Genesis 1:2

the earth was still unformed and chaotic, with darkness on the surface of the abyss, and the spirit of God hovering over 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 when God created the heavens and the earth,

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

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Cross References

Psalms 33:6By his word the heavens were made, all their host by the breath of his mouth.

Psalms 104:30But a breath from your lips creates them, and renews the face of the earth.

Nahum 2:10Nineveh is empty, desolate, devastated, with faint heart and knocking knee. There is weakness in every limb, and faces grow 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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