'Above' in the Bible
So God made a canopy that separated the water beneath the canopy from the water above it. And that is what happened:
Then God said, "Let the oceans swarm with living creatures, and let flying creatures soar above the earth throughout the sky!"
The flood continued throughout the earth for 40 days, while the flood waters increased, lifting the ark so that it rose above the surface of the earth.
At this, his father Isaac replied to him, "Look! Away from the fertile land will be your dwellings; away from the dew of the skies above.
And there was the LORD, standing above it and telling Jacob, "I am the LORD God of your grandfather Abraham. I'm Isaac's God, too. I'm giving you and your descendants the ground on which you're sleeping.
The sun was rising above Jacob as he crossed over from Peniel, limping due to his wounded thigh.
by your father's God who helps you, by the Almighty who will keep on blessing you with blessings from heaven above, with blessings from the deepest ocean, with blessing from the breasts and the womb.