Opened Rabbi Shim’on and said: (Gen. 1:1) In the beginning, ELQYM created... (Ps. 25:14) The ‘secret’ of Y”Y is with those who fear Him, and His covenant is to let them know it.
The ‘secret’ (sod, =70) – these are seventy times [Var. faces], that the word Be-REiShYT (In-the-beginning) is explained in this passage.
(Gen. 1:1) In the beginning (Be-REiShYT)... The letter Beiyt ב (=2) and the word REiShYT (beginning).
(Ps. 118:20) This is the gate to Y”Y, the righteous shall enter therein, This is the gate [Var. fear] of ‘the righteous’, who have permission to enter there, [and others] and those who are not