Genesis 1:2 · KJV
“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.”
— Genesis 1:2
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Genesis 1 — Context
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2And 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.
3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4And God saw the light, that {it was} good: and God divided the light from the darkness. {the light from...: Heb. between the light and between the darkness}
Cross References
Jeremiah 4:23
I beheld the earth, and, lo, {it was} without form, and void; and the heavens, and they {had} no light.
Psalms 104:30
Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
Isaiah 45:18
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.
Psalms 33:6
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
Job 26:7
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, {and} hangeth the earth upon nothing.
Isaiah 40:12-14
Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? {a measure: Heb. a tierce}
Job 26:14
Lo, these {are} parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
Nahum 2:10
She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain {is} in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.