Genesis 1:2

2 the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God [a] swept over the face of the waters.

Genesis 1:2 In-Context

1 In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth,
2 the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters.
3 Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light.
4 And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.
5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or [while the spirit of God] or [while a mighty wind]
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