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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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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 6. A firmament. By this name is here understood the whole space between the earth and the highest stars. The lower part of which divideth the waters that are upon the earth, from those that are above in the clouds. Challoner.—The Hebrew Rokia is translated stereoma, solidity by the Sept., and expansion by most of the moderns. The heavens are often represented as a tent spread out, Psalms 103:3. Calmet.
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