Genesis 1:9

God said againe, Let the waters vnder the heauen be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appeare. and it was so.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 Heauen. So the Euening and the morning were the second day.

10And God called the dry land, Earth, and he called the gathering together of the waters, Seas: and God saw that it was good.

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Cross References

Job 26:7He stretcheth out the North ouer the emptie place, and hangeth the earth vpon nothing.

Job 38:8Or who hath shut vp the Sea with doores, when it yssued and came foorth as out of the wombe:

Psalms 24:2For he hath founded it vpon the seas: and established it vpon the floods.

Psalms 95:5To whome the Sea belongeth: for hee made it, and his handes formed the dry land.

Psalms 104:5He set the earth vpon her foundations, so that it shall neuer moue.

Proverbs 8:28When he established the cloudes aboue, when he confirmed the fountaines of the deepe,

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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