Genesis 1:2 — The earth was formless and void or a waste and emptiness, and darkness was upon… — AMP | maBible

Read Genesis 1:2 (Amplified Bible) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Genesis 1.2, Genesis 1v2, Gen. 1:2. The earth was formless and void or a waste and emptiness, and darkness was upon the face of the deep [primeval ocean that covered the unformed earth]. The Spirit of God was…

Other reference formats: Genesis 1.2, Genesis 1v2, Gen. 1:2.

2 The earth was formless and void or a waste and emptiness, and darkness was upon the face of the deep [primeval ocean that covered the unformed earth]. The Spirit of God was moving (hovering, brooding) over the face of the waters.

Passage themes

An uninhabitable earth — the earth was without form, and void
The creating breath — the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters

Notes and references

The Hebrew text here has two rhyming words, tohu and bohu, which have similar meanings of “wasteness” and “emptiness.” The construction is a figure of speech called hendiadys, in which two words are used together to express the same idea. The meaning is that the earth had no clearly discernible fea…

Events in this chapter

1.1 — Création monde, homme et femme

Did you know?

Des milliers d'années en 50 chapitres La Genèse couvre plus de temps que tout le reste de la Bible réuni : de la création du monde jusqu'à l'installation en Égypte. Aucun autre livre biblique ne parcourt autant d'histoire en si peu de pages.

About this book

Author: Moïse · Written: XVe – XIIIe siècle av. J.-C. · Reading time: ≈ 3h30 · Characters: Adam, Ève, Noé, Abraham (Abram), Sara (Saraï), Isaac, Jacob (Israël), Joseph

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