Genesis 1:2
The earth was without form and empty. Darkness was upon the surface of the deep. The Spirit of God was moving above the surface of the waters.
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In Context
1In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
3God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
Cross References
Job 26:14See, these are but the fringes of his ways; 1 how small a whisper do we hear of him! 1 Who can understand the thunder of his power?”
Psalms 33:6By the word of Yahweh the heavens were made, 1 and all the stars were made by the breath of his mouth. 1
Psalms 104:30When you send out your Spirit, they are created, 1 and you renew the countryside. 1
Isaiah 45:18This is what Yahweh says, who created the heavens, the true God 1 who created the earth and made it, who established it. 1 He created it, not as a waste, but designed it to be inhabited: 1 “I am Yahweh, and there is no other. 1
Nahum 2:10Nineveh is empty and ruined. Everyone's heart melts, everyone's knees strike together, 1 and anguish is in everyone; their faces are all pale. 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 →