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1 In the beginning <07225> God <0430> created <01254> (8804) <0853> the heaven <08064> and <0853> the earth <0776>.
This was before time or the beginning of time. The creation then was complete, but something happened between verses 1 and 2. This is known as the gap theory and teaches that the earth came under judgment and was recreated in the Genesis account. This is thought to link with the fall of Satan from heaven.
- CREATION

2 And the earth <0776> was <01961> (8804) without form <08414>, and void <0922>; and darkness <02822> was upon the face <06440> of the deep <08415>. And the Spirit <07307> of God <0430> moved <07363> (8764) upon <05921> the face <06440> of the waters <04325>.
The earth became like this but was not created this way originally. How do we know this? Because we are told in Isaiah 45:18 that God did not create the earth like this. The Hebrew word 'tohuw' is used in both of these passages but is translated differently in each. Here in Genesis 1:2, it is translated as, 'without form' but in some versions of Isaiah 45:18 it is translated differently. What is important is that the passage in Isaiah tells us God did not create the earth this way originally.
The Spirit of God hovered over the earth like a dove, waiting for God's Word of creation. It was then the Holy Spirit that reformed the earth as described in this chapter.
- SPIRIT CREATES - SPIRIT OF GOD

3 And God <0430> said <0559> (8799), Let there be <01961> (8799) light <0216>: and there was light <0216>.
Light was created first because all matter is made up of electromagnetic energy contained in light. After that everything created was made from the foundational matter of light.

4 And God <0430> saw <07200> (8799) <0853> the light <0216>, that <03588> it was good <02896>: and God <0430> divided <0914> (8686) <0996> the light <0216> from <0996> the darkness <02822>.
God lives in the realm of light and His Kingdom is known as the Kingdom of Light. Everything related to Satan is darkness, and his realm is known as the realm of darkness. Sometimes it is referred to as the Kingdom of Darkness, but in reality, it is not a kingdom, because Satan is not a king, he is only a prince.

5 And God <0430> called <07121> (8799) the light <0216> Day <03117>, and the darkness <02822> he called <07121> (8804) Night <03915>. And the evening <06153> and the morning <01242> were the first <0259> day <03117> .
6 And God <0430> said <0559> (8799), Let there be a firmament <07549> in the midst <08432> of the waters <04325>, and let it divide <0914> (8688) the waters <04325> from the waters <04325>.
7 And God <0430> made <06213> (8799) the firmament <07549>, and divided <0914> (8686) the waters <04325> which <0834> were under <08478> the firmament <07549> from the waters <04325> which <0834> were above <05921> the firmament <07549>: and it was so <03651>.
8 And God <0430> called <07121> (8799) the firmament <07549> Heaven <08064>. And the evening <06153> and the morning <01242> were the second <08145> day <03117>.
9 And God <0430> said <0559> (8799), Let the waters <04325> under the heaven <08064> be gathered together <06960> (8735) unto <0413> one <0259> place <04725>, and let the dry <03004> land appear <07200> (8735) : and it was so.
10 And God <0430> called <07121> (8799) the dry <03004> land Earth <0776>; and the gathering together <04723> of the waters <04325> called <07121> (8804) he Seas <03220>: and God <0430> saw <07200> (8799) that it was good <02896>.
11 And God <0430> said <0559> (8799), Let the earth <0776> bring forth <01876> (8686) grass <01877> , the herb <06212> yielding <02232> (8688) seed <02233>, and the fruit <06529> tree <06086> yielding <06213> (8802) fruit <06529> after his kind <04327>, whose <0834> seed <02233> is in itself, upon the earth <0776> : and it was so.
 - WAY OF HEALTH
12 And the earth <0776> brought forth <03318> (8686) grass <01877>, and herb <06212> yielding <02232> (8688) seed <02233> after his kind <04327>, and the tree <06086> yielding <06213> (8802) fruit <06529>, whose seed <02233> was in itself, after his kind <04327>: and God <0430> saw <07200> (8799) that it was good <02896> .
13 And the evening <06153> and the morning <01242> were the third <07992> day <03117>.
14 And God <0430> said <0559> (8799), Let there be lights <03974> in the firmament <07549> of the heaven <08064> to divide <0914> (8687) the day <03117> from the night <03915>; and let them be for signs <0226>, and for seasons <04150> , and for days <03117>, and years <08141>:
15 And let them be for lights <03974> in the firmament <07549> of the heaven <08064> to give light <0215> (8687) upon the earth <0776>: and it was so.
16 And God <0430> made <06213> (8799) two <08147> great <01419> lights <03974>; the greater <01419> light <03974> to rule <04475> the day <03117>, and the lesser <06996> light <03974> to rule <04475> the night <03915>: he made the stars <03556> also.
17 And God <0430> set <05414> (8799) them in the firmament <07549> of the heaven <08064> to give light <0215> (8687) upon the earth <0776>,
18 And to rule <04910> (8800) over the day <03117> and over the night <03915>, and to divide <0914> (8687) the light <0216> from the darkness <02822>: and God <0430> saw <07200> (8799) that it was good <02896>.
19 And the evening <06153> and the morning <01242> were the fourth <07243> day <03117>.
20 And God <0430> said <0559> (8799), Let the waters <04325> bring forth abundantly <08317> (8799) the moving creature <08318> that hath <05315> life <02416>, and fowl <05775> that may fly <05774> (8787) above <05921> the earth <0776> in the open <06440> firmament <07549> of heaven <08064>.
21 And God <0430> created <01254> (8799) great <01419> whales <08577>, and every living <02416> creature <05315> that moveth <07430> (8802), which the waters <04325> brought forth abundantly <08317> (8804), after their kind <04327>, and every winged <03671> fowl <05775> after his kind <04327>: and God <0430> saw <07200> (8799) that it was good <02896>.
22 And God <0430> blessed <01288> (8762) them, saying <0559> (8800), Be fruitful <06509> (8798) , and multiply <07235> (8798), and fill <04390> (8798) the waters <04325> in the seas <03220>, and let fowl <05775> multiply <07235> (8799) in the earth <0776>.
23 And the evening <06153> and the morning <01242> were the fifth <02549> day <03117>.
24 And God <0430> said <0559> (8799), Let the earth <0776> bring forth <03318> (8686) the living <02416> creature <05315> after his kind <04327>, cattle <0929>, and creeping thing <07431>, and beast <02416> of the earth <0776> after his kind <04327>: and it was so.
25 And God <0430> made <06213> (8799) the beast <02416> of the earth <0776> after his kind <04327>, and cattle <0929> after their kind <04327>, and every thing that creepeth <07431> upon the earth <0127> after his kind <04327>: and God <0430> saw <07200> (8799) that it was good <02896>.
26 And God <0430> said <0559> (8799), Let us make <06213> (8799) man <0120> in our image <06754> , after our likeness <01823>: and let them have dominion <07287> (8799) over the fish <01710> of the sea <03220>, and over the fowl <05775> of the air <08064>, and over the cattle <0929>, and over all the earth <0776>, and over every creeping thing <07431> that creepeth <07430> (8802) upon the earth <0776>.
27 So God <0430> created <01254> (8799) man <0120> in his own image <06754>, in the image <06754> of God <0430> created <01254> (8804) he him; male <02145> and female <05347> created <01254> (8804) he them.
28 And God <0430> blessed <01288> (8762) them, and God <0430> said <0559> (8799) unto them, Be fruitful <06509> (8798), and multiply <07235> (8798), and replenish <04390> (8798) the earth <0776>, and subdue it <03533> (8798): and have dominion <07287> (8798) over the fish <01710> of the sea <03220>, and over the fowl <05775> of the air <08064>, and over every living thing <02416> that moveth <07430> (8802) upon the earth <0776>.
29 And God <0430> said <0559> (8799), Behold <02009>, I have given <05414> (8804) you every herb <06212> bearing <02232> (8802) seed <02233>, which is upon the face <06440> of all the earth <0776>, and every tree <06086>, in the which is the fruit <06529> of a tree <06086> yielding <02232> (8802) seed <02233>; to you it shall be <01961> (8799) for meat <0402>.
 - WAY OF HEALTH
30 And to every beast <02416> of the earth <0776>, and to every fowl <05775> of the air <08064>, and to every thing that creepeth <07430> (8802) upon the earth <0776>, wherein there is life <02416> <05315>, I have given every green <03418> herb <06212> for meat <0402>: and it was so.
 - WAY OF HEALTH
31 And God <0430> saw <07200> (8799) every thing that <0834> he had made <06213> (8804), and, behold, it was very <03966> good <02896>. And the evening <06153> and the morning <01242> were the sixth <08345> day <03117> .