Divvy Up

                God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

                 Then God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters." God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so. God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

               Then God said, "Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear"; and it was so. God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good.

              Ancient Hebrew Text, or, Genesis 1:3-10

The Light Stuff

Yahweh then determined to punish the powers that he had established over the earth and he replaced them.  First of all, he determined to judge Leviathan and the powers of Darkness.  So Yahweh spoke with the word, “Light—be!” and Light separated the powers of darkness. God looked at the expanse and spoke with the word, “Lights—be!” and the heavenly powers of the sun and the moon lived in the expanse. Now, instead of just the kingdom of darkness that ruled over the earth, there was a time of light, ruled by the power of the sun and a time of darkness, ruled by the moon—day and night.  No longer was Leviathan in power over the lower heavens.

Separation of Water and State

Yahweh then punished the waters.  Yahweh spoke with the word, “Expanse—be!” and an expanse appeared above the waters. He spoke with the word “Divide—be!” and the waters were divided—some on the earth and some in Heaven.  Yahweh then spoke with the word “Gather” and the waters were gathered together.  Yahweh spoke the word “Dry-land—be!” and dry land appeared where the waters were not.  Yahweh spoke with the word, “Sprout” and vegetation came out all over the land. Thus the earth was divided into two kingdoms—the kingdom of land and the kingdom of water.