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Similarly, I always thought "the earth was without form, and void;" indicated it was entirely covered with water and had no mountains or dry land. If the earth was completely covered with water it would be without form, and void.

Gen 1:1-10

1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 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.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

Look even closer: First, everything (including the earth!) was created. (Check. - Theory tells us (though we don't know for certain) that everything (all matter) was present immediately after the Big Bang.)

With form and void. (Check.) See, if matter itself has not formed as neutrons, protons, and electrons, it has no fornm and is void.

Darkness. (Check.)

Waters moving = fluids moving = plasmas moving (under electromagnetic and gravitational influence.) (Check.)

THEN (after movement of plasmas into stars) -> Then fusion -> then light. (Check.)

Dividing Light into Darkness (creation of hell ?) Or simply light and dark can't be present (night and day) until solid matter (as planets) creates shade from the fusion sources? (Check - either way.)

Creation of earth's atmosphere, land, and near-earth (Van Allen belts) zones as the earth itself formed from collisions. Note: This EMI shielding from exo-atmospheric plasmas (waters above = ionized matter) is required for life to develop later. (Check.)

Sea and land are separated. Starts with only one ocean, one continent. (Check.)