B-Haverim,OK, this could be a syntactical parallel, but only if you separate 2:4b from 2:4a. I'm not sure why this is done, against the Masoretic pointing which makes v.4 one verse, although it seems popular.
To lend support to the idea that Gen. 1:1 should be taken as a dependent clause, I think it is worth mentioning the syntactical parallel between Gen. 1:1-3 and Gen 2:4b-7, <dependent clause-parenthetical-main clause>, shown here:
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