Holy Scripture
Genesis 1:6
A church father on this verse
“What of the fact that waters were in some way the regulating powers by which the disposition of the world thenceforward was constituted by God? For the suspension of the celestial firmament in the midst He caused by "dividing the waters;" the suspension of "the dry land" He accomplished by "separating the waters." Aft…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water, and let it be a division between water and water, and it was so.
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4And God saw the light that it was good, and God divided between the light and the darkness.
5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night, and there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
— Genesis 1:6 —
7And God made the firmament, and God divided between the water which was under the firmament and the water which was above the firmament.
8And God called the firmament Heaven, and God saw that it was good, and there was evening and there was morning, the second day.