Book of Genesis

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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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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

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Havah appearsIn Book of Genesis
Reuben mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Levi mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Gad mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Bilhah mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Jacob's ladder hasSourceText Book of Genesis
Laban appearsIn Book of Genesis
Naphtali mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Zilpah mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Seth describedIn Book of Genesis
Issachar mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Asher mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Zebulun mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Selah hasLyricReference Book of Genesis
Simeon mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Esau appearsIn Book of Genesis
Rachel appearsIn Book of Genesis
Mount Ararat mentionedIn Book of Genesis
this entity surface form: Book of Genesis (as mountains of Ararat)
Perizzites sourceText Book of Genesis
Amorites mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Isaac Blessing Jacob basedOn Book of Genesis
Noah mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Akedah locatedInText Book of Genesis
Jubilees retellsText Book of Genesis
Tribe of Naftali (in some traditions) mentionedIn Book of Genesis
subject surface form: Tribe of Naftali
Mount Moriah describedIn Book of Genesis
Homilies on Genesis basedOn Book of Genesis
land of Moriah describedIn Book of Genesis
Enoch mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Tribe of Simeon mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Gilead mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Tribe of Dan mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Tribe of Reuben mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Tribe of Benjamin mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Simchat Torah scripturalPortionRead Book of Genesis
this entity surface form: Bereishit
Judah son of Jacob mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Homilies on Genesis subject Book of Genesis
Adam in Ballingschap basedOn Book of Genesis
Creation of the world describedIn Book of Genesis
The Fall of Man describedIn Book of Genesis
Cain and Abel describedIn Book of Genesis
Call of Abraham scripturalBook Book of Genesis
Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah partOf Book of Genesis
Stories of Jacob partOf Book of Genesis
Primeval history partOf Book of Genesis
Primeval history chapterRange Book of Genesis
this entity surface form: Genesis 1–11
Gerar mentionedIn Book of Genesis