Genesis 1:8 (LSB)

Passage

And God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

Nearby Context

Genesis 1:6 Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”

Genesis 1:7 So God made the expanse and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

Genesis 1:8 And God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

Genesis 1:9 Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so.

Genesis 1:10 And God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "expanse", "heaven", "evening", "morning", and "second". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "expanse", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "So God made the expanse and separated..." into verse 9's "Then God said Let the waters below...", so "called" and "expanse" belong inside that flow. In Genesis context, the local focus is creation, human rebellion, covenant promise, and God's providence.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "called" and "expanse" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.