Genesis 1:9

And God saith, 'Let the waters under the heavens be collected unto one place, and let the dry land be seen:' and it is so.

Young's Literal Translation

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 calleth to the expanse 'Heavens;' and there is an evening, and there is a morning — day second.

10And God calleth to the dry land 'Earth,' and to the collection of the waters He hath called 'Seas;' and God seeth that [it is] good.

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Cross References

Job 26:7Stretching out the north over desolation, Hanging the earth upon nothing,

Job 38:8And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out.

Psalms 24:2For He on the seas hath founded it, And on the floods He doth establish it.

Psalms 95:5Whose is the sea, and He made it, And His hands formed the dry land.

Psalms 104:5He hath founded earth on its bases, It is not moved to the age and for ever.

Proverbs 8:28In His strengthening clouds above, In His making strong fountains of the deep,

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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