![]() ![]() Aben Ezra accounts for its omission by making the second day's work terminate with ver. The conceit of the Rabbis, that an expression of the Divine approbation was omitted because on this day the angels fell, requires no refutation. The " καὶ εἰδεν ὁ θεος ὅτι καλόν of the Septuagint is unsupported by any ancient version. ![]() ![]() 5, It is observable that in connection with the second day's work the usual formula, "And God saw that it was good," is omitted. For the literal rendering of this clause see on ver. And the evening and the morning were the second day. "This," says Principal Dawson, "may be regarded as an intimation that no definite barrier separates our film of atmosphere from the boundless abyss of heaven without " and how appropriate the designation "heights" is, as applied to the atmosphere, we are reminded by science, which informs us that, after rising to the height of forty-five miles above the earth, it becomes imperceptible, and loses itself in the universal ether with which it is surrounded. Literally, the heights, shamayim, as in ver. Pulpit Commentary Verse 8 - And God called the firmament heaven. The cooling, moreover, of the earth's surface would produce cracks and fissures, into which the waters would descend, and when these processes were well advanced, then at the end of the third day "God saw that it was good." But no sooner did it exist in a fluid form than the pressure of the atmosphere would make it seek the lowest level. In both there was a separation of waters but it was only when the open expanse reached the earth's surface, and reduced its temperature, that water could exist in any other form than that of vapour. Probably, however, the work of the second and third days is regarded as one. The work of the second day is not described as being good, though the LXX. In Genesis 1:1, "the heaven" may include the abysmal regions of space here it means the atmosphere round our earth, which, at a distance of about forty-five miles from the surface, melts away into the imponderable ether. The Hebrew probably means the heights, or upper regions, into which the walls of cities nevertheless ascend ( Deuteronomy 1:28). There was evening and there was morning, a second day.Īnd God calleth to the expanse 'Heavens ' and there is an evening, and there is a morning - day second.Įllicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) God called the firmament (the expanse) Heaven.-This is a Saxon word, and means something heaved up. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.Īnd God called the firmament Heaven: and the evening and the morning were the second day. ![]() And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.Īnd God called the expanse Sky. God called the expanse "sky." There was evening, and there was morning, a second day. God called the dome “sky.” Evening came, and morning followed-the second day. God called the canopy "sky." The twilight and the dawn were the second day.Īnd God calls the expanse “Heavens” and there is an evening, and there is a morning- second day. He named the dome "Sky." Evening passed and morning came-that was the second day. There was evening, then morning-a second day. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.Īnd God called the sky, Heaven and it was evening and it was dawn, day second.Īnd God called the firmament Heaven, and God saw that it was good, and there was evening and there was morning, the second day.Īnd named it "Sky." Evening came, then morning-that was the second day.Īnd God called the firmament, Heaven and the evening and morning were the second day. God called the expanse “sky.” Evening came and then morning: the second day.Īnd God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.Īnd God called the expanse heaven. God called the expanse “heaven.” And there was evening and there was morning, a second day. So the evening and the morning were the second day. And the evening and the morning were the second day.Īnd God called the firmament Heaven. God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning-the second day.Īnd God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day. God called the space “sky.” And evening passed and morning came, marking the second day.Īnd God called the expanse Heaven. God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning-the second day. ![]()
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