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Genesis

Old Testament · translated from the Hebrew

The book of beginnings: creation, sin entering the world, the flood, and the story of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph. YHWH chooses one family in order to bless through it all the families of the earth.

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13
  14. 14
  15. 15
  16. 16
  17. 17
  18. 18
  19. 19
  20. 20
  21. 21
  22. 22
  23. 23
  24. 24
  25. 25
  26. 26
  27. 27
  28. 28
  29. 29
  30. 30
  31. 31
  32. 32
  33. 33
  34. 34
  35. 35
  36. 36
  37. 37
  38. 38
  39. 39
  40. 40
  41. 41
  42. 42
  43. 43
  44. 44
  45. 45
  46. 46
  47. 47
  48. 48
  49. 49
  50. 50

How it is laid out

  1. Creation, the fall and the floodchapters 1–11
  2. Abrahamchapters 12–25
  3. Isaac and Jacobchapters 25–36
  4. Joseph in Egyptchapters 37–50

Key verses

  • Genesis 1:1 — In the beginning Elohim created the heavens and the earth
  • Genesis 12:3 — In you all the families of the ground will be blessed
  • Genesis 3:15 — Enmity between the serpent and the woman, and between their offspring
  • Genesis 1:27 — Elohim created the human being in his image
  • Genesis 15:6 — He believed in YHWH, and he counted it to him as righteousness
  • Genesis 50:20 — You planned evil against me; Elohim planned it for good

Who wrote it

The book does not say who wrote it. Joshua 8:31 speaks of “the book of the instruction of Moses.” Jewish and Christian tradition attributes the first five books of the Bible to Moses (Babylonian Talmud, Bava Batra 14b). Authorship is debated.

When it was written

Debated. If Moses wrote it, around the 15th or 13th century BC, depending on how the exodus from Egypt is dated.

For whom, and in what situation

If Moses was the author, the Israelites who came out of Egypt, on their way to the land promised to Abraham. The book tells them where the world, the nations and their own family come from.

All the books

GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation