Genesis 1:9
God said, “Let the waters below the sky collect together in one place so that the land may appear.” And so it was.
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8God called the expanse, “sky.” So there was evening, and then the morning, making day two.
10God called the land “earth” and the waters “seas.” God saw that it was good.
Cross References
Job 26:7He stretches the northern sky over empty space; he hangs the world on nothing.
Job 38:8Who laid down the boundaries of the sea when it was born?
Psalms 24:2For he is the one who laid its foundations on the seas, setting it in place on the waters.
Psalms 95:5The sea is his, because he made it; the dry land, because he formed it.
Psalms 104:5You set the earth on its foundations; it will never be shaken.
Proverbs 8:28when he made the clouds in the sky above, when he created the springs of the oceans,
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 →