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Genesis 1: In the beginning of God's creation of the heavens and the earth.
According to the Hebrew language should Genesis 1 read: At the beginning or In the beginning?
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It's ambiguous. Rashi suggested repointing the text to read "in the beginning of God's creating..." I tend to like it. That would be translated as "when God began to create..."
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No, that doesn't ring true to me.
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That certainly doesn't come from a plain reading of the Torah text. Just saying.