Genesis 1:6-7

The Creation of the World

⁶ And God said, _d "Let there be an expanse ₁ in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters." ⁷ And God made ₂ the expanse and _e separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were _f above the expanse. And it was so.

1. Cross References
   Job 37:18
   Can you, like him, spread out the skies, hard as a cast metal mirror?
   Psalms 136:5
   To him who by understanding made the heavens, for his steadfast love endures forever.
   Jeremiah 10:12
   It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
   Jeremiah 51:15
   It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
   
2. Cross References
   Proverbs 8:27 - 29
   When he established the heavens, I was there; when he drew a circle on the face of the deep.
   
3. Cross References
   Psalms 148:4
   Praise him, you highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens!