Genesis 1:2
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 [a]and the earth was without form or shape, with darkness over the abyss and a mighty wind sweeping over the waters—(A)
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- 1:2 This verse is parenthetical, describing in three phases the pre-creation state symbolized by the chaos out of which God brings order: “earth,” hidden beneath the encompassing cosmic waters, could not be seen, and thus had no “form”; there was only darkness; turbulent wind swept over the waters. Commencing with the last-named elements (darkness and water), vv. 3–10 describe the rearrangement of this chaos: light is made (first day) and the water is divided into water above and water below the earth so that the earth appears and is no longer “without outline.” The abyss: the primordial ocean according to the ancient Semitic cosmogony. After God’s creative activity, part of this vast body forms the salt-water seas (vv. 9–10); part of it is the fresh water under the earth (Ps 33:7; Ez 31:4), which wells forth on the earth as springs and fountains (Gn 7:11; 8:2; Prv 3:20). Part of it, “the upper water” (Ps 148:4; Dn 3:60), is held up by the dome of the sky (vv. 6–7), from which rain descends on the earth (Gn 7:11; 2 Kgs 7:2, 19; Ps 104:13). A mighty wind: literally, “spirit or breath [ruah] of God”; cf. Gn 8:1.
Genesis 1:2
King James Version
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.
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Genesis 1:6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
6 Then God said: Let there be a dome in the middle of the waters, to separate one body of water from the other.
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Genesis 1:6
New International Version
Genesis 1:6
King James Version
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
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Genesis 1:8
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
8 God called the dome “sky.” Evening came, and morning followed—the second day.
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Genesis 1:8
New International Version
Genesis 1:8
King James Version
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
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Psalm 24:2
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 For he founded it on the seas,
established it over the rivers.(A)
Psalm 24:2
New International Version
2 for he founded it on the seas
and established it on the waters.(A)
Psalm 24:2
King James Version
2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
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