Genesis 1:10

Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)

• Vulgate Text: Genesis 1:1-31 — Full Vulgate text quoted

  "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."

• Verse 10: And God called the dry land Earth — Prolepsis: God named them on the sixth day when He formed Adam and gave him Hebrew

  "10. AND GOD CALLED THE DRY LAND EARTH, AND THE GATHERINGS OF THE WATERS HE CALLED SEAS."

• Verse 10: And God called the dry land Earth — Etymologies of erets (earth) from Hebrew roots

  "Note: 'Earth' in Hebrew is called 'erets,' either from the root 'ratsats,' that is, to trample"