Genesis 1:8 - Plain English Version

⁸ And when God made it, he called it sky. After that all happened, there was night time and there was morning time. That was day number 2.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ And God called the firmament Heavens. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

Common English Bible

⁸ God named the dome Sky. There was evening and there was morning: the second day.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And God called the firmament 'Heaven.' And it became evening and morning, the second day.

Genesis 1:8 Cross References

Genesis 1:10

God called the dry ground land, and he called that water sea. God looked at the land and the sea, and he saw that everything was good.

Genesis 1:13

After that all happened, there was night time and there was morning time. That was day number 3.

Genesis 1:19

After that all happened, there was night time and there was morning time. That was day number 4.

Genesis 1:23

After that all happened, there was night time and there was morning time. That was day number 5.

Genesis 1:31

God looked at everything he made, and he saw that all of it was very good. After that all happened, there was night time and there was morning time. That was day number 6.

Genesis 1:5

He called the light day time, and he called the dark night time. After that all happened, there was night time and there was morning time. That was day number 1.

Genesis 1:7

So God made the sky to split the water in half. God left some of the water up high, and he left some of it on the ground, and he put the sky in the middle.

Genesis 1:9

Then God said, “I want all the water that is on the ground to come together to one place, and I want dry ground to come up.” Then the water moved to the places where God wanted it, and the dry ground came up.

Genesis 5:2

And he made them men and women, and he called them human beings, and he was good to them.