Genesis 1:9

And God says, “Let the waters under the heavens be collected to one place, and let the dry land be seen”: and it is so.

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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 calls the expanse “Heavens”; and there is an evening, and there is a morning—[the] second day.

10And God calls the dry land “Earth,” and the collection of the waters He has called “Seas”; and God sees that [it is] good.

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Cross References

Job 26:7Stretching out the north over desolation, || Hanging the earth on nothing,

Job 38:8And He shuts up the sea with doors, || In its coming forth, it goes out from the womb.

Psalms 24:2For He has founded it on the seas, || And He establishes it on the floods.

Psalms 95:5Whose is the sea, and He made it, || And His hands formed the dry land.

Psalms 104:5He has founded earth on its bases, || It is not moved for all time and forever.

Proverbs 8:28In His strengthening clouds above, || In His making strong fountains of the deep,

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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