Genesis 1:10

And the Lord called the dry land Earth, and the place of the collection of waters He called Sea. And the Lord saw that it was good.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

In Context

9And the Lord said, The waters shall be collected under the heavens into one region, and the dry land shall appear. And it was so.

11And the Lord said, The earth shall bring forth grass; the plant whose germ-seed is to be sown; the fruit-tree making fruit according to its kind, whose germ-seed is in it upon the earth; and it was so.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:4The Mighty One whose works are perfect; for all His ways are justice; a faithful God from whom no iniquity proceedeth, just and true is He.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 1:10-14

The Creation. ( b. c. 4004.) 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. 10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. 11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding… Read the whole commentary →

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