Genesis 1:7

New American Bible - revised edition

God made the dome, and it separated the water below the dome from the water above the dome. And so it happened.

Cross References

Psalm 148:4

Praise him, highest heavens, you waters above the heavens.

Matthew 8:27

The men were amazed and said, “What sort of man is this, whom even the winds and the sea obey?” The Healing of the Gadarene Demoniacs.

Genesis 1:9

Then God said: Let the water under the sky be gathered into a single basin, so that the dry land may appear. And so it happened: the water under the sky was gathered into its basin, and the dry land appeared.

Job 26:8

He binds up the waters in his clouds, yet the cloud is not split by their weight;

Genesis 1:15

and serve as lights in the dome of the sky, to illuminate the earth. And so it happened:

Ecclesiastes 11:3

When the clouds are full, they pour out rain upon the earth. Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, wherever it falls, there shall it lie.

Genesis 1:24

Then God said: Let the earth bring forth every kind of living creature: tame animals, crawling things, and every kind of wild animal. And so it happened:

Genesis 1:11

Then God said: Let the earth bring forth vegetation: every kind of plant that bears seed and every kind of fruit tree on earth that bears fruit with its seed in it. And so it happened:

Psalm 104:10

You made springs flow in wadies that wind among the mountains.

Genesis 1:8

God called the dome “sky.” Evening came, and morning followed—the second day.

Psalm 19:1

For the leader. A psalm of David.

Psalm 19:2

The heavens declare the glory of God; the firmament proclaims the works of his hands.

Psalm 136:5

Who skillfully made the heavens, for his mercy endures forever;