Quotes about Expanse

So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.

And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.”

In Genesis 1, some have attempted to make a distinction between the expanse in which the birds fly (Genesis 1:2018) and the expanse in which the sun, moon, and stars were placed (Genesis 1:719); this was in an effort to have the sun, moon, and stars made in the second expanse. This is not a distinction that is necessary from the text, and is only necessary if a canopy is assumed.

And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.

God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

And I looked and saw above the expanse, above the heads of the cherubim, the likeness of a throne of sapphire.

And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.

God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth,

And under the expanse, their wings stretched out toward one another. Each one also had two wings covering its body.

Above the expanse over their heads was the likeness of a throne with the appearance of sapphire, and on the throne high above was a figure like that of a man.

By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen.

And there came a voice from above the expanse over their heads as they stood still with their wings lowered.