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|In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
|In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
|In the beginning, God created the [[heaven]]s and the [[earth]].
|In a beginning, God created the [[heaven]]s and the [[earth]].
|The Hebrew word '''שמים''' (''shamayim'') means "skies" and is in the dual number.
|The Hebrew word '''שמים''' (''shamayim'') means "skies" and is in the dual number.
The opening creative verse covers all needed dimensions of our universe which are interdependent: in the beginning ('''time''') God created (Action) the heaven ('''space''') and the earth ('''matter'''). Western man delineated these concepts in the 19th century, but God revealed them to us from the beginning.
The opening creative verse covers all needed dimensions of our universe which are interdependent: in the beginning ('''time''') God created (Action) the heaven ('''space''') and the earth ('''matter'''). Western man delineated these concepts in the 19th century, but God revealed them to us from the beginning.
Neither the Septuigent nor the Masoretic Text include the definite article with reference to the word meaning beginning. A literal translation would be rendered, "In '''A''' ''Italic text''beginning."
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