Genesis 

(Greek: "birth", "origin") is the "book of beginnings" and the first book of the Bible.
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 Genesis recounts the beginning of the universe, living things including mankind,
and social/cultural formations. It stands as the introduction of the entire Bible, and promises the
coming Redeemer. It provides explanations for modern scientific phenomena, such as quantum
mechanics (creation was amid underlying chaos) and the dichotomy between light and matter
(created on different days), and is a wellspring of Biblical scientific foreknowledge such as
performing an operation under anesthesia-like sleep (Genesis 2:21 ). Many questions about life
and the universe are answered by Genesis.
There are many dozens of references to Genesis in the New Testament, including direct quotations
by Jesus. Many books, movies and plays (e.g., East of Eden and Hamlet) draw upon Genesis. Rock
groups, too, such as "Genesis" itself.
The Hebrew word for God is plural, and the creation of man was by a plural form of God (Genesis
1:26 : "And God said, 'Let us make man in our image, after our likeness'"). The meaning of the
plural form was not fully understood until the emergence of Christianity and the acceptance of
the Holy Trinity.[2] The Book of Genesis also contains a wonderful Theophany of the Three Divine
Persons appearing to men in visible forms, that of the Three Persons in Genesis 18 .[3]
Genesis is intended to be interpreted as plain historical narrative, which liberal denial pretends is
merely poetry or figurative.[4]

Name
The Hebrews had called the first book of Moses by the name of bereisheet, meaning "in the
beginning", based on the three words which start Genesis. The Septuagint, the ancient Greek-
language translation of the Old Testament, rendered this title under the name he biblos geneseos,
from which came the current title of Genesis, meaning "origin".[5]

Overview
The fifty chapters of the book of Genesis can be divided into two parts: the early, primeval history of
man from the Creation to the fall of the Tower of Babel (Genesis 1-11), and the Patriarchal History of
Israel from Abraham and his son Isaac, grandson Jacob, and Jacob's sons,
primarily Joseph (Genesis 12-50), although there is a continuous genealogy connecting both parts.

The Creation
For more detailed treatments, see creation week, creation story, and Biblical creation account.
In the beginning, God created the heavens and earth. This is one of the most famous statements in
the Bible, and it starts the account of God's creation. Genesis 1:1 through 2:3 involved the first seven
days in history:[6]

 The first day, the creation of the heavens and the Earth, and light (Genesis 1:1-5 ).
 The second day, the creation of a "firmament" or expanse, separating the waters
(Genesis 1:6-8 ).
 The third day, the creation of dry earth and plant life (Genesis 1:9-13 ).
 The fourth day, the creation of the Sun, the moon, and the stars, to mark the seasons
(Genesis 1:14-19 ).
  The fifth day, the creation of the creatures of the sea and the fowl of the air (Genesis
1:20-23 ).
 The sixth day, the creation of the animals of the land, and the creation of Man (Genesis
1:24-31 ).
 The seventh day, on which God rested from his task of creating (Genesis 2:1-3 ).
The rest of chapter 2 through to the end of chapter 4 tell the story of Adam and Eve, the Garden of
Eden, and Adam and Steve's sons Cain, Abel, and Seth.
The fall of mankind into sin began when the serpent questioned one of God's commands, namely
not to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and convinced Eve to eat the fruit, followed
by Adam. The result of disobeying this command resulted in the driving away of Adam and Eve from
the Garden to live a life of subsistence farming, and eventually dying. Eve was additionally cursed
with painful childbearing, and to be subservient to Adam. All of these curses were also applied to
Adam and Eve's descendants. Genesis 3:15 is cited as being the first reference to the
coming Messiah.
Chapter 5 is a chronogenealogy from Adam to Noah and his sons.