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'''Genesis''' בְּרֵאשִׁית, [[Greek language|Greek]]: Γένεσις, meaning "birth", "creation", "cause", "beginning", "source" or "origin") is the first book of the [[Torah]], the [[Tanakh]], and the [[Old Testament]] of the [[Bible]].  
 
'''Genesis''' בְּרֵאשִׁית, [[Greek language|Greek]]: Γένεσις, meaning "birth", "creation", "cause", "beginning", "source" or "origin") is the first book of the [[Torah]], the [[Tanakh]], and the [[Old Testament]] of the [[Bible]].  
 
In [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], it is called בראשית (''B'reshit'' or ''Bərêšîth''), after the first word of the text in Hebrew (meaning ''"in the beginning"''). This is in line with the pattern of naming the other four books of the [[Pentateuch]]. As [[Jewish]] tradition considers it to have been written by [[Moses]], it is sometimes also called ''The First Book of Moses''.   
 
In [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], it is called בראשית (''B'reshit'' or ''Bərêšîth''), after the first word of the text in Hebrew (meaning ''"in the beginning"''). This is in line with the pattern of naming the other four books of the [[Pentateuch]]. As [[Jewish]] tradition considers it to have been written by [[Moses]], it is sometimes also called ''The First Book of Moses''.   

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