Verse 2
Genesis 1:2
Bible in Basic English
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And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God (Elohim) was moving on the face of the waters.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הָ/אָ֗רֶץ הָיְתָ֥ה תֹ֨הוּ֙ וָ/בֹ֔הוּ וְ/חֹ֖שֶׁךְ עַל פְּנֵ֣י תְה֑וֹם וְ/ר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֔ים מְרַחֶ֖פֶת עַל פְּנֵ֥י הַ/מָּֽיִם
English Translation
And the earth was formless and empty, and darkness was over the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
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Chapter 1 Context
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At the first God (Elohim) made the heaven and the earth.
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And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of...
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And God (Elohim) said, Let there be light: and there was light.
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And God (Elohim), looking on the light, saw that it was good: and God (Elohim) made a division betwe...
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Naming the light, Day, and the dark, Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first d...
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And God (Elohim) said, Let there be a solid arch stretching over the waters, parting the waters from...
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And God (Elohim) made the arch for a division between the waters which were under the arch and those...
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And God (Elohim) gave the arch the name of Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the...
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And God (Elohim) said, Let the waters under the heaven come together in one place, and let the dry l...
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And God (Elohim) gave the dry land the name of Earth; and the waters together in their place were na...
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And God (Elohim) said, Let grass come up on the earth, and plants producing seed, and fruit-trees gi...
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And grass came up on the earth, and every plant producing seed of its sort, and every tree producing...
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13
And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
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And God (Elohim) said, Let there be lights in the arch of heaven, for a division between the day and...
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And let them be for lights in the arch of heaven to give light on the earth: and it was so.
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And God (Elohim) made the two great lights: the greater light to be the ruler of the day, and the sm...
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And God (Elohim) put them in the arch of heaven, to give light on the earth;
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To have rule over the day and the night, and for a division between the light and the dark: and God...
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And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
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And God (Elohim) said, Let the waters be full of living things, and let birds be in flight over the...
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And God (Elohim) made great sea-beasts, and every sort of living and moving thing with which the wat...
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And God (Elohim) gave them his blessing, saying, Be fertile and have increase, making all the waters...
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And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
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And God (Elohim) said, Let the earth give birth to all sorts of living things, cattle and all things...
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And God (Elohim) made the beast of the earth after its sort, and the cattle after their sort, and ev...
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And God (Elohim) said, Let us make man in our image, like us: and let him have rule over the fish of...
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And God (Elohim) made man in his image, in the image of God (Elohim) he made him: male and female he...
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And God (Elohim) gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the...
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And God (Elohim) said, See, I have given you every plant producing seed, on the face of all the eart...
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And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the air and every living thing moving on the fa...
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And God (Elohim) saw everything which he had made and it was very good. And there was evening and th...
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