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How about "He separated the light from the darkness and called the light day and the darkness night"? How would you literally explain that?

explain what? That HE seperated light from darkness, or that He named the light and darkness? Are you referring to the fact that the sun and moon might have been created after light was created? Or what?

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'Firmament' stems from the Latin word 'firmamentum' and is derived from 'firmus', solid.

The Latin etymology would be a pointless diversion in finding the meaning of the word. 'firmament' itself is only the word chosen by king james interpreters for the Hebrew word 'raqiya'. The Latin etymology and the derivation therof would have absolutely nothing to do with its Hebrew counterpart.

I think that the term 'firmament' is very similar to 'firm' in English and it is not uncommon for first time Bible readers to get confused. The first time I read it as a child I thought that perhaps the firmament was a land mass or something. So I can understand why you might initially believe that it is referring to a solid.

Last edited by NITRO777; 03/14/07 17:53.