'In the beginning', refers to an eternal reality beyond time and it transcends Creation.
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Waffle, 'In the beginning' , refers to the time when something or someone began to be present. God had no beginning, so it cannot be referring to him.
(Psalm 90:1, 2) O Jehovah, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations. Before the mountains were born Or you brought forth the earth and the productive land, From everlasting to everlasting*, you are God.
*Or ''From eternity to eternity''.
This makes it clear that the one that began was the Word .