[Just mythoughts]

"The first verse in full context would be down thru verse 5, which ends with "the evening and the morning were the first day."

For this to be the case then the heavens and earth were created without form and void, Isaiah says other wise.

Isaiah 45:18 For thus saith the LORD That created the heavens; God Himself That formed the earth and made it; HE hath established it, He created it not 'in vain', He formed it to be inhabited: "I AM the LORD.

Now these words 'in vain' = tohu and the very same words used in Genesis 1:2 which got translated 'without form' = tohu. The translators had some fun in the translating.

Interesting that planted within the WORD is the usage of the same word telling us that something happened between the beginning and the events described when the earth got cleaned up.

[Mark17]

Interesting that planted within the WORD is the usage of the same word telling us that something happened between the beginning and the events described when the earth got cleaned up.

Do you suppose this was the time Lucifer rebelled, and God destroyed the universe, and cleaned it up later? How do you unscramble an egg? Do you think God presented Lucifer with just such a dilemma?