Genesis 1:6 meaning and explanation
And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.”
Genesis 1:6, Berean Standard Bible
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On the second day of creation, God speaks and orders the watery chaos described in verse 2. The Hebrew word translated “expanse” is raqia, suggesting something spread out or hammered thin, like a dome stretched over the earth.
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