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Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God`s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
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The World's Starting Point
Commentators explain that the phrase 'without form and void' (in Hebrew, 'tohu va-bohu') describes a world that was chaotic, empty, and desolate. It was a dark, unorganized, and uninhabitable abyss. This wasn't a flawed creation, but rather the raw material that God's power and wisdom were about to shape into a place of order, beauty, and life in the subsequent days of creation.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
היה hāyah — “to be.” It should be noted, however, that the word has three meanings, two of which now hardly belong to our English…
19th Century
Anglican
EXCURSUS B: ON THE NAMES ELOHIM AND JEHOVAH-ELOHIM.
Throughout the first account of creation (Genesis 1:1 to Ge…
Baptist
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.
When God began to arrange this world in order…
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16th Century
Protestant
And the earth was without form and void. I will not be very concerned about the explanation of these two terms, תוהו, (tohu,) and…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the earth was without form, and void It was not in the form it now is, otherwise it must have a form, as all mat…
The first verse of the Bible gives us a satisfying and useful account of the origin of the earth and the heavens. The faith of humble Christians un…
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