In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
1:1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
The Creation
1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth—
1In [the] beginning God created the heavens and the earth,
1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.*1:1 Or In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, . . . Or When God began to create the heavens and the earth, . . .
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