Genesis 1:2
And the earth was tohu vavohu (without form, and void); and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Ruach Elohim was hovering upon the face of the waters.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
1In the beginning Elohim bara hashomayim (the heavens) and haaretz (the earth). - 1:1 Ps 51:10
3And Elohim said, Let there be light: and there was light. - 1:3 Ps 33:6,9
Cross References
Job 26:14Lo, these are but the ketzot of His ways, 1 but how faint the davar we hear of Him. 1 And the thunder of His gevurah who can understand?
Psalms 33:6By the Devar Hashem were Shomayim made; 1 and all the tz'va (host) of them by the ruach (breath) of His mouth. + 33:6 MJ 11:3; Yn 1:1; Ps 56:5 1
Psalms 104:30Thou sendest forth Thy Ruach, + 104:30 Hakodesh they are created; 1 and Thou renewest the face of adamah (earth). 1
Isaiah 45:18For thus saith Hashem Borei HaShomayim 1 hu HaElohim Yotzer ha'aretz and its Maker; 1 He hath established it, 1 He created it not tohu (chaos), 1 He formed it to be inhabited; 1 I am Hashem; and there is no other. + 45:18 G-d 1
Nahum 2:10Take ye the plunder of kesef, take the plunder of zahav; 1 for there is no end of the treasures, 1 heaps of kol keli chemdah (every delightful vessel). 1
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 →