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Genesis 1:6-7
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6 God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters to separate one set of waters from the other.”[a] 7 God separated the firmament from the waters, those waters that are under the firmament from those that are above the firmament. And it was so.

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  1. Genesis 1:6 The ancient Semites viewed the heavens as a vault made of a solid material—the firmament—which holds back the waters above and separates them from the waters below; from openings in it—the floodgates (see Gen 7:11)—the flood will pour down.
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