What is the biblical meaning of the quote 'in the beginning'?

Answer 1

A:Since the early centuries of the Common Era, tradition has held that Genesis 1:1 says "In the beginning God created heaven and earth." But as long ago as the eleventh century CE, the influential Jewish scholar, Rashi, said that Genesis 1:1 should really be read, "When God began to create" or "In the beginning of God's creation ". There is no suggestion in Genesis that God actually created the earth from nothing, there being a pre-existing watery chaos and a wind blew across the surface of the water, while the dry land appeared on day 3 when God separated the waters.