Book of Genesis

E19219

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.

All labels observed (13)

How this entity was disambiguated

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (348)

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

Beer-lahai-roi mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Abrahamic covenant recordedIn Book of Genesis
Eitz Chaim mentionedIn Book of Genesis
subject surface form: Etz Chaim
YHWH appearsIn Book of Genesis
Names of God in Judaism appearsIn Book of Genesis
subject surface form: El Shaddai
Moab originNarrativeSource Book of Genesis
Coverdale Bible hasPart Book of Genesis
אָדָם appearsInText Book of Genesis
אָדָם mentionedInBook Book of Genesis
this entity surface form: Genesis 1
Cain appearsIn Book of Genesis
Preface to Genesis subject Book of Genesis
observed in some Christian calendars under form Rebecca associatedWith Book of Genesis
subject surface form: Rebecca
Amalekites firstMentionedIn Book of Genesis
Tarshish appearsInBook Book of Genesis
Paradise Lost basedOn Book of Genesis
Maaseh Bereshit (Work of Creation) sourceText Book of Genesis
subject surface form: Maaseh Bereshit
Noam Elimelech hasCommentaryOn Book of Genesis
Hexaemeron mainSubject Book of Genesis
Methuselah mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Firmament associatedWith Book of Genesis
Yosef appearsInBook Book of Genesis
sons of Heth mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Kedushat Levi commentaryOn Book of Genesis
Promised Land mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Haydn The Creation basedOn Book of Genesis
subject surface form: The Creation
Ephraim mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Tribe of Asher mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Tribe of Zebulun mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Tribe of Naphtali mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Tribe of Gad mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Tribe of Issachar describedIn Book of Genesis
Tribe of Joseph mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Tribe of Manasseh sacredTextMention Book of Genesis
Sarai mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Genesis 21 partOf Book of Genesis
Benjamin mentionedIn Book of Genesis
subject surface form: Tribe of Benjamin
Lot appearsInBook Book of Genesis
this entity surface form: BookOfGenesis
people of Lot describedIn Book of Genesis
Young Joseph influencedBy Book of Genesis
Joseph the Provider biblicalSource Book of Genesis
Potiphar appearsIn Book of Genesis
Potiphar's wife appearsIn Book of Genesis
Dinah appearsIn Book of Genesis
Abraham’s Well complex associatedWith Book of Genesis
Bethel mentionedIn Book of Genesis