Tohu wa-bohu or Tohu va-Vohu is a Biblical Hebrew phrase found in the Genesis creation narrative that describes the condition of the earth immediately before the creation of light in Genesis 1:3.

The Genesis creation narrative is the creation myth of both Judaism and Christianity. The narrative is made up of two stories, roughly equivalent to the first two chapters of the Book of Genesis. In the first, Elohim creates the heavens and the Earth in six days, then rests on, blesses, and sanctifies the seventh. In the second story God creates Adam, the first man, from dust and places him in the Garden of Eden. There he is given dominion over the animals. Eve, the first woman, is created from Adam's rib as his companion.