^{5 Ref} But in taking this view they put out of their minds the memory that in the old days there was a heaven, and an earth lifted out of the water and circled by water, by the word of God;

^{5 Ref} for this is unobserved by them willingly, that the heavens were of old, and the earth out of water and through water standing together by the word of God,

^{5 Ref} For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water, by the word of God;