The first book of the Old Testament; -- so called by the Greek translators, from its containing the history of the creation of the world and of the human race.
A fairy tale written by bronze-age goat herders, not believed by anyone over eleven years old (mental age)
the first book of the Old Testament: tells of creation; Adam and Eve; the Fall of Man; Cain and Abel; Noah and the flood; God's covenant with Abraham; Abraham and Isaac; Jacob and Esau; Joseph and his brothers
The most important book of the Bible in which much scientific information is contained about the origins of the universe, the earth, and the life in it. [See Bible.
a name which means "birth" in greek. genesis is the name of the first book of the old testament in the bible, which tells of the creation of the world.
The first book of the Bible, crucial to both Jewish and Christian faiths. While the passage on human dominion over earth has been considered anti-environmentalist, much of Genesis portrays an awe-inspiring nature created by God.
Genesis (, Greek: ΓÎνεσις, having the meanings of "birth", "creation", "cause", "beginning", "source" and "origin") is the first book of the Torah, the first book of the Tanakh and also the first book of the Christian Old Testament. As Jewish tradition considers it to have been written by Moses, it is sometimes also called The First Book of Moses.