Genesis 1:7 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 1:6-8

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 word signifies, like a sheet spread, or a curtain drawn out. This includes all that is visible above the earth, between it and the third heavens: the air, its higher, middle, and lower, regions?the celestial globe, and all the spheres and orbs of light above: it reaches as high as the place where the stars... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:7

And God made the firmament ,.... By a word speaking, commanding it into being, producing it out of the chaos, and spreading it in that vast space between the heaven of heavens and our earth F26 ------and God made The firmament, expanse of liquid, pure, Transparent, elemental air, diffused In circuit to the uttermost convex Of this great round.------ Milton, Paradise Lost, B. 7. l. 263, &c.; , And divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 1:7

And 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 religious truth, the thing of paramount importance to be communicated was that the firmament was of God's construction. This, of course, does not prevent us from believing that the elimination of those gases (twenty-one parts of oxygen and seventy-nine of nitrogen, with a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 1:7

The 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 104:2 ). Whence we may note— 2. From God it received its function ( Genesis 1:6 ),—to divide between the upper and the lower waters,—which was— 3. From God it received its name. II. THE SERVANT OF MAN . 1. Indispensable . ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 1:6-8

- IV. The Second Day6. רקיע rāqı̂ya‛, “expanse;” στερέωμα stereōma, רקע rāqa‛, “spread out by beating, as leaf gold.” This expanse was not understood to be solid, as the fowl is said to fly on the face of it Genesis 1:21. It is also described as luminous Daniel 12:3, and as a monument of divine power Psalms 150:1.7. עשׂה ‛āśâh “work on,” “make out of already existing materials.”The second act of creative power bears upon the deep of waters, over which the darkness had prevailed, and by... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:1-31

THE STORY OF CREATIONThe Bible and scienceModern science has revealed so much about the wonders and the size of the physical universe that human beings may seem almost to be nothing. The Bible takes a different view. Human beings are its main concern, for they alone are made in God’s image. The story of creation is but an introduction to the story of God’s dealings with the human race. The Bible demonstrates this order of importance from the outset by fitting the story of creation into a mere... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 1:7

made. Occurs 7 times. App-5 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 1:6-8

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. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day."The creation of the earth's atmosphere was God's work on the second day of creation. Jamieson pointed out that the term... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 1:7

Genesis 1:7. And God called, &c.— And this expanse God called heaven, shemmim, (because waters were there placed,) from שׁם sham, there, and מים maim, waters: a derivation the rather to be approved, because, as we shall see throughout the scriptures, the Hebrew names were generally given from the actions immediately at hand. REFLECTIONS.—1. God having made the light, a proper medium is now provided through which its rays may pass. But though this firmament is stretched over us, the way is... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 1:1-26

I. PRIMEVAL EVENTS 1:1-11:26Chapters 1-11 provide an introduction to the Book of Genesis, the Pentateuch, and the whole Bible."What we find in chaps. 1-11 is the divine initiation of blessing, which is compromised by human sin followed by gracious preservation of the promise: blessing-sin-grace." [Note: Mathews, p. 60.] "His [Moses’] theological perspective can be summarized in two points. First, the author intends to draw a line connecting the God of the Fathers and the God of the Sinai... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 1:6-8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 1:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 1:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 1:6-8

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:1-31

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 1:7

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 1:6-8

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 1:7

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 1:1-26

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