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NASB | Genesis 1:9 ¶ Then God said, "Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear"; and it was so. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 1:9 ¶ Then God said, "Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place [of standing, pooling together], and let the dry land appear"; and it was so. |
Bible Question: Was there one land mass before the flood? The wording of this verse seems to suggest it, because the the waters were gathered to one place. If this is the case, the Flood radically altered the earth's surface. |
Bible Answer: Many feel the earth divided during the days of Peleg in Gen 10:25. However I have heard the "experts" say this means the people divided as told in the story of the tower of Babel Genesis 11:8. However I find the wording in Gen 10:25 to be intriguing and open to the theory it is talking about the continents rather than people. |