The Bible is a highly figurative book. Folks like
@Jack miss out on the richness it provides. Right off the bat, in v2 it read a wind from God OR the spirit of God "swept over the face of the waters." Both of these are figurative in relation to material he created "without form." In other words, the form we observe is a byproduct or result of logos, God's divine intent, spirit, creative power to organize and order. Very powerful inference. To reduce all this to a trivial and non-value added literal "sweeping" (meaning surveyed) over the waters takes away much of the richness of the nature of our Creator conveyed from the text.
In v3, it reads that God said something. But we know he is Spirit, which means he did not say something with a voice box like we have. In v4, it reads that God saw. Again we know he is Spirit, which means he does not have eyes, like we have. So, God is "speaking" and "seeing" in non-literal ways to what we know these ideas to mean in reference to our existence.
The titular character Father Brown once said in an episode that it is a good idea to not talk God's words too literally. Overall, it takes discernment. Not everyone is a reader. Not everyone has good reading comprehension. So, they are reduced to literal interpretations which become indefensible at a certain point as it opens one up to embracing a host of contradictions. For instance, boxers often say things like "I'm going to kill him." They don't literally mean that.
