Day Three

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. God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.  And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so. 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.  And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.

Genesis 1:9-13 ESV

God created dry ground probably because not everything that He was going to create would be able to live in the water.  So now He made dry ground appear so that the earth wouldn’t just be covered with water.

Then God said, “Let the land produce plants. Let them bear their own seeds.

This is the first living thing on the earth that God has created.  Up until now He had been preparing the earth for living things.  He makes sure that the plants have their own seeds so they would to be able to make more plants, so He gave them seeds. Not only did God create plants with seeds, He also creates trees with fruit.  The fruit also needed to have seeds.

And God saw that it was good.

God is pleased with His work.  He sees that what He has done is good.  This shows that God has feelings and that He thinks about things.