In The Beginning

Genesis 1:1 – In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. My first question is, in the beginning of what? Is this the beginning of everything? If so where did this God come from? What is God? Is God a being or a machine? If God is a being, is it male or female? How did God create heaven and the earth? What did God create the heaven and the earth from? What is heaven? Is heaven a place, the sky, or outer space? If heaven is a place, where is it located? What is earth? Is earth the planet, or the dirt or something else?