Genesis 1:1 (BSB)

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

From Genesis 1. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Genesis 1:1

• John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Genesis 1:1: COMMENTARIES ON THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES CALLED GENESIS BY JOHN CALVIN TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL LATIN, AND COMPARED WITH THE FRENCH EDITION, BY THE REV. JOHN KING, M.A., OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, INCUMBENT OF CHRIST'S CHURCH, HULL VOLUME FIRST CHRISTIAN CLASSICS ETHEREAL LIBRARY GRAND RAPIDS, MI http://www.ccel.org Translator’s Preface Several of the Commentaries of Calvin on different portions of the Holy Scripture having been...
• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Genesis 1:1-2: In these verses we have the work of creation in its epitome and in its embryo. I. In its epitome, Gen 1:1, where we find, to our comfort, the first article of our creed, that God the Father Almighty is the Maker of heaven and earth, and as such we believe in him. 1.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Genesis 1:1: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. By the heaven some understand the supreme heaven, the heaven of heavens, the habitation of God, and of the holy angels; and this being made perfect at once, no mention is after made of it, as of the earth; and it is supposed that the angels were at this time created, since they were present...
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Genesis 1:1: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. The Argument - Moses in effect declares three things, which are in this book chiefly to be considered: First, that the world and all things in it were created by God, and to praise his Name for the infinite graces, with which he had endued him, fell willingly from God through disobedience, who yet for...