Gen. i. 2.  Vide R.V. margin.  The word rachaph, “brood,” is not used of wind, and itself appears to fix the meaning of the Spirit in the place.  An old interpretation of the Orphic Poem Argonautica would identify the brooding Spirit of Genesis with the All Wise Love of the Greek poet: πρῶτα μὲν ἀρχαίου χάεος μεγαλήφατον ὕμνον, ὡς ἐπάμειψε φύσεις, ὥς τ᾽ οὐρανος ἐς πέρας ἦλθεν, γῆς τ᾽ εὐρυστέρνου γένεσιν, πυθμένας τε θαλάσσης , πρεσβύτατόν τε καὶ αὐτοτελῆ πολ μητιν ῎Ερωτα, ὅσσα τ᾽ ἔφυσεν ἅπαντα, τὰ δ᾽ ἔ?οιθεν ἄλλου ἄπ᾽ ἄλλο. Orph., Argon. 423–427. On the translation of rachaph by “brooding,” cf. Milton, P. Lost, vii.:  “darkness profound Covered the abyss; but on the watery calm His brooding wings the Spirit of God outspread, And vital virtue infused, and vital warmth, Throughout the fluid mass.”