Jor-el
Since "the beginning" as stated can be period of any number of years, that statement alone covers Everything from the moment of true creation of the Universe (BB theory) until the moment of the recreation inwhich the earth, the sun and the rest of the physical universe already existed
This cannot hold true,since in the Genesis verses,
Gen 1:2 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.
Gen 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Gen 1:4 And God saw the light, that [it was] good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Gen 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Gen 1:6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
Gen 1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which [were] under the firmament from the waters which [were] above the firmament: and it was so.
Gen 1:8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
it is clear that the firmament { shamayim or heaven} is created
after light and after waters.Days or billions of years maters little since the order is incorrect.Heaven{shamayim} was created in the first verse and therefore "in the beginning" refers to
after the creation of light as explained in verses 1:2 -1:8.
Light was not created before all else now was it?