A missing Link to Genesis 1:6 God said, “I command a dome to separate the water above it from the water below it.”

[JudgeRightly]

Why was a figure of speech used for the windows of heaven, but not for the fountains of the great deep?

Did someone say "fountains" wasn't a figure of speech?

Of course it is!

But a figure of speech means something.

"Fountains of the great deep" broke forth.
"The windows of heaven" were opened.

Doesn't it seem like the two would be treated the same, or if as you say, at least have connecting text to show that the literal one caused the figurative one

The "connecting text" is the "and."

 

[Derf]

Did someone say "fountains" wasn't a figure of speech?

Of course it is!

But a figure of speech means something.

What does "fountains of the great deep mean, if not literal fountains and a literal deep? Because I think we would both agree that the water spewing out of the earth was fountains in the literal sense of the word, right? And deep refers to either the above ground seas (my view) or the underground water (your view), both literal.

"Fountains of the great deep" broke forth.
"The windows of heaven" were opened.



The "connecting text" is the "and."

Right, but if one is figurative and one literal, the structure is awkward, if not deceptive.