Genesis 1:1-5 — Day One

Couple things that should be considered in this discussion. First, erets in the hebrew means land, not planet earth. Second, the land as we understand it wasn't created until verse 9, while the expanse of space was created in verse 6. Just some thoughts. I would gather from this that planet earth, the land and sea, were not created in verse 2, but rather a primordial fluid which contained the elements God used to form our planet. Edited by Calminian, : No reason given.