Genesis 1:10

God called the dry ground land, and he called that water sea. God looked at the land and the sea, and he saw that everything was good.

Plain English Version

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

9Then God said, “I want all the water that is on the ground to come together to one place, and I want dry ground to come up.” Then the water moved to the places where God wanted it, and the dry ground came up.

11Then God said, “I want the land to grow all sorts of plants on the earth. I want plants with seeds, and trees with fruit that have seeds inside.” And God made it happen.

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Cross References

Jonah 1:9Jonah said to them, “I am from the Hebrew people, from Israel country. Our God’s name is Yahweh, and we have to respect him. I know he has all the power. He is the big boss in heaven. He made the sea and the land.

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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