Genesis 1:9

And God said, Let the water which is under the heaven be collected into one + 1:9 Gr. meeting place, and let the dry land appear, and it was so. And the water which was under the heaven was collected into its places, + 1:9 Gr. their meetings and the dry land appeared.

LXX2012 (US English)

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 called the firmament Heaven, and God saw that it was good, and there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

10And God called the dry land Earth, and the + 1:10 Gr. systems. gatherings of the waters he called Seas, and God saw that it was good.

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Cross References

Job 26:7He stretches out the north wind upon nothing, and he upon nothing hangs the earth;

Job 38:8And I shut up the sea with gates, when it rushed out, coming forth out its mother's womb.

Psalms 24:2O my God, I have trusted in you: let me not be confounded, neither let my enemies laugh me to scorn. 1

Psalms 95:5For all the gods of the heathen are devils: but the Lord made the heavens. 1

Psalms 104:5Remember his wonderful works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; 1

Proverbs 8:28and when he strengthened the clouds above; and when he secured the fountains of the earth:

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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