Genesis 1:9 (DRB)

Passage

God also said; Let the waters that are under the heaven, be gathered together into one place: and let the dry land appear. And it was so done.

Nearby Context

Genesis 1:7 And God made a firmament, and divided the waters that were under the firmament, from those that were above the firmament, and it was so.

Genesis 1:8 And God called the firmament, Heaven; and the evening and morning were the second day.

Genesis 1:9 God also said; Let the waters that are under the heaven, be gathered together into one place: and let the dry land appear. And it was so done.

Genesis 1:10 And God called the dry land, Earth; and the gathering together of the waters, he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:11 And he said: let the earth bring forth green herb, and such as may seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind, which may have seed in itself upon the earth. And it was so done.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "said", "waters", "under", "heaven", "gathered", "together", "place", and "land". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "said" and "waters", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "And God called the firmament Heaven and..." into verse 10's "And God called the dry land Earth...", so "said" and "waters" belong inside that flow. In Genesis context, the local focus is creation, human rebellion, covenant promise, and God's providence.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "said" and "waters" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.