Genesis 1:2

And the earth was without forme and void, and darkenesse was vpon the deepe, and the Spirit of God mooued vpon the waters.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 heauen and the earth.

3Then God said, Let there be light: And there was light.

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Cross References

Job 26:14Loe, these are part of his wayes: but how litle a portion heare we of him? and who can vnderstand his fearefull power?

Psalms 33:6By the worde of the Lord were the heauens made, and all the hoste of them by the breath of his mouth.

Psalms 104:30Againe if thou send forth thy spirit, they are created, and thou renuest the face of the earth.

Isaiah 45:18For thus saith the Lord (that created heauen, God himselfe, that formed the earth, and made it: he that prepared it, he created it not in vaine: he formed it to be inhabited) I am the Lord, and there is none other.

Nahum 2:10She is emptie and voyde and waste, and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and sorowe is in all loynes, and the faces of the all gather blackenesse.

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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