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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biblical patriarch Isaac mentionedIn Book of Genesis
subject surface form: Isaac
Kenaz mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Midianite mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Jared mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Mamre mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Heth mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Jahleel mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Ephraim son of Joseph mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Asher son of Jacob mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Ur (traditional birthplace) mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Abimelech mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Wilderness of Beersheba mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Paran mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Harran mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Salem (biblical city) mentionedIn Book of Genesis
LotS Wife mentionedIn Book of Genesis
subject surface form: Lot's wife
Succoth mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Potifar mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Rebecca mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Kenites mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Eber mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Penuel mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Ishmael as son of Abram and Hagar mentionedIn Book of Genesis
subject surface form: Ishmael
נְבָיוֹת mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Mibsam mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Hadad mentionedIn Book of Genesis
יְטוּר mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Yoqshan mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Haran (person) mentionedIn Book of Genesis
subject surface form: Haran
Rachel mentionedIn Book of Genesis
patriarch Joseph mentionedIn Book of Genesis
subject surface form: Patriarch Joseph
תֻבָל mentionedIn Book of Genesis
כּוּשׁ mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Cush (son of Ham) mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Riphath mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Togarmah mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Jeturite tribe mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Haran mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Iscah mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Uz mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Buz mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Chesed mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Hazo mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Pildash mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Jidlaph mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Milcah mentionedIn Book of Genesis
King Nimrod mentionedIn Book of Genesis