Genesis 1:2

The earth didn’t have any shape. It didn’t have anything. It was covered with deep water. Everything was dark. It was dark all over the water, but God’s spirit moved around on the top of the water.

Plain English Version

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

1First of all, a long time ago, God made everything. He made the sky, and he made the earth. He made all the things that are everywhere.

3God said, “I want light.” Straight away, light was shining everywhere.

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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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