And it's the windows in the firmament that are opened--those waters are allowed to rush in and dissolve that air bubble.

而在天空上有个口,水可以从中涌入，溶解这些气泡。

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He takes the carcass; he slices it into two halves, Rather like a clamshell, and out of the top half he creates the firmament, the Heaven.

他提起死尸，将它劈成两半，就像掰开贝壳一样，用死尸的上半部分，他创造了苍穹，也就是天空。

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So you have this firmament, ; Which is beaten back to hold back primeval waters that are pressing in; you have land which is holding down the waters here.

现在有了苍穹，它被锤平来阻挡汹涌而至的水流;,也有阻挡下面水流的土地。

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Alright, so he has used her body to press back her waters And that's what the ceiling is, the firmament, a firm sheet or structure that's holding back waters.

是的，他就这样用她的身体来遏止她体内的水流,那么，什么是天空呢，天空就是结实的厚板,或者类似的构造，它可以挡水。

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They're held back or pressed back by the firmament above.

上面的水，被天空挡住。

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On day two, the firmament is established.

在第二天，开辟了苍穹。

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And that's what the firmament.

这就是苍穹。

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