The atmosphere is the orb of very small particles. This area was the space separating the clouds, which are in the higher regions of it, from the body of waters which are below it. The atmospheric area of vapor formed a tent or dome, covering the earth, and commonly known as sky. And the second part is the water which is beneath such as oceans, seas and lakes. 7) which are generally considered by Bible scholars to be water vapor. The first part was the “waters which were above the firmament” (v. The firmament, which consisted of the great mass of primeval “waters,” was divided into two distinct bodies. Here, the firmament refers to the expanse of the heavens above the earth. He said “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.” Thus God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament and it was so ” (Genesis 1:6-7). On the second day, God created the firmament. Thus, the first thing that the Lord created was light to expel the darkness that engulfed the earth (v. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters” (Genesis 1:2). “The earth was without form, and void and darkness was on the face of the deep. The Biblical record tells us that originally the surface matter of the earth consisted of a fluid substance. Before God created the firmament, He created light. The translation, stereoma, may have come from the concept anciently believed that the heavens are solid, firm concave.įirmament is used in the Bible mostly in the book of Genesis (9 times, King James Version). Firmamentum, literally means “a support” and corresponds to the Greek word stereoma. The English word “firmament” comes from the Latin firmamentum, the Vulgate rendering of raqia‘. The word firmament is in Hebrew raqia‘ (Genesis 1:6). हिन्दी (Hindi ) The firmament at the creation of the world
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