⁷ God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse, and it was so.

⁴ Praise him, you heavens of heavens, You waters that are above the heavens.

²⁸ When he established the clouds above, When the springs of the deep became strong,

²⁹ When he gave to the sea its boundary, That the waters should not violate his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;

³ If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; And if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, In the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.

¹⁰ He sends forth springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains.

⁸ "Or who shut up the sea with doors, When it broke forth from the womb,

⁹ When I made clouds the garment of it, Thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,

¹⁰ Marked out for it my bound, Set bars and doors,

¹¹ And said, 'Here you may come, but no further; Here shall your proud waves be stayed?'

⁸ He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, And the cloud is not burst under them.

²⁴ God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind," and it was so.

¹⁵ and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth," and it was so.

¹¹ God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth," and it was so.

⁹ God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear," and it was so.