Genesis 1:9

Forsooth God said, The waters, that be under (the) heaven (s), be gathered into one place, and a dry place appear; and it was done so.

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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, (the) heaven (s). And the eventide and the morrowtide was made, the second day.

10And God called the dry place, (the) earth; and he called the gatherings together of waters, the seas. And God saw that it was good;

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Cross References

Job 26:7The which God stretcheth forth the north upon (a) void thing, and he hangeth the earth upon nought.

Job 38:8Who closed together the sea with doors, when it brake out coming forth as of the womb? (Who altogether enclosed the sea with doors, when it broke out as if coming forth from the womb?)

Psalms 24:2For he founded it on the seas; and made it ready on floods. (For he founded it upon the seas; and established it upon the depths below.)

Psalms 95:5For the sea is his, and he made it; and his hands formed the dry land.

Psalms 104:5Which hast founded the earth on his stableness; it shall not be bowed into the world of world. (Who hast set the earth on its foundations; yea, it shall never be moved, or shaken.)

Proverbs 8:28When he made steadfast the air above; and weighed the wells of waters (or and set in place the water wells).

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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