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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The Flood associatedWith Book of Genesis
The Flood narrativeSource Book of Genesis
this entity surface form: Genesis 6–9
Drunkenness of Noah hasBiblicalSource Book of Genesis
שְׁכֶם mentionedIn Book of Genesis
subject surface form: שכם
Meshech mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Tubal mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Cush mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Put appearsInBook Book of Genesis
Gomer mentionedIn Book of Genesis
patriarch Jacob describedIn Book of Genesis
subject surface form: Jacob
Paddan-aram appearsInText Book of Genesis
לֵוִי mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Kohath mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Children of Jacob describedIn Book of Genesis
Galeed mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Genesis 4 partOf Book of Genesis
Enosh mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Mizpah mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Jahzeel mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Guni mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Jezer mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Shillem mentionedInBook Book of Genesis
אָשֵׁר appearsInBook Book of Genesis
Puah mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Shimron religiousTextContext Book of Genesis
Bethuel appearsIn Book of Genesis
Purity biblicalSource Book of Genesis
Kasdim mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Merari mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Genesis 34 partOf Book of Genesis
Genesis 37 partOf Book of Genesis
Genesis 46 partOf Book of Genesis
House of Jacob scripturalBookMention Book of Genesis
Արարատ mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Mahalath daughter of Ishmael appearsIn Book of Genesis
Oholibamah daughter of Anah mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Basemath daughter of Ishmael describedIn Book of Genesis
Eliphaz mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Jeush appearsInBook Book of Genesis
Jalam mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Korah mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Genesis 36 partOf Book of Genesis
Ephrath appearsInBook Book of Genesis
Rachel’s tomb mentionedIn Book of Genesis
subject surface form: Rachel's Tomb
Genesis 29 partOf Book of Genesis
Hivites mentionedInBook Book of Genesis