Genesis 1:9
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land be visible: and it was so.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
8And God called the expansion Heaven. And it was evening and it was morning, the second day.
Cross References
Job 26:7He stretched out the north over empty space; he suspended the earth on nothing;
Job 38:8And who closed up with doors the sea, when, issuing forth, it came out of the deep bosom of the earth?
Psalms 24:2For upon seas hath he founded it, and upon rivers hath he established it.
Psalms 95:5Whose is the sea, and who hath made it; and whose hands have formed the dry land.
Psalms 104:5Who hath founded the earth upon her bases, that she should not be moved to all eternity.
Proverbs 8:28When he fastened the skies above; when the springs 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 →