Genesis 1:6-7

Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)

• Vulgate Text: Genesis 1:1-31 — Full Vulgate text quoted

  "6. And God said: Let there be a firmament made amidst the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7. And God made a firmament, and divided the waters that were under the firmament from those that were above the firmament. And it was so."

• Verse 6: Let there be a firmament — Firmament (Hebrew rakia) means to spread out and solidify; the firmament is the starry heaven

  "6. LET THERE BE A FIRMAMENT IN THE MIDST OF THE WATERS, AND LET IT DIVIDE THE WATERS FROM THE WATERS. -- "Firmament" is called in Hebrew rakia"

• Verse 6: Let there be a firmament — The firmament is the starry heaven and all celestial orbs; true waters exist above the heavens

  "But I say that the firmament is the starry heaven and all the celestial orbs neighboring it, both lower and upper up to the empyrean."