World English Bible
Genesis 1:8
“God called the expanse "sky." There was evening and there was morning, a second day.”
Verse in context — Genesis 1
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God 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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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.
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God called the expanse "sky." There was evening and there was morning, a second day.
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God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;" and it was so.
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God called the dry land "earth," and the gathering together of the waters he called "seas." God saw that it was good.
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The book of beginnings, describing creation, humanity’s fall, God’s promises, and the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph).
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