BEREISHIS (in the beginning)

Elohim created the heavens and earth

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning created, Elohim את the heavens וְאת and the earth. C-MATS

Question: Who made the heavens and the earth?Genesis 1:1 links the working of יהוה through את Messiah as the Creator as John states in John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Elohim, and the Word was Elohim. 2 The same was in the beginning with Elohim. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. C-MATS

Question: What does the word created mean, In the beginning created, Elohim”? The Hebrew verb bara (“created”) employed by this verse specifically means the creation of something from nothing. Chumash

Question: When did time begin? In the beginning (1:1) refers to the beginning of time –the first, indivisible moment, before which time did not exist. Time was the first creation; thus the first commandment is the dedication of time by setting the months and seasons of the Hebrew calendar. Chumash