beginning, In the

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1. The first words of the Book of Genesis, which contains the biblical account of Creation: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth.” The Gospel of John begins, “In the beginning was the Word.”

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Example Sentences

He is worthy of mention for the little piece, To-morrow, beginning "In the downhill of life when I find I'm declining," characterised by Palgrave as "a truly noble poem."

From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by Cousin, John W. (John William)

He brings as a parallel instance of merely literal description, Pope's lines on the gay Duke of Buckingham, beginning "In the worst inn's worst room see Villiers lies!"

From The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits by Hazlitt, William

This is exactly what is said in the first verse of the Bible of another beginning, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."

From The One Great Reality by Clayton, Louisa