Genesis 1:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- II. The Land היה hāyah , “be.” It is to be noted, however, that the word has three meanings, two of which now scarcely belong to our English “be.” 1. “Be, as an event, start into being,...
Genesis 1:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the earth was (b) without form, and void; and (c) darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God (d) moved upon the face of the waters. (b) As an unformed lump and without any c...
Genesis 1:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

a. The Priestly Story of Creation. This section belongs to the Priestly Document (P). This is shown by the use of several of its characteristic terms, by the constant repetition of the formulæ, and...
Genesis 1:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

And. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton (App-6), by which, in the 34 verses of this Introduction, each one of 102 separate acts are emphasized; and the important word "God" in Genesis 1:1 i...
Genesis 1:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. And the earth was without form and void. I shall not be very solicitous about the exposition of these two epithets, תוהו, ( tohu,) and בוהו, ( bohu.) The Hebrews use them when they de...
Genesis 1:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. The earth was without form and void - The original ter...
Genesis 1:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And the earth was without form, and void— In its first state the earth, or the whole of the terraqueous globe, was a mere confused chaos, without any regular form, or without any of its present fur...
Genesis 1:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 the earth was without form, and void. The re...
Genesis 1:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Creation 'The foundation of foundations and pillar of all wisdom is to know that the First Being is, and that He giveth existence to everything that exists! 'Thus wrote Moses Maimonides, a Jew...
Genesis 1:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

EXCURSUS B: ON THE NAMES ELOHIM AND JEHOVAH-ELOHIM. Throughout the first account of creation ( Genesis 1:1 to Genesis 2:3 ) the Deity is simply called Elohim. This word is strictly a plural of...
Genesis 1:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE CREATION Genesis 1:1-31 ; Genesis 2:1-25 IF anyone is in search of accurate information regarding the age of this earth, or its relation to the sun, moon, and stars, or regarding the order...
Genesis 1:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Beginnings Genesis 1:1-5 All beginnings must begin with God. Always put God first. The first stone in every building, our first thought every morning, the first aim and purpose of all activity....
Genesis 1:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The opening sentence of the Book of Genesis is an interpretation of the fact "that what is seen hath not been made out of things which do appear" Hebrews 11:3 ), and accounts for the things which ar...
Genesis 1:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Mark! what a resemblance there is between the empty void of nature, before the lights of heaven were introduced into the creation, and that of the human soul before the light of grace hath passed upo...
Genesis 1:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 matter has; it was a fluid matter, the watery parts were not separated from the...
Genesis 1:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 2. And the earth was without form and void,...
Genesis 1:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The earth When first called into existence, was without form and void: confusion and emptiness , as the same original words are rendered, Isaiah 34:11 . It was without order, beauty, or even use,...
Genesis 1:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

In our human nature is a thirst to know about origins. God has given us this nature and God supplies the answer to our desire simply and decisively in the first statement of His own revelation to man...
Genesis 1:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Creation. B. C. 4004. 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 A...
Genesis 1:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The same confused mass or heap is here called both earth, from its most solid and substantial part; and the deep, from its vast bulk and depth; and waters, from its outward face and covering....
Genesis 1:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And the earth was without form and empty. And darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters.' “And the earth” - the connecting ‘' (‘ waw ') really...
Genesis 1:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 1:1 . In the beginning] Or, “at first,” “originally,” “to start with:” Sept. en archê (εν αρχῃ) as in John 1:1 . God ] Heb. ’Elohim (אֱלֹהִים): w. ref. to this freq...
Genesis 1:2 - Scofield Reference Notes

without form and void ; ( Jeremiah 4:23-27 ); ( Isaiah 24:1 ); ( Isaiah 45:18 ) clearly indicate that the earth had undergone a cataclysmic change as the result of divine judgment. The face of...
Genesis 1:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 1 It is possible that God made at first only one kind of matter, the germ of all the universe. Indeed, Scripture seems to hint this in the sublime record of the origin of light: "And God s...
Genesis 1:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 1:1 . In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. When that «beginning» was, we cannot tell. It may have been long ages before God fitted up this world for the abode of man, bu...
Genesis 1:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep Genesis of order I. EXPLANATION OF THE PASSAGE. 1. The primeval chaos. (1) Origin of chaos. The direct...
Genesis 1:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION I. THAT this initial section is not history is apparent from the circumstance that the occurrences it describes belong to a period of time which antedates the dawn of history. T...
Genesis 1:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Creation of Chaos and Light
Genesis 1:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

without. Job 26:7 Isaiah 45:18 Jeremiah 4:23 Nahum 2:10 Spirit. Job 26:14 Psalms 33:6 Psalms 104:30 Isaiah 40:12-14
Genesis 1:2 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Alpha and Omega of Creation Genesis 1:1-5 ; Revelation 21:1-6 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Genesis and Revelation contrasted. The Book of Genesis is commonly known as the Book of beginnings....
Genesis 1:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Where we have an account of the first matter, and the first Mover. 1. A chaos was the first matter. 'Tis here called the earth, (tho' the earth, properly taken, was not made 'till the third day, G...

Genesis 1:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 1:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 1:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 1:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 1:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 1:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 1:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 1:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 1:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 1:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 1:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 1:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 1:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 1:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 1:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 1:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 1:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 1:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 1:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 1:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 1:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 1:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 1:2 - Scofield Reference Notes

Genesis 1:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 1:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 1:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 1:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 1:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 1:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 1:2 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Genesis 1:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes