‘missing link’ in the interpretation of the ‘Let us make … in Genesis 1:26–27. The Spirit of God would then be the only possible referent of this address within the structure of the account itself.13 In this case, the engagement of the Spirit in the work of creation would mark the beginning and end of a literary inclusio in Genesis 1. This is not to claim that the Old Testament provides a detailed analysis of the role of the Spirit of God in creation, or that the enigmatic statement in Genesis 1:2