1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
After Genesis 1, but before Genesis 2, these events happened.
23) beheld the earth, and, lo,
it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they
hadno light.
24I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
25I beheld, and, lo,
there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
26I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place
was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD,
and by his fierce anger.
27For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
28For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken
it, I have purposed
it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.
29The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city
shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.