Introduction to Genesis :
Genesis is a name taken from the Greek, and signifies “the book of generation or production;”
it is properly so called, as containing an account of the origin of all things. There is no other history so old. There is nothing in the most ancient book which exists that contradicts it; while many things recorded by the oldest heathen writers, or to be traced in the customs of different nations, confirm what is related in the book of Genesis. #
Lets read few different unique version of first two verse of Genesis >>>>
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was barren, with no form of life; it was under a roaring ocean covered with darkness. But the Spirit of God was moving over the water.”
Genesis 1 : 1,2 (Contemporary English Version)
“In the beginning God created the sky and the earth. The earth was empty and had no form. Darkness covered the ocean, and God’s Spirit was moving over the water.” Genesis 1 : 1,2 (New Century Version)
“In the beginning of God’s preparing the heavens and the earth — the earth hath existed waste and void, and darkness [is] on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God fluttering on the face of the waters ” Genesis 1 : 1,2 (Young’s Literal Translation)
“First this: God created the Heavens and Earth—all you see, all you don’t see. Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, an inky blackness. God’s Spirit brooded like a bird above the watery abyss.” Genesis 1 : 1,2 (The Message)
God bless you.
# Taken From Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
