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.
KJV
Et vocavit Deus aridam Terram, congregationesque aquarum appellavit Maria. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐκάλεσεν ὁ θεὸς τὴν ξηρὰν γῆν, καὶ τὰ συστέματα τῶν ὑδάτων ἐκάλεσεν θαλάσσας· καὶ ἴδεν ὁ θεὸς ὅτι καλόν.
LXX
And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
ASV
וַ/יִּקְרָ֨א אֱלֹהִ֤ים לַ/יַּבָּשָׁה֙ אֶ֔רֶץ וּ/לְ/מִקְוֵ֥ה הַ/מַּ֖יִם קָרָ֣א יַמִּ֑ים וַ/יַּ֥רְא אֱלֹהִ֖ים כִּי טֽוֹב
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§299Because God creates through wisdom, his creation is ordered: "You have arranged all things by measure and number and weight."151 The universe, created in and by the eternal Word, the "image of the invisible God", is destined for and addressed to man, himself created in the "image of God" and called to a personal relationship with God.152 Our human understanding, which shares in…
Water also is one of the four elements, the most beautiful of God's creations. It is both wet and cold, heavy, and with a tendency to descend, and flows with great readiness. It is this the Holy Scripture has in view when it says, And darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. Genesis 1:2 For the deep is nothing else than a …
Cross-references
- Gen 1:4 — And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
- Gen 2:1 — Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
- Isa 42:5 — Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit