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What is the difference betweewn Elohim in Ge 1:1 and Yahweh Elohim in Ge 2:4?

The question concerns the order of revelation of the names of God. First we will examine the names of God used before Elohim. Then the names 'Elohim' and 'Yahweh'.

Names used of God before 'Elohim'

The invisible aleph [1]

The invisible aleph preceding bereshith in Ge 1:1 contains the personal name of God; the name he gave himsץelf. It is hidden in the strokes of the letter; yod-vav-yod יוי. It is his unpronoucible name meaning that noone can take dominion over him. When it is spelled out as yod-vav-yod it can be pronounced as "ee-oo-ee", but as the silent letter aleph, it remains silent.

His name א sounds very much like Yahweh. When we have two things, one is spirtual and one is of the flesh. His spiritual name remains unpronouncible. 'Yahweh' was given to men to use to refer to him personally.

See the names Joiarib vs. Arib, Joiada vs. Ada and Joiakim vs. Akim. The yod-vav-yod is transalted 'Jehovah' and the aleph is translated 'I', reflective of the 'I am' of Yahweh.

Father ab אב

The first two letters of bereshith, when using the invisible aleph, spell 'Father'. We discern from this that "from the beginning, no man has seen the בFather". The word ab cannot be seen because of the invisible aleph. It is an intentional allegory to teach the doctrine. The nature of a Father is that he gives life. We discern this from the other words which are spelled the same as 'Father'. A green shoot is called ab as evidence of the first life that the Father gave. It is like pointing to the unique footprint of the Father in the sand and saying "Father" to acknowledge that he passed this way. The fruit on a tree is also the word ab referring to evidence of the Father giving the second life.

His name means: 'After he created the heavens and the earth, he revealed himself to men.' But since ab is invisible, he revealed himself through the Son, the first two visible letters in bereshit.

Son bar בר

The first two visible letters of bereshith spell 'son'. The first and only thing we see of God, the only one who can make the Father known, is the Son.

'Son' means "The revelation to man is the Word (revelation)".

Elohim אלהים