters, Seas: and God saw that it was good. 9 God said againe, Let the waters vnder the heauen be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appeare. So the Euening and the morning were the second day. 7 Then God made the firmament, and separated the waters, which were vnder the firmament, from the waters which were aboue the firmament: and it was so. 6 Againe God said, Let there be a firmament in the mids of the waters: and let it separate the waters from the waters. So the euening and the morning were the first day. 5 And God called the Light, Day, and the darkenes, he called Night. 4 And God saw the light that it was good, and God separated the light from the darkenes. 3 Then God said, Let there be light: And there was light. 2 And the earth was without forme and void, and darkenesse was vpon the deepe, and the Spirit of God mooued vpon the waters. Once again, God and God alone is credited with creating the world as we know it.1 In the beginning God created the heauen and the earth. In any case, the larger point of the verse is that God's power includes the ability to order even the oceans to do His bidding and breathable air to come into existence on the earth. Others have speculated that a water 'canopy' once existed in the upper atmosphere that is no longer there in our day. The word-picture offered here seems to be of raising up the top part of the waters and inserting an open area: what we would usually think of as the 'air' above the sea or land.Д«ut what about the top layer, the 'waters' above the sky? Some scholars suggest those are the clouds of the upper atmosphere or simply the atmosphere itself. The Hebrew term is rДЃ'qi'a, which implies something solid and supportive. More specifically, God calls for something to be placed between the waters: a space or firmament or vault or sky or heaven (depending on the translation). Now God issues a command about those waters: separate them. Verse 2 indicated that the earth was formless, void, and covered by deep waters. In the prior verses, God completed the first day of creation, making light, day, and night. The corresponding days in the second half-days four, five, and six-show the creation of that new thing. The first half of these moments-days one, two, and three-prepare creation for some future component.

God will create something through His words, observe it, declare it good, and then Scripture will indicate the number of that creative day. Genesis chapter 1 follows a rigid structure, according to a very specific pattern.

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