Reference: Earth
Hastings
EARTH in OT usually stands for one or other of the Heb. words 'eretz and 'ad
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In the beginning, God created the universe.
Then God said, "Let the oceans swarm with living creatures, and let flying creatures soar above the earth throughout the sky!"
So the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground, breathed life into his lungs, and the man became a living being.
Land, land, land, listen to this message from the LORD!
For he did not put the coming world we are talking about under the control of angels.