![]() ![]() Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. ![]() Psalms 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Genesis 1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. Genesis 1:17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, (KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV) Genesis 1:15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. Genesis 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: (KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV) And the evening and the morning were the second day. Genesis 1:8 And God called the firmament Heaven. Genesis 1:7 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. Genesis 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. Mark 13:25 the stars will be seen falling from the firmament, and the forces which are in the heavens will be disordered and disturbed. Matthew 24:29 "But immediately after those times of distress the sun will be darkened, the moon will not shed her light, the stars will fall from the firmament, and the forces which control the heavens will be disordered and disturbed. And the chapter is concluded with a survey God took of all his works, and his approbation of them all which were the work of the sixth day, and closes the account of the creation in that space of time, Ge 1:31.Bible Concordance Firmament (17 Occurrences) This chapter contains an account of the creation of the universe, and all things in it asserts the creation of the heaven and earth in general, and describes the state and condition of the earth in its first production, Ge 1:1-2 and then proceeds to declare the work of each of the six days of creation, and to give an account of light, its separation from darkness and the names of both, the work of the first day, Ge 1:3-5 of the firmament, its use and name, the work of the second day, Ge 1:6-8 of the appearance of the earth, and the production of grass, herbs, and trees in the earth, the work of the third day, Ge 1:9-13 of the sun, moon, and stars, their situation, and use, the work of the fourth day, Ge 1:14-19 of the fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea, the work of the fifth day, Ge 1:19-23 of all kinds of cattle, and beasts, and creeping things, Ge 1:24-25 and then of man, created male and female, after the image of God, having a grant of dominion over the rest of the creatures, the fruit of divine consultation, Ge 1:26-28 and of a provision of food for man and beast, Ge 1:29-30. Some atheistical persons have suggested the contrary our countryman Hobbes Annal. And that they were all written by Moses is generally believed by Jews and Christians. It is called the "first" book of Moses, because there are four more that follow the name the Jewish Rabbins give to the whole is hrwt yvmwx hvmx, "the five fifths of the law", to which the Greek word "pentateuch" answers by which we commonly call these books, they being but one volume, consisting of five parts, of which this is the first. In the Syriac and Arabic versions, the title of this book is "The Book of the Creation", because it begins with an account of the creation of all things and is such an account, and so good an one, as is not to be met with anywhere else: the Greek version calls it Genesis, and so we and other versions from thence and that because it treats of the generation of all things, of the heavens, and the earth, and all that are in them, and of the genealogy of men: it treats of the first men, of the patriarchs before the flood, and after it to the times of Joseph. ![]() ![]() This book, in the Hebrew copies of the Bible, and by the Jewish writers, is generally called Bereshith, which signifies "in the beginning", being the first word of it as the other four books of Moses are also called from their initial words. ![]()
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