Tohu wa-bohu

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Tohu wa-Bohu or Tohu va-Vohu (Hebrew: תֹּהוּ וָבֹהוּ‎, tṓhû wāḇṓhû) is a Biblical Hebrew phrase found in the Genesis creation narrative (Genesis 1:2), which describes the condition of the Earth immediately before the creation of light in Genesis 1:3. Numerous interpretations of this phrase are made by various theological sources. The King James Version translation of the phrase is "without form, and void", corresponding to the Septuagint's ἀόρατος καὶ ἀκατασκεύαστος (aoratos kai akataskeuastos) and, in the Vulgate, inanis et vacua, "unseen and unformed".

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