"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God." (John 1:1-2)

An illustrated paraphrase of the above text would be: "In the beginning was EVE, and EVE was with MAN, and EVE was MAN. SHE was in the beginning with MAN."

Just as "man" can refer specifically to male, to the exclusion of female, so also God can refer to the Father, to the exclusion of the Son. However, just as "man" can include both male and female as a class of being (Gen 5:2 - "He created them male and female, and He blessed them and named them Man"), so, too, "God" can include both Father and Son as a class of being, as in John 1:1. (From Steve Rudd)