Genesis 1:3-10
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
3 Then God said: Let there be light, and there was light.(A) 4 God saw that the light was good. God then separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” Evening came, and morning followed—the first day.[a]
6 Then God said: Let there be a dome in the middle of the waters, to separate one body of water from the other. 7 God made the dome,[b] and it separated the water below the dome from the water above the dome. And so it happened.(B) 8 God called the dome “sky.” Evening came, and morning followed—the second day.
9 Then God said: Let the water under the sky be gathered into a single basin, so that the dry land may appear. And so it happened: the water under the sky was gathered into its basin, and the dry land appeared.(C) 10 God called the dry land “earth,” and the basin of water he called “sea.” God saw that it was good.
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- 1:5 In ancient Israel a day was considered to begin at sunset.
- 1:7 The dome: the Hebrew word suggests a gigantic metal dome. It was inserted into the middle of the single body of water to form dry space within which the earth could emerge. The Latin Vulgate translation firmamentum, “means of support (for the upper waters); firmament,” provided the traditional English rendering.
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