Genesis 1:10 Parallel Translations

God named the dry land earth. The water which came together he named sea. God saw that it was good.(GOD'S WORD®)

And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

ASV:

And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

BBE:

And God gave the dry land the name of Earth; and the waters together in their place were named Seas: and God saw that it was good.

DBY:

And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

ERV:

And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

JPS:

And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters called He Seas; and God saw that it was good.

WBS:

And God called the dry land Earth, and the collection of waters he called Seas: and God saw that it was good.

WEB:

God called the dry land "earth," and the gathering together of the waters he called "seas." God saw that it was good.

YLT:

And 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.

Genesis 1:10 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 33:7 He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap; He lays up the deeps in storehouses.

Psalm 95:5 The sea is His, for it was He who made it, And His hands formed the dry land.

Psalm 146:6 Who made heaven and earth, The sea and all that is in them; Who keeps faith forever; (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

1:9-13 The third day's work is related in these verse s; the forming the sea and the dry land, and making the earth fruitful. Hitherto the power of the Creator had been employed about the upper part of the visible world; now he descends to this lower world, designed for the children of men, both for their habitation, and their maintenance. And here we have an account of the fitting of it for both; the building of their house, and the spreading of their table. Observe,
1. How the earth was prepared to be a habitation for man by the gathering of the waters together, and making the dry land appear. Thus, instead of that confusion which was, when earth and water were mixed in one great mass; now there is order, by such a separation as rendered them both useful.
(1.) The waters which covered the earth were ordered to retire, and to gather into one place, viz. those hollows which were fitted for their reception. The waters thus lodged in their proper place, he called Seas; for though they are many, in distant regions, yet either above ground or under ground, they have communication with each other, and so they are one, and the common receptacle of waters, into which all the rivers run.
(2.) The dry land was made to appear, and emerge out of the waters, and was called Earth. Observe,
2. How the earth was furnished for the support of man, Ge 1:11,12. Present provision was made, by the immediate products of the earth, which, in obedience to God's command, was no sooner made but it became fruitful. Provision was likewise made for time to come, by the perpetuating of the several species of vegetables, every one having its seed in itself after its kind, that during the continuance of man upon the earth, food might be fetched out of the earth, for his use and benefit.

MHC:

1:6-13 The earth was emptiness, but by a word spoken, it became full of God's riches, and his they are still. Though the use of them is allowed to man, they are from God, and to his service and honour they must be used. The earth, at his command, brings forth grass, herbs, and fruits. God must have the glory of all the benefit we receive from the produce of the earth. If we have, through grace, an interest in Him who is the Fountain, we may rejoice in him when the streams of temporal mercies are dried up.

CONC:

Calleth Collection Dry Gathered Gathering Ground Named Seas Waters

Collection Dry Earth Gathered Gathering Good Ground Seas Together Waters

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