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Gen 1:9  

And God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so.

And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so.

And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry [land] appear: and it was so.

9 And God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so.

Today (in a God day) He is making our planet. The water is gathering into one place along with the dry land gathered together  and rising out of the water.

Gen 1:10  

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

God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.

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

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

Here the dry land is specifically named “Earth” and the water called seas.

The word "earth" in verse one, most likely  means all matter and minerals, and elements, this most likely means they were all put together as the planet.

Gen 1:11  

And God said, "Let the earth put forth vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, upon the earth." And it was so.

Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so.

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, [and] the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed [is] in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

11 Then God said, "Let the earth put forth vegetation: plants yielding seed, and fruit trees of every kind on earth that bear fruit with the seed in it." And it was so.

God tells the land to produce fruits from trees, herbs, grasses (grains) and seeds to reproduce itself.

God is going to point out the purpose of these edible plants.

Gen 1:12  

The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

And the earth brought forth grass, [and] herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed [was] in itself, after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.

12 The earth brought forth vegetation: plants yielding seed of every kind, and trees of every kind bearing fruit with the seed in it. And God saw that it was good.

And the earth does what God said.

Gen 1:13  

And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.

And the evening and the morning were the third day.

13 And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.

We’re still on God’s clock, not man’s!