I am sorry to say that it is you who is dancing around the subject. The text is clear (men's imaginations get in the way) the earth was created in verse one, we are told the state of the earth in verse 2, and in verse 3, God' provides light for the "darkness" that was then on the earth as noted in verse 2.
Gen 1:1-3 In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, (2) the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. (3) Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light.
The word translated void is choshek with a meaning of all that is without God. The word translated light is owr, with a meaning of all the attributes of God.