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The Beginning. 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
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The first chapter of Bereshit, or Genesis, written on an egg, in the Jerusalem museum "In the beginning" (bereshit in Biblical Hebrew) is the opening-phrase or incipit used in the Bible in Genesis 1:1. In John 1:1 of the New Testament, the word Archē is translated into English with the same phrase.
Oct 18, 2012 · For example: "at the beginning of the book" ,IMHO, emphasizes more the place [physically] (first pages/chapter etc') while "in the beginning of the book" emphasizes more that it's early relevant to what is happening in the book.
- They are valid but not interchangeable. I think the most important difference is that "in the beginning" seems to be an expression describing a who...
- "In the beginning" are the three words that open the Book of Genesis in the Bible. For Christians, the phrase conveys that additional sense of an o...
- Firstly, the [pedantic] interpretation of those phrases probably differs between locations and cultures (American English as opposed to British Eng...
- In the beginning is usually preferred alone and followed by a comma. But at the beginning is used together with a noun such as year, book, century,...
- At the beginning of the book ... At the beginning of the semester ... At the beginning of my speech ... These are all fine and unremarkable.
- Ive always thought that when using phrases like these, it's better to use "in" when referring to time, and "at" when referring to a place. :) But I...
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Read the first verse of Genesis chapter 1 in different Bible translations and versions. Learn the meaning and context of the Hebrew word Elohim and the phrase "in the beginning".
This verse states that in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. It is the first verse of the Gospel of John, and it refers to the creation of the world and the identity of Jesus Christ as the Word of God.
John's opening sentence in his gospel, 'In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God', is a statement of Jesus' divinity and his role as the creator of the world. The term 'Word' (Logos) refers to the rational principle of the universe, which John contrasts with the Gnostic view of a separate Demiurge.
