Genesis 1:9 · KJV
“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.”
— Genesis 1:9
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. {And the evening...: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc.}
And God called the dry {land} Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that {it was} good.
Genesis 1 — Context
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.
8And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. {And the evening...: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc.}
9And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry {land} appear: and it was so.
10And God called the dry {land} Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that {it was} good.
11And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, {and} the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed {is} in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. {grass: Heb. tender grass}
Cross References
2 Peter 3:5
For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: {standing: Gr. consisting}
Jonah 1:9
And he said unto them, I {am} an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry {land}. {the LORD: or, JEHOVAH}
Psalms 95:5
The sea {is} his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry {land}. {The sea...: Heb. Whose the sea is}
Jeremiah 5:22
Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand {for} the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Proverbs 8:28-29
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
Ecclesiastes 1:7
All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea {is} not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. {return...: Heb. return to go}
Psalms 33:7
He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
Job 26:10
He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end. {until...: Heb. until the end of light with darkness}