Genesis 1:8
Douay-Rheims
And God called the firmament, Heaven; and the evening and morning were the second day.
Sforno
"And G-d called the firmament 'heavens'" - since the heavenly actions reach us though its means, as it says, "and G-d placed them in the firmament of the heavens to illuminate upon the earth, and to have dominion over day and night and to distinguish... Genesis 1:17-18
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
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1550 · Genesis 1:8
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