- IV. The Second Day 6. רקיע rāqı̂ya‛ , “expanse;” στερέωμα stereōma , רקע rāqa‛ , “spread out by beating, as leaf gold.” This ex...
And God called the firmament (g) Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. (g) That is, the region of the air, and all that is ab...
When, on the second morning, light resumes the sway which had been interrupted by the night, God begins the task of evolving order out of chaos. Firs...
Heaven . Hebrew high, lofty.
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. Let there be a firmament, х...
The Creation 'The foundation of foundations and pillar of all wisdom is to know that the First Being is, and that He giveth existence to everythin...
EXCURSUS B: ON THE NAMES ELOHIM AND JEHOVAH-ELOHIM. Throughout the first account of creation ( Genesis 1:1 to Genesis 2:3 ) the Deity is simply...
God called the firmament (the expanse) Heaven. — This is a Saxon word, and means something heaved up. The Hebrew probably means the heights, or...
THE CREATION Genesis 1:1-31 ; Genesis 2:1-25 IF anyone is in search of accurate information regarding the age of this earth, or its relation t...
Sky, Earth, Seasons Genesis 1:6-19 There were successive stages in creation. The days probably represent long periods. It is so with the new cr...
The opening sentence of the Book of Genesis is an interpretation of the fact "that what is seen hath not been made out of things which do appear" He...
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, an...
And God called the firmament heaven ,.... Including the starry and airy heavens: it has its name from its height in the Arabic language, it being ab...
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. Ver. 8. And the evening, &c. ] Here is no mention...
In our human nature is a thirst to know about origins. God has given us this nature and God supplies the answer to our desire simply and decisively i...
The Creation. B. C. 4004. 6 And God...
‘And God made the firmament and separated the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament, and it was so. An...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 1:6 . Firmament] Or: “expanse;” prop. “something beaten out.” “expanded.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Genesis...
firmament That is, the expanse above, the "heaven" of the clouds. ( Genesis 7:11 ); ( Genesis 8:2 ).
Genesis 1 It is possible that God made at first only one kind of matter, the germ of all the universe. Indeed, Scripture seems to hint this in the...
Genesis 1:1 . In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. When that «beginning» was, we cannot tell. It may have been long ages before...
Let there be a firmament The atmosphere I. THE ATMOSPHERE IS NECESSARY TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HUMAN LIFE. 1. Gathers up the vapours. 2. Th...
EXPOSITION Genesis 1:6 Day two . The work of this day consisted in the formation of that immense gaseous ocean, called the atmosphere,...
The Creation of the Firmament
and God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. God Himself applied the name heaven, or heavens, to the inv...
God. Genesis 1:5 Genesis 1:10 Genesis 5:2 evening. Genesis 1:5 Genesis 1:13 Genesis 1:19 Genesis 1:23 Genesis 1:31
In The Beginning God Genesis 1:1-10 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In these days of humanizing God, we need to give more time to the study of God's eterni...
The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament Genesis 1:1-18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have a very interesting study to set before you today. Most of us re...
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.