It doesn't seem like he wants to do his homework, but I still would like to hear your answer if you wouldn't mind terribly.
The first word in the Torah is B'Ray-shish.
The B prefix means "in", or "via".
Ray-shish does NOT mean "beginning", as in the very start of.
It means "in the beginning of the process of".
This the first verse does NOT mean, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth".
What is closer to what it means...
In the beginning of God (Eh-Low-Him) creating THE ENTIRE Sha-My-Im (metaphysical heaven? the concept of space?) and THE ENTIRE Eh-retz (probably physical matter) and the Eh-retz (physical matter) was Sew-who (not yet the building block of matter) and Voh-who (but had potential).
This difference has MASSIVE implications...
"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth"...
Implies that that was that and whatever happened in sequence in time is what happened.
Bu that is INCORRECT.
Put your seatbelt on...
The ENTIRE book of Genesis had to happen in order for God not to wipe out the world in one way or another and start AGAIN.
How many times was Noach NOT up to the task and a flood destroyed all of mankind.
How many times did Avraham NOT live up to his potential and God had to wipe out all of mankind and start again.
How many times did Yitzchak (Isaac) NOT live up to his potential and God had to wipe out all of mankind and start again.
How many times did Yo-Safe (Joseph) NOT resists the wife of Potiphar and God had to wipe out all of mankind and start again.
Just a TINY bit of food for thought.