Genesis 1:7

And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

And God made the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so.

And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

God made the expanse, and separated the waters that were below the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse; and it was so.

So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so.

Thus God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so.

And that is what happened. God made this space to separate the waters of the earth from the waters of the heavens.

God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.