Formless and Empty
Genesis 1:1–2
THE DAYS OF CREATION
FormationPopulation
Day 1 light
Day 4 Lights
Day 2 Waters/Expanse
Day 5 Fish/Birds
Day 3 Land
Day 6 Animals/People
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The words “formless” and “empty” can be literally translated “unformed and unfilled.” This phrase is the literary key to the creation account. In the first three days the earth was “formed,” and in the second three it was “filled.” The arrangement of those first six days shows a clear order in God’s creation (see chart).
Days one, two, and three move creation from a formless to a formed state. Days four, five, and six move creation from an empty to a filled state. Order and population form the thrust of God’s creative work.
Hughes, Robert B., and J. Carl Laney. Tyndale Concise Bible Commentary. Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2001. Print. The Tyndale Reference Library.
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