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God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. God saw that it was good.
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Naming Brings Order
Commentators explain that God's act of naming the "Earth" and "Seas" was a deliberate act of bringing order out of chaos. The name "Earth" was given specifically to the dry land, and the plural "Seas" acknowledges the various bodies of water gathered into their designated places. This separation and naming was a necessary and good step before life could be introduced.
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Genesis
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18th Century
Presbyterian
9. קוה qāvâh, "turn, bind, gather, expect."
יבשׁה yabāshâh, "the dry, the ground." יבשׁ yab…
19th Century
Anglican
EXCURSUS B: ON THE NAMES ELOHIM AND JEHOVAH-ELOHIM.
Throughout the first account of creation (Genesis 1:1 to Ge…
Baptist
Having attended to the air, God further exercised His power by setting the earth in order. Observe this remarkable fact: as soon as God made the dr…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And God called the dry land earth The whole chaos, that was a turbid fluid, a mixture of earth and water, a rude unf…
The earth was emptiness, but by a word spoken, it became full of God's riches, and they are still His. Though their use is allowed to humanity, the…
