Genesis 1:10
Good News Translation
He named the land "Earth," and the water which had come together he named "Sea." And God was pleased with what he saw.

New Revised Standard Version
God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

Contemporary English Version
God named the dry ground "Land," and he named the water "Ocean." God looked at what he had done and saw that it was good.

New American Bible
God called the dry land “earth,” and the basin of water he called “sea.” God saw that it was good.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And God called the dry land, Earth; and the gathering together of the waters, he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And God called the dry land, Earth; and the gathering together of the waters, he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

God saw.

Genesis 1:4 And God saw the light that it was good; and he divided the light from the darkness.

Deuteronomy 32:4 The works of God are perfect, and all his ways are judgments: God is faithful and without any iniquity, he is just and right.

Psalm 104:31 May the glory of the Lord endure for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works.

Context
The Third Day
9God also said; Let the waters that are under the heaven, be gathered together into one place: and let the dry land appear. And it was so done. 10And God called the dry land, Earth; and the gathering together of the waters, he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.11And he said: let the earth bring forth green herb, and such as may seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind, which may have seed in itself upon the earth. And it was so done.…
Cross References
Psalm 33:7
Gathering together the waters of the sea, as in a vessel; laying up the depths in storehouses.

Psalm 95:5
For the sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.

Psalm 146:6
Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things that are in them.

Genesis 1:9
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