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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Exameron mainSubject Book of Genesis
Hexaemeron subject Book of Genesis
subject surface form: Hexaemeron (Ambrose)
Hexaemeron basedOn Book of Genesis
subject surface form: Hexaemeron (Ambrose)
Mount Seir mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Hiddekel in some historical and religious texts mentionedIn Book of Genesis
subject surface form: Hiddekel
Ham mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Japheth mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Naamah (traditional Jewish identification) associatedWith Book of Genesis
this entity surface form: Book of Genesis (Noah narrative)
Noahic covenant hasSourceText Book of Genesis
Moab son of Lot describedIn Book of Genesis
Shem mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Lesser Genesis basedOn Book of Genesis
Genesis Apocryphon basedOn Book of Genesis
Gershon mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Abram associatedWith Book of Genesis
Genesis 5 partOf Book of Genesis
Genesis 27 partOf Book of Genesis
Genesis 30 partOf Book of Genesis
Genesis 38 partOf Book of Genesis
Genesis 41 partOf Book of Genesis
Genesis 49 partOf Book of Genesis
Hospitality of Abraham mosaic basedOn Book of Genesis
Moriah mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Lamech mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Book XV scripturalBasis Book of Genesis
subject surface form: Book XV (The City of God)
Beer-sheba area hasBiblicalReference Book of Genesis
Gilʿad appearsInBook Book of Genesis
Eden describedIn Book of Genesis
Binyamin mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Mysterium Magnum mainSubject Book of Genesis
Dan son of Jacob mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Gad son of Jacob mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Benjamin son of Jacob mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Levi son of Jacob mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Er mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Shelah mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Perez mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Zerah mentionedIn Book of Genesis
interceded for Benjamin before Joseph in Egypt mentionedIn Book of Genesis
subject surface form: Judah
mount of the Amalekites mentionedIn Book of Genesis
subject surface form: Mount of the Amalekites
Gomorrah mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Lot’s wife mentionedIn Book of Genesis
subject surface form: Lot's wife
גְּרָר (Hebrew: Gerar) mentionedIn Book of Genesis
subject surface form: גְּרָר
Bered mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Rehoboth (biblical city) mentionedIn Book of Genesis
land of Nod mentionedIn Book of Genesis
subject surface form: Land of Nod
Land of Canaan mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Mahanaim mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Cush (Ethiopia) mentionedIn Book of Genesis