King James Version
Genesis 1:9 in the King James Version says “And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it w...” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
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.
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
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.
And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
And 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
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“be gathered together”
H6960to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e., collect; (figuratively) to expect
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
“under the heaven”
H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
“place”
H4725properly, a standing, i.e., a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
“land appear”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
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