Genesis 1:2

The erth was voyde and emptie ad darcknesse was vpon the depe and the spirite of god moved vpon the water

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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 begynnynge God created heaven and erth.

3Than God sayd: let there be lyghte and there was lyghte.

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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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