Gen 1:6-7, Job 26:8, 37:11 | ESV | STEP | And God said , Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters , and let it separate the waters from the waters .

a Job 37:18; Ps. 136:5; Jer. 10:12; 51:15

Genesis 1:6-7

6 And God said, ^a“Let there be an expanse ^{▼▼Or a canopy; also verses 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, 20} in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” 7 And God made ^{▼▼Or fashioned; also verse 16} the expanse and ^dseparated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were ^eabove the expanse. And it was so.

Job 26:8

8 He ^fbinds up the waters in his thick clouds,
and the cloud is not split open under them.

Job 37:11

11 He loads the thick cloud with moisture;
the clouds scatter his lightning.