Darkness

Hosek = darkness

Genesis 1:2 (HCSB)2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

Genesis 1:4–5 (HCSB)4 God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and He called the darkness “night.” Evening came and then morning: the first day.

Exodus 10:21–23 (HCSB)The Ninth Plague: Darkness21 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, and there will be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness that can be felt.” 22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was thick darkness throughout the land of Egypt for three days. 23 One person could not see another, and for three days they did not move from where they were. Yet all the Israelites had light where they lived.

1 Samuel 2:9 (HCSB)9 He guards the steps of His faithful ones,but the wicked perish in darkness,for a man does not prevail by his own strength.

2 Samuel 22:28–30 (HCSB)28 You rescue an afflicted people,but Your eyes are set against the proud—You humble them.29 Lord, You are my lamp; the Lord illuminates my darkness.30 With You I can attack a barrier,and with my God I can leap over a wall.

Job 3:4–6 (HCSB)4 If only that day had turned to darkness!May God above not care about it,or light shine on it.5 May darkness and gloom reclaim it,and a cloud settle over it.May an eclipse of the sun terrify it.6 If only darkness had taken that night away!May it not appear among the days of the year or be listed in the calendar.

Job 5:13–14 (HCSB)13 He traps the wise in their craftiness so that the plans of the deceptive are quickly brought to an end.14 They encounter darkness by day,and they grope at noon as if it were night.

Job 15:27–30 (HCSB) 27 Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with it, 28 he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become piles of rubble. 29 He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not increase in the land. 30 He will not escape from the darkness; flames will wither his shoots, and by the breath of God’s mouth, he will depart.

Psalm 18:28 (HCSB) 28 Lord, You light my lamp; my God illuminates my darkness.

Ecclesiastes 11:8 (HCSB) 8 Indeed, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all, and let him remember the days of darkness, since they will be many. All that comes is futile.

Isaiah 5:20 (HCSB) 20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness,

who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.

Zephaniah 1:15–16 (HCSB) 15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness, 16 a day of trumpet blast and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers.

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Verse 2. The earth was without form and void] The original term תהו tohu and בהו bohu, which we translate without form and void, are of uncertain etymology; but in this place, and wherever else they are used, they convey the idea of confusion and disorder. From these terms it is probable that the ancient Syrians and Egyptians borrowed their gods, Theuth and Bau, and the Greeks their Chaos. God seems at first to have created the elementary principles of all things; and this formed the grand mass of matter, which in this state must be without arrangement, or any distinction of parts: a vast collection of indescribably confused materials, of nameless entities strangely mixed; and wonderfully well expressed by an ancient heathen poet:

Clarke, A. (2014). The Holy Bible with a Commentary and Critical Notes (New Edition, Vol. 1, p. 30). Bellingham, WA: Faithlife

Moved] מרחפת merachepheth, was brooding over; for the word expresses that tremulous motion made by the hen while either hatching her eggs or fostering her young. It here probably signifies the communicating a vital or prolific principle to the waters. As the idea of incubation, or hatching an egg, is implied in the original word, hence probably the notion, which prevailed among the ancients, that the world was generated from an egg.

Clarke, A. (2014). The Holy Bible with a Commentary and Critical Notes (New Edition, Vol. 1, p. 30). Bellingham, WA: Faithlife Corporation.Corporation.