Genesis 1:9
God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear.” It was so.
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8God called the expanse “sky.” This was evening and morning, the second day.
10God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” He saw that it was good.
Cross References
Job 26:7He stretches out the northern skies 1 over the empty space, 1 and he hangs the earth over nothing. 1
Job 38:8Who shut up the sea with doors 1 when it burst out, as if it had come out of the womb— 1
Psalms 24:2For he has founded it upon the seas 1 and established it on the rivers. 1
Psalms 95:5The sea is his, for he made it, 1 and his hands formed the dry land. 1
Psalms 104:5He laid the foundations of the earth, 1 and it will never be moved. 1
Proverbs 8:28I was there when he established the clouds above and 1 when the springs in the deep became fixed. 1
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 →