GENESIS 1:1

“In the beginning”

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT

These are the very first words in the Bible. They mark the opening of the Genesis creation story: the beginning of time when God creates the universe. The first word of the original Hebrew Scripture here is: בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית (rēʾšît) for “beginning” or “first”.

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