Nu – So?
The Hebrew word “ess” does not really have an exact translation. it indicates additional “something” but does not have a literal word meaning in English. When we say “Breishis Bara Elokim ess hashamayim v’ess haaretz” it could just as easily be “Breishis Bara Elokim hashamayim v’haaretz.” The “ess” is grammatically superfluous, though the Meforshim teach us that there is always something to be learned from what believe are extraneous words in the Torah, because every word has a meaning and a purpose.