[csense]

I find it redundant to say that a physical entity ("the earth") is without form or substance, when being without substance seems to necessarily imply an absence of form.

The analogy here would be to time and space. Both are distinct, yet both are necessary in context.

[tacticalogic]

The analogy here would be to time and space.

That argument seems to agree with betty boop's, that the Earth was created outside of time as we understand it, so the reference to "days" can't be held to be as we experience it.