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Genesis 1:9

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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.

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  1. Genesis 1:7

    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.

  2. Genesis 1:8

    And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

  3. Genesis 1:10

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

  4. Genesis 1:11

    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.

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