God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
Whether by sinking, elevation, or both, the waters gathered and dry land appeared, the record does not say. What matters is that Earth and Sea now stand as the two constituents of the globe, separated and complete, with the great ocean surrounding the mainland on all sides.
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Commenting on Genesis 1:9-13
A volcanic convulsion reshaped the whole globe: some parts heaved up, others sank, vast hollows formed into which the waters rushed impetuously. Thus the terraqueous globe took shape, dry land left exposed, and all waters, though in separate beds, joined to the sea.
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Commenting on Genesis 1:9-13
The whole chaos was once called earth, but now that the terraqueous globe divides, the lighter parts rising to form the atmosphere, the grosser subsiding to make the earth, which lies low beneath the elevated firmament, so earth and seas receive their distinct names. God saw this separation as good because the work itself was brought to perfection.
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