And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
La terre était informe et vide: il y avait des ténèbres à la surface de l'abîme, et l'esprit de Dieu se mouvait au-dessus des eaux.
KJV
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Hilarius Pictaviensis
Tractatus Super Psalmos
ita scriptum est: (a) Et tenebræ erant super . abyssum, el spiritus Dei superferebalur super aquam (Gen. 1, 2) ; et iterum: Dixit Deus : Fiat firmamentum in medio aquae, el sit dividens (b) inter aquam el aquam (Ibid. 6); et rursum : Aqua qua super cœlos est, laudet Dominum (Psal…
Philo Judaeus
De Opificio Mundi
λήν· εἱλικρινὲς γὰρ οὐδὲν τῶν ἐν αἰσθήσει. εὖ μέντοι καὶ τὸ φάναι ὅτι "σκότος ἦν ἐπάνω τῆς ἀβύσσου“ (Gen. 1,2). τρόπον γάρ τινα ὁ ἀὴρ ὑπὲρ τὸ κενόν ἐστιν, ἐπειδὴ πᾶσαν τὴν ἀχανῆ καὶ ἐρήμην καὶ κενὴν χώραν ἐπιβὰς ἐκπεπλήρωκεν, ὅση πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τῶν κατὰ σελήνην καθήκει. μετὰ δὲ τὴ…
Philo Judaeus
Legum Allegoriarum Libri I-III
ται· τέταρτον, διὰ τί πνεύματος ὄνομα εἰδώς, ὅταν λέγῃ „καὶ πνεῦμα θεοῦ ἐπεφέρετο ἐπάνω τοῦ ὕδατος“ (Gen. 1,2), πνοῆς νῦν ἀλλ’ οὐχὶ πνεύματος μέμνηται. πρὸς μὲν οὖν τὸ πρῶτον λεκτέον ἓν μέν, ὅτι φιλόδωρος ὢν ὁ θεὸς χαρίζεται τὰ ἀγαθὰ πᾶσι καὶ τοῖς μὴ τελείοις, προκαλούμενος αὐτοὺ…
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