Created God the Heaven(s) and the Earth

My brother-in-law recently told me he is reading a study Bible. He said several verses have a footnote saying, “Meaning of Hebrew uncertain.”

“So does that mean that they are just guessing?” He asked.

“It’s an educated guess, but yes. Sometimes the Hebrew text will make even the best translators scratch their heads. In those cases, all they can do is say, ‘This is the best we can determine from the information we have.’”

So far, I’ve been working on translating the first verse of the Bible, because it is one of…