The heavens -- הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם

"In the beginning, God created the heavens..."  The heavens -- the sky or universe as seen from the earth; the firmament.  I find this another tell... the heavens are defined by the human perspective.  Clearly, this creation story is from and for humans.  From Plato's explanation of the heavens to the description of the heavens as a dome in which the stars are set, humans continue to explore, to imagine, to wonder about the heavens in much the same way as we continue to explore, to imagine, to wonder about God.  And while our science indeed continues to provide a better understanding of what the heavens are, science only provides a description of that which God has created for us.  We can explore, experiment, and expound all we want, but that only gives us a better description of the creation, not the Creator.  Because while we in human existence can probe the heavens, we can only surmise, based upon the Bible's teachings, of how me may enter Heaven where God resides.  At least where God resides based upon human conceptions.