Genesis 1:6

“And Elohim said, “Let there be a vault in the middle of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.””
Genesis 1:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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AndוַElohimאֱלֹהִיםsaid,יֹּאמֶר“Let there beיְהִיa vaultרָקִיעַin the middleבְּתוֹךְof the waters,הַמָּיִםand let it separateוִיהִי מַבְדִּילthe watersבֵּין מַיִםfrom the waters.”לָמָיִם

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2 Peter 3:5 says that the earth came out of water and through water, by the word of God; in Genesis 1:6-10 Elohim separates the waters and the dry land appears.

The same term appears in both passages.

מָּיִםmayimH4325ὕδατοςhydatosG5204“water”

Genesis 1:6, word by word

Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

Where else “elohim” appears

saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “yomer” appears

“Let there beיְהִיyehi

exist

To exist: "let there be light".

Where else “yehi” appears

a vaultרָקִיעַrakia

vault

Something spread out and firm, like a sheet of metal beaten with a hammer. It is the "vault" of the heavens: what is seen above, like a roof spread over the earth, which God set to separate the waters below from the waters above; God called it "heavens".

Where else “rakia” appears

in the middleתוֹךְtoch

midst

The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.

Where else “toch” appears

of the watersמָּיִםmayim

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

Where else “mayim” appears

and let it separateמַבְדִּילmavdil

separate

Separate, make a distinction between two things; also set something apart for a purpose.

Where else “mavdil” appears

The context

5And Elohim called the light “Day,” and the darkness he called “Night.” And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

6 · This verse (above)

7And Elohim made the vault and separated the waters that were under the vault from the waters that were above the vault. And it was so.

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To study Genesis 1 in a group

1. What it says
What did Elohim say about everything he had made at the end of the sixth day (v. 31)?
2. What it means
What does the text say about human beings when it says they were created in the image of Elohim (v. 27)?
3. How I live it
How can you treat the people around you today, remembering that every one of them was created in the image of Elohim?

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