Minecraft, never played - have questions

Hi fellow gamers,

I thought I'd (45M) give Minecraft a go. It's been around for years, but I've never played it.

The thing is, there are like so many different editions. Two that keep cropping up are Java and Bedrock editions.

What edition should I go for as a total noob?
Happy to Single-Player it (at least to start).
I may or may not see if my u-10 year old kid would like it too?

I'm on a pretty basic Windows 10 64-bit PC-laptop.

20GB RAM

Intel i5 - 8250u

If I understand correctly, the Java edition is more like the original?

Thank in advance for your help.

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