John. But it comes at the beginning and is intended by all means as an account of Jesus’ beginnings. These are his absolute beginnings. The Bible’s opening in Genesis is a series of narratives about the earth’s origins and human origins from the creative hand of God. The beginnings of “the Word,” hence of Jesus who is that Word, are in God. Genesis in Greek translation begins with the phrase, “En arche,” “In the beginning.” The Fourth Evangelist chooses it for his opening phrase for evident reasons.