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Genesis 1:6-8
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Matthew Henry on Genesis 1:6-13Genesis 1:6-13 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryThe earth was emptiness, but by a word spoken, it became full of God's riches, and his they are still. Though the use of them is allowed to man, they are from God, and to his service and honour they must be used. The ea…The Creation. (b. c. 4004.)Genesis 1:6-8 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleTHE CREATION. (B. C. 4004.) We have here an account of the second day's work, the creation of the firmament, in which observe, 1. The command of God concerning it: Let there be a firmament, an expansion, so the Hebrew w…The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 1:6Genesis 1:6 · The Pulpit CommentaryDay two. The work of this day consisted in the formation of that immense gaseous ocean, called the atmosphere, by which the earth is encircled. And God said, Let there be a firmament (rakiya, an expand, from rakah, to b…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Genesis 1:6-13The earth was emptiness, but by a word spoken, it became full of God's riches, and his they are still. Though the use of them is allowed to man, they are from God, and to his service and honour they must be used. The ea…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Creation. (b. c. 4004.)THE CREATION. (B. C. 4004.) We have here an account of the second day's work, the creation of the firmament, in which observe, 1. The command of God concerning it: Let there be a firmament, an expansion, so the Hebrew w…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 1:6Day two. The work of this day consisted in the formation of that immense gaseous ocean, called the atmosphere, by which the earth is encircled. And God said, Let there be a firmament (rakiya, an expand, from rakah, to b…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 1:7And God made the firmament. How the present atmosphere was evolved from the chaotic mass of waters the Mosaic narrative does not reveal. The primary intention of that record being not to teach science, but to discover r…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 1:7The atmospheric firmament. I. THE CREATURE OF GOD. 1. From God it received its being (Genesis 1:7). Not here alone, but in other parts, Scripture declares the firmament to be the Divine handiwork (Psalms 19:1; Psalms 10…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 1:8And God called the firmament heaven. Literally, the heights, shamayim, as in Genesis 1:1. "This," says Principal Dawson, "may be regarded as an intimation that no definite barrier separates our film of atmosphere from t…Joseph S. Exell and contributors