1. In the Beginning Was the Word The sun and the moon are made punctual, the stars and the trees adore, and the sky He hath uplifted; and He hath set the measure. This, [in the beginning] was the only Lord of the universe. His Word was with Him. This Word was His second. He contemplated. He said, “I will deliver this Word so that she will produce and bring into being all this world.” By Order the gods stand and Soma is set in the sky. 57 Tandya Maha Brahmana 20.14.2 (Hinduism) John 1.1-5