Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
This verse tells us that "In the beginning" is when the heaven and the earth was created.
The original text is
quote:
אבְּרֵאשִׁית, בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים, אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם, וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ.
I have no clue what it really says but some have interpreted this to say In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. However, my Good News Bible interprets it as saying In the beginning, when God created the universe, and then there is a footnote that says In the beginning...the universe; or in the beginning God created the universe; or When God began to create the universe.
Why is the King James version more valid than any other interpretation and how can we discuss the nuance of Moses' story of creation without the original language of the text? I wonder if in a 1000 yrs it won't be interpreted as saying '14.5 Billion yrs ago there was a big bang'.