Genesis 1:9

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

Targum Onkelos

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 the Lord called the expanse the Heavens. And it was evening, and it was morning, the Second Day.

10And 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.

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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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