Mar 18, 2024 · Correct! Gen 1:6-8 - Then God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.” Thus God made the firmament, and divided the waters …

Jul 15, 2025 · The firmament in Genesis 1 is the sky with the clouds and vapor (water above) because verse 20 says, “let the birds fly over the earth, on the face of the expanse (firmament) of the heavens”.

Nov 26, 2020 · In the firmament, we see the sun, moon, and stars; in modern translations the firmament is often called the “expanse” or the “sky.” [2] The article continues: Genesis says that the firmament …

Nov 18, 2015 · Firmament and sky don’t mean the same thing, the former meaning solid dome. Therefore, obviously it was changed for reasons that didn’t have to do with textual interpretation. A …

Apr 10, 2015 · The ancients believed this expanse was a physical barrier between the waters above the earth and the water on earth, although rain did sometimes come through this expanse. In Genesis …

Aug 12, 2016 · 1 6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were …

Oct 27, 2020 · As such when the windows of heaven (the firmament) were opened “In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the …

The first and second heavens are the atmosphere and space. Since Genesis says God placed the stars IN the firmament, that means the waters above the firmament are waters that are beyond the …

The firmament cosmology is a logical conclusion of that limited way of looking at the world. Simply put, If it looked like a duck and walked like a duck and talked like a duck - it must have been a duck. Unless …

Jul 18, 2025 · 1 Before the firmament, the Earth is described in Genesis as a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, with the Spirit of God hovering over the waters. This initial …