Genesis 1:1

"Genesis 1:1 does not talk about '<the> beginning' in an absolute sense."
Mark S. Smith, The Priestly Vision of Genesis 1, 45.

여러 번역들을 통해서 해석집단의 욕망을 발견하는 것도 의미있는 작업이다:

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth,(ESV)
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth,(NASV)
In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth,(NRSV)
When God began to create heaven and earth (TNK)

사실, 정관사는 여기--'하알마': 이사야도 알고 아하스도 아는 젊은여인--에서 강조되어야만 했다(이사야 7:14):

Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,(ESV)
Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son,(NASV)
Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son,(NRSV)
Look, the young woman is with child and about to give birth to a son(TNK)