And the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.
Again, small "e" "earth" I'm pretty sure is used to represent the soil, dirt, land... and not the planet. The words "surface of the deep" is usually used to describe the oceans, with the biggest clue laying in wait at the word "waters".
The "Spirit of God" at this time is clearly not know. Although in the previous verse "God" was the creator, and since the word "Spirit" is capitalized, I think the author is referring to an essence.
So now what do we have from our story, well... The dirt was just floating around doing nothing, and somewhere, not sure where, there was an ocean or sea, with the essence of the creator moving over its surface.
So now the book of magic and wonder has taken on somewhat of a ghostly or supernatural context, and we have dirt floating around aimlessly, and a body of water more than likely hovering in space.
While the first verse didn't mention anything about the water being created, I'm sure it was implied in the word "heavens", or atleast I hope it was. But then the question arises, if the earth was so important to mention, and its just floating around aimlessly, but the water has the Spirit of God moving over it, why was its creation not written?
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