The Bible

Genesis 1:10

¹⁰ And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

The Bible

Isaiah 45:7

⁷ I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.

Commentary

Spreading themselves

'Spreading themselves on the earth,' as in Genesis 8:17, signifies the internal self operating on the external.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 913)