Zondervan Study Bible-NASB Bonded leather - 2000

First line

The first phrase in the Hebrew text of 1:1 is bereshith ("in [the] beginning"), which is also the Hebrew title of the book (books in ancient times customarily were named after their first word or two).

From the rear cover

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