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Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was upon the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
Started approximately 4.5 GA
According to current scientific understanding, the accretion process that formed the Earth likely took between 10 and 40 million years as smaller “planetesimals” collided and clumped together, transforming Earth from a formless state to something that looked like a planet.
Like Genesis 1:1, the verse of Genesis 1:2 seems to cover multiple events. In Genesis 1:2 we have the earth being formless and empty and then having darkness over the face of the deep. The earth being formless and empty is in harmony with the current scientific consensus that the earth formed due to gravity causing the dust and gas particles to go through the accretion process.