BERESHIT BARA ELOHIM

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First Reading, Second Reading, Third Reading, Fourth Reading,  Fifth Reading, Sixth Reading, Seventh Reading, Last Reading Bereshit    Forward  1:1  1:2  1:3  1:4 1:1 First Reading In the beginning God created heaven and earth. Bereshit bara Elohim et hashamayim ve'et ha'arets. 1:2 The earth was without form and empty, with darkness on the face of the depths, but God's spirit moved on the water's surface. Veha'arets hayetah tohu vavohu vechoshech al-peney tehom veruach Elohim merachefet al-peney hamayim. 1:3 God said, 'There shall be light,' and light came into existence. Vayomer Elohim yehi-or vayehi-or. 1:4 God saw that the light was good, and God divided between the light and the darkness. Vayar Elohim et-ha'or ki-tov vayavdel Elohim beyn ha'or uveyn hachoshech. Commentary: In the beginning...   Others translate this, 'In the beginning of God's creation of heaven and earth, the earth was without form and empty...' (Rashi). Still others combine the first three verses: 'In the beginning of God's creation....when the earth was without form and empty....God said, 'Let there be light.' (Bereshith Rabbah).