Genesis 1:9

וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יִקָּווּ הַמַּיִם מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם אֶל ־ מָקוֹם אֶחָד וְתֵרָאֶה הַיַּבָּשָׁה וַֽיְהִי ־ כֵֽן ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

8וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָֽרָקִיעַ שָׁמָיִם וַֽיְהִי ־ עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי ־ בֹקֶר יוֹם שֵׁנִֽי ׃ פ

10וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים ׀ לַיַּבָּשָׁה אֶרֶץ וּלְמִקְוֵה הַמַּיִם קָרָא יַמִּים וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי ־ טֽוֹב ׃

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Cross References

Job 26:7נֹטֶה צָפוֹן עַל ־ תֹּהוּ תֹּלֶה אֶרֶץ עַל ־ בְּלִי ־ מָֽה ׃

Job 38:8וַיָּסֶךְ בִּדְלָתַיִם יָם בְּגִיחוֹ מֵרֶחֶם יֵצֵֽא ׃

Psalms 24:2כִּי ־ הוּא עַל ־ יַמִּים יְסָדָהּ וְעַל ־ נְהָרוֹת יְכוֹנְנֶֽהָ ׃

Psalms 95:5אֲשֶׁר ־ לוֹ הַיָּם וְהוּא עָשָׂהוּ וְיַבֶּשֶׁת יָדָיו יָצָֽרוּ ׃

Psalms 104:5יָֽסַד ־ אֶרֶץ עַל ־ מְכוֹנֶיהָ בַּל ־ תִּמּוֹט עוֹלָם וָעֶֽד ׃

Proverbs 8:28בְּאַמְּצוֹ שְׁחָקִים מִמָּעַל בַּעֲזוֹז עִינוֹת תְּהוֹם ׃

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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