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The people of the ancient Near East believed that the Earth's dry land first appeared when the Creator separated the "water above" from the "water below", and that there was to be another ocean in the sky, above the firmament.

The people of the ancient Near East believed that the Earth's dry land first had appeared when the Creator had separated the "water above" from the "water below", and that there was another ocean in the sky, above the firmament.