In Genesis 1:2, the earth is described as waste and void.

Note on “waste and void” Hebrew: tohu va-bohu — often rendered as formlessness, desolation, or chaotic emptiness.

Genesis 1

1

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2

And the earth was waste and void;

and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the

waters

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