Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleIn the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Young's Literal Translation In the beginning of God’s preparing the heavens and the earth— King James Bible In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Hebrew In the beginningבְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית (bə·rê·šîṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 7225: The first, in place, time, order, rank God אֱלֹהִ֑ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative created בָּרָ֣א (bā·rā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1254: To create, to cut down, select, feed the heavens הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם (haš·šā·ma·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky and וְאֵ֥ת (wə·’êṯ) Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case the earth. הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land |