The Book of Genesis

GENESIS - The word "genesis" signifies "generation" or "origin" and comes from the Greek translation of kjv@Genesis:2:4. It is an appropriate title for the first book of the Bible, which contains the record of the origin of the universe, the human race, family life, nations, sin redemption, etc. The first 11 chapters, which deal with primeval or pre-Patriarchal times, present the antecedents of Hebrew history from Adam to Abraham. The remaining chapters (12 - 50) are concerned with God’s dealings with the Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and Jacob’s son Joseph, all "fathers" of the people whom God has chosen to carry out His plan for the redemption of mankind. The book closes with these "Chosen People" in Egypt.

Author: Moses

kjv@Genesis:1:1	Creation
kjv@Genesis:1:3-2:3	The Seven Days of Creation
kjv@Genesis:2:4-25	Adam and Eve
kjv@Genesis:3	The Fall
kjv@Genesis:4	Cain and Abel
kjv@Genesis:5	Geneology - Adam to Noah
kjv@Genesis:6-9	The Great Flood
kjv@Genesis:10	The Table of Nations
kjv@Genesis:11:1-9	The Tower of Babel
kjv@Genesis:11:10-32	Geneology - Shem to Abraham
kjv@Genesis:12-14	Abraham is Called to the Holy Land
kjv@Genesis:15-17	God's Covenant with Abraham
kjv@Genesis:18-19	Sodom and Gomorrah
kjv@Genesis:20-23	Abraham Sarah, and Isaac
kjv@Genesis:24	Isaac and Rebekah
kjv@Genesis:25:1-11	The Death of Abraham
kjv@Genesis:25:12-18	Geneology - Ishmael
kjv@Genesis:25:19-27:40	Jacob Competes with Esau
kjv@Genesis:27:41-28:22	Jacob Flees to Aram
kjv@Genesis:29-30	Jacob in Aram
kjv@Genesis:31-33	Jacob Returns to Face Esau
kjv@Genesis:34	Dinah
kjv@Genesis:35	Jacob Returns to Bethel
kjv@Genesis:36	Geneology - Esau
kjv@Genesis:37	Joseph Sold into Slavery
kjv@Genesis:38	Judah and Tamar
kjv@Genesis:39-41	Joseph in Egypt
kjv@Genesis:42-45	Joseph's Brothers Come to Egypt
kjv@Genesis:46:1-49:28	The Israelites live in Egypt
kjv@Genesis:49:29-50:26	The Deaths of Jacob and Joseph

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Genesis @ The five books of Moses were collectively called the Pentateuch, a word of Greek origin meaning "the five-fold book." The Jews called them the Torah, i.e., "the law." It is probable that the division of the Torah into five books proceeded from the Greek translators of the Old Testament. The names by which these several books are generally known are Greek. The first book of the Pentateuch (q.v.) is called by the Jews Bereshith, i.e., "in the beginning", because this is the first word of the book. It is generally known among Christians by the name of Genesis, i.e., "creation" or "generation," being the name given to it in the LXX. as designating its character, because it gives an account of the origin of all things. It contains, according to the usual computation, the history of about two thousand three hundred and sixty-nine years. Genesis is divided into two principal parts. The first part (1-11) gives a general history of mankind down to the time of the Dispersion. The second part presents the early history of Israel down to the death and burial of Joseph (12-50). There are five principal persons brought in succession under our notice in this book, and around these persons the history of the successive periods is grouped, viz., Adam (1-3), Noah (4-9), Abraham (10-25:18), Isaac (25:19-35:29), and Jacob (36-50). In this book we have several prophecies concerning Christ (3:15; 12:3; 18:18; 22:18; 26:4; 28:14; 49:10). The author of this book was Moses. Under divine guidance he may indeed have been led to make use of materials already existing in primeval documents, or even of traditions in a trustworthy form that had come down to his time, purifying them from all that was unworthy; but the hand of Moses is clearly seen throughout in its composition.

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