...heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters." Using the power of words, God makes the world and all its living inhabitants. The two different versions...

...it goes on to say, "The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters." Never mind the inconsistency. The first chapter of Genesis is not a treatise in natural history. It...

...fruits ye shall know them': The fruit of the sea [the body] is the fish (the mind, wisdom, knowledge). 'And the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters' (Gen. 2). In the section of Rumi's Mathnawi immediately preceding the one mentioned above, from verses...

...Bible are translated - as 'A mighty wind that swept over the surface of the waters' (Gen. 1.2, NEB) or 'The Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters' (Gen. 1.2, RSV) — we are given in the first example the sense of elemental, creative, formless energy,...

...mirror the wonder and simplicity of wave-riding itself. The opening paragraph of Genesis ends with "and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the IX waters," and I don't think it's too ridiculous, and maybe only a little imperialist, to say Cook's...

...of the physical world - and even these four are patient of another interpretation. Genesis l :2, 5, 'the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters' may indicate a creative function for the Spirit, but may equally describe the chaos referred to in...

...not even a handbreadth [of distance] between the upper waters and the nether waters, E. "for it says, 'The spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters' (Gen. 1:2). F. "And it says, 'Like an eagle that stirs up its nest [that flutters over its young, spreading...

...isn't that the same as God hovering? God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are one being." "My Bible says the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters," Stephen said. "This is confusing." "I'll say it is," Tamara agreed. "Actually, my Bible says the Spirit...

...heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the warers. And God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. And God saw that the light was good;...

...9:11l, or by the second verse of the first "Genesis": "Darkness was upon the face of the deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters," or by the final words of the Davidic psahn: "Praise the LORD forever! Amen! Amen!" (Ps 89:52l. Summary...