Genesis 1:7-12

The Creation of the World

⁷ And God made ₁ the expanse and _e separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were _f above the expanse. And it was so. ⁸ And God called the expanse Heaven. ₂ And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

⁹ And God said, _g "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so. ¹⁰ God called the dry land Earth, ₃ and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

¹¹ And God said, _h "Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants ₄ yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth." And it was so. ¹² The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

1. Cross References
   Proverbs 8:27 - 29
   When he established the heavens, I was there; when he drew a circle on the face of the deep.
   
2. Cross References
   Psalms 148:4
   Praise him, you highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens!
   
3. Cross References
   Job 38:8 - 11
   Or who shut in the sea with doors when it burst out from the womb.
   Psalms 33:7
   He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap; he puts the deeps in storehouses.
   Psalms 136:6
   To him who spread out the earth above the waters, for his steadfast love endures forever.
   Jeremiah 5:22
   Do you not fear me? declares the Lord. Do you not tremble before me? I placed the sand as the boundary for the sea, a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass; though the waves toss, they cannot prevail; though they roar, they cannot pass over it.
   2 Peter 3:5
   For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God.
   
4. Cross References
   Psalms 104:14
   You cause the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth