KJV King James Version
And God called the dry [land] Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that [it was] good.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
WEB World English Bible
God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering together of the waters he called “seas.” God saw that it was good.
ASV American Standard Version
And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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.
Surrounding context — 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.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
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.
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.
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.
12 And the earth brought forth grass, [and] herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed [was] in itself, after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.
13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּקְרָ֨אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toאֱלֹהִ֤ים׀H430 · e.lo.himGodלַיַּבָּשָׁה֙H3004 · yab.ba.shahdry landאֶ֔רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetוּלְמִקְוֵ֥הH4723 · qo.vehKueהַמַּ֖יִםH4325 · ma.yimwaterקָרָ֣אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toיַמִּ֑יםH3220 · yamseaוַיַּ֥רְאH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeאֱלֹהִ֖יםH430 · e.lo.himGodכִּי־H3588 · kiforטֽוֹב׃H2895 · tovbe pleasing
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 32:4[He is] the Rock, his work [is] perfect: for all his ways [are] judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right [is] he.Psalm 104:31The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works.Genesis 1:4And God saw the light, that [it was] good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
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