Genesis 1:10

¹⁰ God called the dry ground "land," and the gathered waters he called "seas." And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1

Other Translations of Genesis 1:10

King James Version

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.

English Standard Version

¹⁰ God called the dry land Earth,Or Land; also verses 11, 12, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30; 2:1 and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

The Message

¹⁰ God named the land Earth. He named the pooled water Ocean. God saw that it was good.

New King James Version

¹⁰ And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

New Living Translation

¹⁰ God called the dry ground "land" and the waters "seas." And God saw that it was good.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 1:10

Commentary on Genesis 1:6-13

(Read Genesis 1:6-13)

The earth was emptiness, but by a word spoken, it became full of God's riches, and his they are still. Though the use of them is allowed to man, they are from God, and to his service and honour they must be used. The earth, at his command, brings forth grass, herbs, and fruits. God must have the glory of all the benefit we receive from the produce of the earth. If we have, through grace, an interest in Him who is the Fountain, we may rejoice in him when the streams of temporal mercies are dried up.