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Genesis 1:9 KJV
Genesis · chapter 1 · verse 9
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 · King James Version
Genesis 1:9 in context
7And 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.
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.
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Key words (Strong's)
- togetherqâvâhto bind togetherH6960 →
- watersmayimwaterH4325 →
- heavenshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
- placemâqôwmproperly, a standingH4725 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- Godʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
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The third day's work is related in these verses - the forming of the sea and the dry land, and the making of the earth fruitful. Hitherto the power of the Creator had been exerted and employed about the upper part of the visible word;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-13