Genesis 1:6
Hebrew Text— Genesis 1:6God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”
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In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge.
All things were made through him. Without him, nothing was made that has been made.
The Rock: his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
In that day, Yahweh with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan, the fleeing serpent, and leviathan the twisted serpent; and he will kill the dragon that is in the sea.
“He has made the earth by his power. He has established the world by his wisdom. By his understanding he has stretched out the heavens.
This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
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.
For he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the floods.
He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
“Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for you.
By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.
I saw, and I heard an eagle, flying in mid heaven, saying with a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe for those who dwell on the earth, because of the other voices of the trumpets of the three angels, who are yet to sound!”
God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;” and it was so.
The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished.
But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain you; how much less this house that I have built!
Can you, with him, spread out the sky, which is strong as a cast metal mirror?
Into your hand I commend my spirit. You redeem me, Yahweh, God of truth.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
You, even you, are to be feared. Who can stand in your sight when you are angry?
The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh, your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
For Yahweh is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations.
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary. Praise Yahweh!
to him who by understanding made the heavens; for his loving kindness endures forever:
All your works will give thanks to you, Yahweh. Your saints will extol you.
Search in the book of Yahweh, and read: not one of these will be missing. None will lack her mate. For my mouth has commanded, and his Spirit has gathered them.
Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
God Yahweh, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it, says:
Yahweh, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb says: “I am Yahweh, who makes all things; who alone stretches out the heavens; who spreads out the earth by myself;
For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, says: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him who lives forever; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation.
Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.
For this they willfully forget that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water by the word of God,
God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature became its name.
They fell on their faces, and said, “God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?”
and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the army of the sky, you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Yahweh your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky.
Huram continued, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, endowed with discretion and understanding, who would build a house for Yahweh, and a house for his kingdom.
He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.
Yahweh is King forever and ever! The nations will perish out of his land.
Their voice has gone out through all the earth, their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,
By Yahweh’s word, the heavens were made: all their army by the breath of his mouth.
The heavens declare his righteousness. All the peoples have seen his glory.
to him who spread out the earth above the waters; for his loving kindness endures forever:
It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in,
Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their army by number. He calls them all by name. by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power, not one is lacking.
Have you forgotten Yahweh your Maker, who stretched out the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth? Do you live in fear continually all day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he prepares to destroy? Where is the fury of the oppressor?
For I will not contend forever, neither will I always be angry; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls whom I have made.
Yahweh, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar; Yahweh of Armies is his name, says:
Those who are wise will shine as the brightness of the expanse. Those who turn many to righteousness will shine as the stars forever and ever.
Jesus stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, “I want to. Be made clean.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
He was changed before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light.
For as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself.
For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity, that they may be without excuse.
He alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without defect to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?
We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork.
Yahweh’s voice makes the deer calve, and strips the forests bare. In his temple everything says, “Glory!”
For he spoke, and it was done. He commanded, and it stood firm.
For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, Yahweh saw the earth;
You send out your Spirit and they are created. You renew the face of the ground.
Let them praise Yahweh’s name, for he commanded, and they were created.
A revelation, Yahweh’s word concerning Israel. Yahweh, who stretches out the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him says:
“Even now the ax lies at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.
He said to the vine dresser, ‘Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why does it waste the soil?’
Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be arrogant, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;
His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, who, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high,
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
But whoever has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, then closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God’s love remain in him?
I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them.
God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs to mark seasons, days, and years;
God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning.
Praise him, you heavens of heavens, you waters that are above the heavens.
Praise Yah! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power!
If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.
But Yahweh is the true God. He is the living God, and an everlasting King. At his wrath, the earth trembles. The nations aren’t able to withstand his indignation.
I saw an angel flying in mid heaven, having an eternal Good News to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth, and to every nation, tribe, language, and people.