“ Thus, should the nations of the world say to Israel: "You are robbers, having conquered the lands of the seven [Canaanite] nations [by force] ," [Israel] can say to them: "The whole earth belongs to the Holy Blessed One ”

“ Thus you have learned that the water preceded the earth.
Furthermore, heaven was created from fire and water. So you must admit that the verse does not teach the order of earlier and later [acts of Creation] at all.
אין המקרא הזה אומר אלא דרשני, כמו שדרשוהו רבותינו ז"ל: בשביל התורה שנקראת (משלי ח כב) "רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכּוֹ", ובשביל ישראל שנקראו (ירמיהו ב ג) "רֵאשִׁית תבואתו". ואם באת לפרשו כפשוטו, כך פרשהו: "בראשית בריאת שמים וארץ, וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ, וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי אוֹר". ולא בא המקרא להורות סדר הבריאה, לומר שֶאֵלו קדמו ”

“ Text In the Beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ: Rashi In the beginning בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית Rabbi Yitzchak said: [God] could have begun the Torah only from "This month shall be to you" (Exodus 12:2) , which is the first mitzvah (precept) which Israel was commanded. So what is the reason that [God] began with "In the beginning"? Because of [the idea expressed in the verse] : " [God] has declared to His people the power of His works, in order to give them the heritage of the nations" (Psalm 111:6) . ”