² The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

⁹ And God said, “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,^[a] and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.