Genesis 1:9

Truly God said: “Let the waters that are under heaven be gathered together into one place; and let the dry land appear.” And so it became.

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In The King James Version

And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

In Context

8And God called the firmament ‘Heaven.’ And it became evening and morning, the second day.

10And God called the dry land, ‘Earth,’ and he called the gathering of the waters, ‘Seas.’ And God saw that it was good.

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Cross References

Job 26:7He stretched out the North over emptiness, and he suspended the land over nothing.

Job 38:8Who enclosed the sea with doors, when it broke forth as if issuing from the womb,

Psalms 24:2In you, my God, I trust. Let me not be put to shame.

Psalms 95:5For all the gods of the Gentiles are demons, but the Lord made the heavens.

Psalms 104:5Remember his miracles, which he has done, his portents and the judgments of his mouth:

Proverbs 8:28when he made firm the sky above, and set free the fountains of waters;

Matthew Henry on Genesis 1:7-9

The Creation. ( b. c. 4004.) 6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 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. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. We have here an account of the second day's work, the creation of the firmament, in which observe, 1. The command of God concerning it:… Read the whole commentary →

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