Genesis

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Book of the Bible Old Testament book Religious text Torah book

Genesis is the first book of the Bible, presenting the Judeo-Christian account of creation, early human history, and the origins of Israel.

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Surface form Occurrences
Genesis creation narrative 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Book of the Bible ⓘ
Old Testament book ⓘ
Religious text ⓘ
Torah book ⓘ
canonicalStatus Canonical in Christianity ⓘ
Canonical in Judaism ⓘ
containsAccountOf Abraham NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cain and Abel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Call of Abraham NERFINISHED ⓘ
Covenant with Abraham NERFINISHED ⓘ
Creation of humanity ⓘ
Creation of the world ⓘ
Garden of Eden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Isaac NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jacob NERFINISHED ⓘ
Joseph NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lives of the Patriarchs NERFINISHED ⓘ
Noah's Ark NERFINISHED ⓘ
Origins of Israel ⓘ
The Fall of Man NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Great Flood NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tower of Babel NERFINISHED ⓘ
dividedInto Chapters ⓘ
genre Origin myth ⓘ
Religious narrative ⓘ
Theological history ⓘ
hasSection Patriarchal history ⓘ
Primeval history ⓘ
hasTraditionalAuthor Moses NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedTradition Judeo-Christian cosmology NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western religious thought ⓘ
language Biblical Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainTheme Covenant NERFINISHED ⓘ
Creation ⓘ
Divine promise ⓘ
Human sin ⓘ
numberOfChapters 50 ⓘ
partOf Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Old Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ
Torah NERFINISHED ⓘ
patriarchalHistoryChapters Genesis 12–50 NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionInCanon First book of the Bible ⓘ
First book of the Pentateuch ⓘ
First book of the Torah ⓘ
primevalHistoryChapters Genesis 1–11 NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
titleMeaning Beginning ⓘ
titleOrigin Septuagint NERFINISHED ⓘ
titleOriginLanguage Greek ⓘ
usedInLiturgyOf Christian worship ⓘ
Jewish worship ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Homilies on Genesis → biblicalBookCommented → Genesis ⓘ
Genesis 2 → book → Genesis ⓘ
Torah commentary of Ramban → commentaryOn → Genesis ⓘ
Protestant Bible → containsBook → Genesis ⓘ
Exposition of the Old and New Testaments → containsCommentaryOn → Genesis ⓘ
Primeval history → hasPart → Genesis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Genesis creation narrative
Preface to Genesis → scripturalBookDiscussed → Genesis ⓘ