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Genesis 1:2 HOT

 המים׃ פני על־ מרחפת אלהים ורוח

תהום

פני

על־

וחשׁך

ובהו

תהו

היתה

והארץ

Genesis 1:2

the
waters dual,		 the
face
of		 upon mrchphth Eloheem and
the
spirit
of		 the
abyss,		 the
face
of		 on and
ignorance
was		 and
void		 without
form		 she
was		 And
the
Land

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Regarding the dry land, it is apparent that it hasn't been formed in this verse, not until Gen 1:9 do we see the dry land appear, this fact helps my point made in Gen 1:1, that the mention of the Land and Heavens in the first verse seems to be more of a topic sentence to the creation process, or some other creation, invisible to mankind. I am not sure what is signified by void, could void mean non-existent? That wouldn't make sense. One other possibility could be that the surface of the earth is an add mixture of frozen water, frozen gasses, and other elements that make up the land we see today. Any liquid water on the Earth is likely only due to the thermal energy from the Earth herself, because there is no other source of heat. It says, ignorance (darkness) was on the face of the abyss, I wonder what is meant by abyss? Could the abyss be the same as the Waters, excluding the Land, or does it include the Land too? The mention of waters and the work God does on these waters, seems to be related to the abyss, but not exactly the same thing, perhaps the abyss referrers to the entire mess of things. We see the spirit of Eloheem mrchphth, which means vibrating, brooding, fluttering, or relaxing over the waters. If we use the word relaxing, then it might help explain why the abyss is in darkness, or ignorance, likewise, if it is only fluttering, moving, or shaking, then I am not sure what the waters could learn from such an action. If it is brooding, then the spirit would seem more like a mother, or father figure to the waters, rather than some sort of impersonal active force. Perhaps the spirit is putting things in order now, separating out  the earth's crust from it's iron core, and the other layers. It seems as if the spirit is in pause, or may not be ready to do anything until further instructed, as we shall see in the next verse. Notice here that since there is no light source like a sun, there cannot yet be a 24 hour period for a day, as we think of it.