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Genesis 1:2

The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the surface of the deep. The Spirit of God moved over the surface of the waters.

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In The King James Version

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

In Context

1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

3God said, “Let there be light!” and there was light.

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Cross References

Job 26:14This is just a little of all he does—what we hear of him is hardly a whisper, so who can understand his thunderous power?”

Psalms 33:6The Lord spoke the word and the heavens were made; his mouth breathed all the stars into existence.

Psalms 104:30When you send your breath, they are created, and life covers the earth again.

Isaiah 45:18For this is what the Lord says, the God who created the heavens, who formed and made the earth, he founded it. He didn't make it to be left empty, but formed it to be inhabited. He is the one who says, I am the Lord, and there is no God apart from me.

Nahum 2:10Deserted, destroyed, devastated! Hearts faint, knees tremble, stomachs ache. Everyone's faces turn pale.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 1:2-3

Genesis to Deuteronomy PREFACE Genesis to Deuteronomy Though it is most my concern, that I be able to give a good account to God and my own conscience, yet, perhaps, it will be expected that I give the world also some account of this bold undertaking; which I shall endeavour to do with all plainness, and as one who believes, that if men must be reckoned with in the great day, for every vain and idle word they speak, much more for every vain and idle line they write. And it may be of use, in the first place, to lay… Read the whole commentary →

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