Genesis 1:2
“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 the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
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.
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
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Cross-References
“I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.”
“Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.”
“For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.”
“By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.”
“He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.”