If you have knowledge of the Hebrew Aleph-Beit (alphabet), You will see that between the first three Hebrew words (BeReSheth, bar-ah, Elohim, there is an ALEPH TAU, then HaShemayim, veth, HaErets.  NO ENGLISH BIBLE I HAVE EVER READ TRANSLATES THE ALEPH TAU!  ALEPH IS THE FIRST LETTER OF THE HEBREW ALPHABET AND TAU IS THE LAST LETTER OF THE HEBREW ALPHABET.  When Jesus said in Rev. 1, that He was the Alpha and the omega, He was saying that He was the ALEPH AND THE TAU, The First and the Last.  Now John the Revelator told us in John 1:1 that Jesus is the WORD of God.  A very accurate translation of Genesis 1:1 is, "In the beginning God created the ALEPH TAU (THE WORD OF GOD), (AND SPOKE) THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH INTO BEING.  Some think the Aleph Tau is translated "the."  But the "the" in "the heavens" is the Ha in Shamayim, same as Ha in HaErets, where the Ha is the "the."  GOD IS GREAT!
John P Garlington, john3598@aol.com.