Genesis 1:7-10
Living Bible
7-8 So God made the sky, dividing the vapor above from the water below. This all happened on the second day.[a]
9-10 Then God said, “Let the water beneath the sky be gathered into oceans so that the dry land will emerge.” And so it was. Then God named the dry land “earth,” and the water “seas.” And God was pleased.
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- Genesis 1:7 This all happened on the second day, literally, “There was evening and there was morning, a second day (or ‘period of time’).”
Genesis 1:7-9
New International Version
7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it.(A) And it was so.(B) 8 God called(C) the vault “sky.”(D) And there was evening, and there was morning(E)—the second day.
9 And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place,(F) and let dry ground(G) appear.” And it was so.(H)
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