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)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Book of Genesis canonical | 331 |
| Genesis | 5 |
| Genesis 2 | 2 |
| Bereishit | 1 |
| Book of Genesis (Noah narrative) | 1 |
| Book of Genesis (as mountains of Ararat) | 1 |
| Book of Genesis creation narrative | 1 |
| BookOfGenesis | 1 |
| Genesis 1 | 1 |
| Genesis 18 | 1 |
| Genesis 1–11 | 1 |
| Genesis 22 | 1 |
| Genesis 6–9 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T113686 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book of Genesis Context triple: [Hebrews, mentionedIn, Book of Genesis]
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A.
Book of Exodus
The Book of Exodus is the second book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament, narrating the Israelites’ deliverance from slavery in Egypt under Moses and the establishment of their covenant with God.
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B.
Tanakh
The Tanakh is the canonical collection of Hebrew scriptures that forms the foundational religious text of Judaism, encompassing the Torah (Law), Nevi'im (Prophets), and Ketuvim (Writings).
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C.
Book of Deuteronomy
The Book of Deuteronomy is the fifth book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament, consisting largely of Moses’ final speeches and laws to Israel before entering the Promised Land.
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D.
Anno Mundi
Anno Mundi is a year-numbering system that dates events from the traditional Jewish calculation of the world's creation in the Hebrew calendar.
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E.
Bible
The Bible is the central sacred scripture of Christianity, comprising the Old and New Testaments and serving as the foundational text for Christian belief and practice.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book of Genesis Target entity description: 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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A.
Book of Exodus
The Book of Exodus is the second book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament, narrating the Israelites’ deliverance from slavery in Egypt under Moses and the establishment of their covenant with God.
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B.
Tanakh
The Tanakh is the canonical collection of Hebrew scriptures that forms the foundational religious text of Judaism, encompassing the Torah (Law), Nevi'im (Prophets), and Ketuvim (Writings).
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C.
Book of Deuteronomy
The Book of Deuteronomy is the fifth book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament, consisting largely of Moses’ final speeches and laws to Israel before entering the Promised Land.
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D.
Anno Mundi
Anno Mundi is a year-numbering system that dates events from the traditional Jewish calculation of the world's creation in the Hebrew calendar.
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E.
Bible
The Bible is the central sacred scripture of Christianity, comprising the Old and New Testaments and serving as the foundational text for Christian belief and practice.
- F. None of above. chosen
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
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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
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Book of Genesis Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (348)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Book 16 (The City of God)
subject surface form:
Adam and Eve (Dürer engraving)
subject surface form:
Wilderness of Paran
subject surface form:
The Tower of Babel (Bruegel painting, Vienna)
subject surface form:
יִשְׁבָּק
subject surface form:
The Creation of Adam
this entity surface form:
Book of Genesis creation narrative
subject surface form:
The Creation of Adam