Book of Genesis

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Book of the Bible Old Testament book Religious text Torah book

The Book of Genesis is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, narrating the creation of the world, the early history of humanity, and the origins of the people of Israel.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Genesis 5
Genesis 2 2
Bereishit 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Book of the Bible ⓘ
Old Testament book ⓘ
Religious text ⓘ
Torah book ⓘ
canonicalStatus Canonical in Catholicism ⓘ
Canonical in Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
Canonical in Judaism ⓘ
Canonical in Protestantism ⓘ
containsNarrative Binding of Isaac ⓘ
Cain and Abel ⓘ
Call of Abraham ⓘ
Abrahamic covenant ⓘ
surface form: Covenant with Abraham

Creation of humanity ⓘ
Creation of the world ⓘ
Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah ⓘ
Garden of Eden ⓘ
Joseph narrative ⓘ
Noah ⓘ
surface form: Noah and the Flood

Stories of Jacob ⓘ
The Fall of Man ⓘ
Etemenanki ziggurat ⓘ
surface form: Tower of Babel
dividedInto 50 chapters ⓘ
followedBy Book of Exodus ⓘ
follows No preceding biblical book ⓘ
genre Narrative ⓘ
Theological history ⓘ
keyFigure Abraham ⓘ
Adam ⓘ
Eve ⓘ
God ⓘ
Jacob ⓘ
Joseph ⓘ
Noah ⓘ
language Hebrew ⓘ
surface form: Biblical Hebrew
mainTheme Covenant ⓘ
Creation ⓘ
Divine promise ⓘ
Human sin ⓘ
Origins of Israel ⓘ
openingWords In the beginning ⓘ
partOf Bible ⓘ
surface form: Christian Old Testament

Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Five Books of Moses ⓘ
surface form: Pentateuch
patriarchFeatured Abraham ⓘ
Isaac ⓘ
Jacob ⓘ
Joseph ⓘ
positionInCanon first book of the Christian Old Testament ⓘ
first book of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
precededBy None ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
Samaritanism ⓘ
section Patriarchal history ⓘ
Primeval history ⓘ
traditionalAuthor Moses ⓘ

Referenced by (87)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Issachar → mentionedIn → Book of Genesis ⓘ
Judah son of Jacob → mentionedIn → Book of Genesis ⓘ
Keturah → mentionedIn → Book of Genesis ⓘ
Leah → mentionedIn → Book of Genesis ⓘ
Levi → mentionedIn → Book of Genesis ⓘ
Lion of Judah → mentionedIn → Book of Genesis ⓘ
Medan → mentionedIn → Book of Genesis ⓘ
Midian → mentionedIn → Book of Genesis ⓘ
Mount Ararat → mentionedIn → Book of Genesis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Genesis (as mountains of Ararat)
Naphtali → mentionedIn → Book of Genesis ⓘ
Noah → mentionedIn → Book of Genesis ⓘ
Patriarch Isaac → mentionedIn → Book of Genesis ⓘ
Reuben → mentionedIn → Book of Genesis ⓘ
Hebrew name Rivqah → mentionedIn → Book of Genesis ⓘ
subject surface form: Rivqah
Shuah → mentionedIn → Book of Genesis ⓘ
Simeon → mentionedIn → Book of Genesis ⓘ
Tribe of Benjamin → mentionedIn → Book of Genesis ⓘ
Tribe of Dan → mentionedIn → Book of Genesis ⓘ
Tribe of Judah → mentionedIn → Book of Genesis ⓘ
subject surface form: Tribe of Naftali
Tribe of Reuben → mentionedIn → Book of Genesis ⓘ
Tribe of Simeon → mentionedIn → Book of Genesis ⓘ
Ur of the Chaldeans → mentionedIn → Book of Genesis ⓘ
Zebulun → mentionedIn → Book of Genesis ⓘ
Zilpah → mentionedIn → Book of Genesis ⓘ
Zimran → mentionedIn → Book of Genesis ⓘ
Adam → mentionedInChapter → Book of Genesis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Genesis 2
Sarah → mentionedInText → Book of Genesis ⓘ
Jacob → narrativeLocation → Book of Genesis ⓘ
Genesis 23 → partOf → Book of Genesis ⓘ
Binding of Isaac → partOfText → Book of Genesis ⓘ
Jubilees → retellsText → Book of Genesis ⓘ
Jacob → scripturalBook → Book of Genesis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Genesis
Simchat Torah → scripturalPortionRead → Book of Genesis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bereishit
Binding of Isaac → scripturalReference → Book of Genesis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Genesis 22
Israelites → scripturalSource → Book of Genesis ⓘ
Perizzites → sourceText → Book of Genesis ⓘ