Now, the land was wild and waste (והוו והת tohu va-vohu)
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and darkness was over the face of the deep abyss (םוהת tehom)
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but the breath of Elohim was hovering over the face of the waters (םימה hamayim)

The framers of creation in the Bible inherited a treasure trove of venerable traditions from their cultural neighbors. Instead of creating their accounts ex nihilo, the composers of Scripture developed their traditions in dialogue with some of the great religious traditions of the surrounding cultures, particularly those originating from Mesopotamia and Egypt, as well as those of their more immediate Canaanite neighbors. —WILLIAM BROWN, SEVEN PILLARS OF CREATION: THE BIBLE, SCIENCE, AND THE ECOLOGY OF WONDER (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2010).

Ancient Egyptian Culture

Key texts containing Egyptian cosmologies are:
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• The Pyramids texts (Old Kingdom, 2600-2100 B.C.)
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• The Coffin texts (1900s-1600s B.C.)
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• The Book of the Dead (1500s-1000s B.C.)
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The waters speak I am the Waters, unique, without second. Atum speaks That is where I evolved, on the great occasion of my floating that happened to me. I (Atum the creator) am the one who once evolved — Circlet, who is in his egg. I am the one who began therein, (in) the Waters. See, the Flood is subtracted from me: see, I am the remainder. I made my body evolve through my own effectiveness. I am the one who made me. I built myself as I wished, according to my heart. —Coffin Text

5 Egyptian Creation Myths | Egypt’s Mythology Explained (Animation)

Bibliography

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The Coffin Texts 714, in William W. Hallo and K. Lawson Younger, The Context of Scripture: Canonical Compositions from the Biblical World, Vol. 1, pp. 6–7.
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https://www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com/
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https://archive.org/details/symbolismofbibli0000keel/page/n9/mode/2up
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Othmar Keel, The Symbolism of the Biblical World
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https://sacred-texts.com/egy/ael/ael14.htm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHdg8yENKJk