Genesis 1:9

And God saide: let the waters vnder the heauen be gathered together into one place, and let the drye lande appeare: and it was so.

Bible (Bishops')

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 the heauen: and the euenyng and the mornyng were the seconde day.

10And God called the drie lande ye earth, and the gatheryng together of waters called he the seas: and God sawe that it was good.

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Cross References

Proverbs 8:28When he hanged the cloudes aboue, when he fastened the springes of the deepe:

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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