The Third Scroll
Let Dry Ground Appear


God said, "Let the water under the air
gather together."
Dry ground appeared.

It was so.

The dry ground was called "land,"
and the gathered waters
God called "seas."

It was good.

God said,
"Let the land grow green!"
Seed-bearing plants and trees came forth
on the land.
Trees and flora that bore fruit
with their seed within them.
There were many kinds.

It was so.

The land sprouted all kinds
of growing foliage;
plants that bore seed after their kind,
trees that bore fruit with the seed in it
after their kind.

God saw that it was good.

There was evening.
There was morning.
It was the third day.

--Genesis 1:9-13

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