“And let it divide between water and water: and it was so. And God made the firmament; and God divided between the water which was under the firmament, and the water above the firmament: and it was so. As the excessive volume of water bore along over the face of the earth, the earth was by reason thereof "invisible" an…”
Hippolytus of Rome, 3th c. — Hippolytus Exegetical Fragments - On Genesis
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7And 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.
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5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
— Genesis 1:7 —
8And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
9And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.