Genesis 1:9
And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry [land] appear. And it was so.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
8And God called the expanse Heavens. And there was evening, and there was morning a second day.
Cross References
Job 26:7He stretcheth out the north over empty space, he hangeth the earth upon nothing;
Job 38:8And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?
Psalms 24:2For it was he that founded it upon seas, and established it upon floods.
Psalms 95:5The sea is his, and he made it, and his hands formed the dry [land].
Psalms 104:5He laid the earth upon its foundations: it shall not be removed for ever.
Proverbs 8:28when he established the skies above, when the fountains of the deep became strong;
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 →