'Surface' in the Bible

but a mist (fog, dew, vapor) used to rise from the land and water the entire surface of the ground—

The waters became mighty and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.

Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the water level had fallen below the surface of the land.

Now in the six hundred and first year [of Noah’s life], on the first day of the first month, the waters were drying up from the earth. Then Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and the surface of the ground was drying.