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Moses 2:9)
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Verse 9: Let there be dry land
Here God uses the same "let there be" phrase to create dry land as he does to create light (v 3), the firmament (v. 6), and the lights in the firmament (v. 14). This is different from the account in Gen 1:9 where God simply says "let the dry land appear," and the account in Abr 4:9 where God says "let the earth come up dry." This makes the declaration of verse 1, that "[God] created the heaven and the earth," more obviously and literally true. Furthermore, this account in Moses forms a starker contrast between heaven, earth, and light versus the waters and darkness—that is, God more explicitly creates heaven, earth and light whereas the waters and darkness seem to be there before God begins his act of creation.
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