In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

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The Creation

In the beginning God ([a]Elohim) [b]created [by forming from nothing] the heavens and the earth.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 1:1 This is originally a plural form based on el (root meaning: strength), which itself is used to refer to God in compounds like El Shaddai (Almighty God). The word el is also used to refer to false gods, so the context determines whether Elohim means “God” or is better understood as “gods” (elohim).
  2. Genesis 1:1 Heb bara. Here and in 1:21, God created from nothing which is something only He can do. In 1:27, God used preexisting materials (man from the dust of the ground; Eve from Adam’s rib); each use of the word bara (“create”) must be considered in its specific context.

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

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Before the mountains were born
Or before You had given birth to the earth and the world,
Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are [the eternal] God.

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Antes que los montes fueran engendrados(A),
Y nacieran la tierra y el mundo(B),
Desde la eternidad y hasta la eternidad(C), Tú eres Dios.

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