verse 2, we see that the Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, and an inky blackness. This is the reason God created a firmament according to other Bible versions, which is also called the Sky according to the Message Version as quoted above. We see in Verse 8, God name this Sky Heaven, of which this is distinct to the one created in verse 1, because this one had to do with giving the Earth form, as we see that in verse 2 that the Earth was bottomless, this very Sky [Firmament, Heaven] was the very one to hold the Lights [sun, moon and stars] spoken of in verse 14-16, as the Bible in verse 17 says 36
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