Genesis 1:9
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.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
8And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
Cross References
Job 26:7He stretcheth out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth over nothing.
Job 38:8Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, and issued out of the womb;
Psalms 24:2For He hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
Psalms 95:5The sea is His, and He made it; and His hands formed the dry land.
Psalms 104:5Who didst establish the earth upon its foundations, that it should not be moved for ever and ever;
Proverbs 8:28When He made firm the skies above, when the fountains of the deep showed their might,
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 →