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'''Genesis''' בְּרֵאשִׁית, 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, 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''.   

'''Genesis''' בְּרֵאשִׁית, 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, 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''.   

Genesis recounts the creation of the world, including Adam and Eve and their fall from paradise. It follows the generations of various patriarchs and other figures: Noah, [[Abraham]], Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, and others. It establishes the Hebrew God, YHWH or Elohim, as the creator of the [[universe]] who has formed a special covenant with Abraham's descendents and his chosen people.

Genesis recounts the creation of the world, including [[Paper 74|Adam and Eve]] and their fall from paradise. It follows the generations of various patriarchs and other figures: Noah, [[Abraham]], Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, and others. It establishes the Hebrew God, YHWH or Elohim, as the creator of the [[universe]] who has formed a special covenant with Abraham's descendents and his chosen people.

According to the documentary hypothesis, Genesis combines texts from different sources, but there is no consensus on the details.

According to the documentary hypothesis, Genesis combines texts from different sources, but there is no consensus on the details.

''The Generations of the heavens and the earth'': God forms a man "of dust from the ground," Hebrew ''Adamah'', earth, and ''Adam'', man. Both are related to ''adom'', red, and ''dam'' blood. and breathes into the man's nostrils, "and man became a living [[being]]."  "The Hebrew term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “being”) is often translated “soul,” but the word usually refers to the whole person. The phrase נֶפֶשׁ חַיַּה (nefesh khayyah, “living being”) is used of both animals and human beings." [http://net.bible.org/verse.php?book=Gen&chapter=2&verse=7] God sets the man in the [[Garden of Eden]] and permits him to eat of all the fruit within it, except that of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, "for in the day that you eat of it you shall die." God makes "every beast of the field and every bird of the air, ... and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name ... but for the man there was not found a helper fit for him." God causes the man to sleep, and makes a woman from one of the man's ribs, and the man awakes and names his companion Woman, "because she was taken out of Man."''Ishah'', woman, and ''ish'', man  "And the man and his wife were both naked, and were not ashamed." [http://bible.thelineberrys.com/GEN/GEN2.HTM]  

''The Generations of the heavens and the earth'': God forms a man "of dust from the ground," Hebrew ''Adamah'', earth, and ''Adam'', man. Both are related to ''adom'', red, and ''dam'' blood. and breathes into the man's nostrils, "and man became a living [[being]]."  "The Hebrew term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “being”) is often translated “soul,” but the word usually refers to the whole person. The phrase נֶפֶשׁ חַיַּה (nefesh khayyah, “living being”) is used of both animals and human beings." [http://net.bible.org/verse.php?book=Gen&chapter=2&verse=7] God sets the man in the [[Garden of Eden]] and permits him to eat of all the fruit within it, except that of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, "for in the day that you eat of it you shall die." God makes "every beast of the field and every bird of the air, ... and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name ... but for the man there was not found a helper fit for him." God causes the man to sleep, and makes a woman from one of the man's ribs, and the man awakes and names his companion Woman, "because she was taken out of Man."''Ishah'', woman, and ''ish'', man  "And the man and his wife were both naked, and were not ashamed." [http://bible.thelineberrys.com/GEN/GEN2.HTM]  

The [[Helianx|serpent]] tells the woman that she will not die if she eats the fruit of the tree: "When you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, Sometimes translated as a plural: "You shall be as gods." knowing good and evil." So the woman eats, and gives to the man who also eats. "Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons." God curses the serpent: "upon your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life;" the woman he punishes with pain in childbirth, and with subordination to man: "your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you;" and the man he punishes with a life of toil: "In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground." The man names his wife Eve, Hebrew ''Havva'', "life".  "because she was the mother of all living." "Behold," says God, "the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil," and expels the couple from Eden, "lest he put forth his hand and take also of the [[tree of life]], and eat, and live for ever," and the gate of Eden is sealed by a [[angels|cherub]] and a flaming sword "to guard the way to the tree of life." [http://bible.thelineberrys.com/GEN/GEN3.HTM]  

The [[Helianx|serpent]] tells the woman that she will not die if she eats the fruit of the tree: "When you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, Sometimes translated as a plural: "You shall be as gods." knowing good and evil." So the woman eats, and gives to the man who also eats. "Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons." God curses the serpent: "upon your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life;" the woman he punishes with pain in childbirth, and with subordination to man: "your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you;" and the man he punishes with a life of toil: "In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground." The man names his wife Eve, Hebrew ''Havva'', "life".  "because she was the mother of all living." "Behold," says God, "the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil," and expels the couple from Eden, "lest he put forth his hand and take also of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73#73:6._THE_TREE_OF_LIFE tree of life], and eat, and live for ever," and the gate of Eden is sealed by a [[Angel|cherub]] and a flaming sword "to guard the way to the tree of life." [http://bible.thelineberrys.com/GEN/GEN3.HTM]  

[[Paper 74|Adam and Eve]] have two sons, Cain and Abel, the first a farmer, the second a shepherd. Cain murders his brother, and, asked by God what has become of Abel, replies, "Am I my brother's keeper?"  God then curses Cain: "When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength; you shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth." Cain fears that whoever meets him will kill him, but God places a mark on Cain, with the promise that "if any slays Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold." Cain settles in the [[land of Nod]], Literally, "in the land of Wandering". "away from the presence of the LORD. [http://bible.thelineberrys.com/GEN/GEN4.HTM]  

[[Paper 74|Adam and Eve]] have two sons, Cain and Abel, the first a farmer, the second a shepherd. Cain murders his brother, and, asked by God what has become of Abel, replies, "Am I my brother's keeper?"  God then curses Cain: "When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength; you shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth." Cain fears that whoever meets him will kill him, but God places a mark on Cain, with the promise that "if any slays Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold." Cain settles in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67_-_The_Planetary_Rebellion&action=submit#67:4._THE_CALIGASTIA_ONE_HUNDRED_AFTER_REBELLION land of Nod], Literally, "in the land of Wandering". "away from the presence of the LORD. [http://bible.thelineberrys.com/GEN/GEN4.HTM]  

The descendents of Cain: [[Enoch]], Irad, Mehujael, Methushael, and Lamech. [[Seth]] is born to replace Abel. [http://bible.thelineberrys.com/GEN/GEN4.HTM]  

The descendents of Cain: [http://mercy.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper76.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper76.html&line=55#mfs Enoch], Irad, Mehujael, Methushael, and Lamech. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:3._LIFE_IN_MESOPOTAMIA Seth] is born to replace Abel. [http://bible.thelineberrys.com/GEN/GEN4.HTM]  

''The Generations of Adam'', ten names including [[Enoch]], who "walked with God...[and] was no more, for God took him", The meaning of this phrase at Genesis 5:24 was the subject of much discussion in later Jewish literature, being taken by the rabbinic commentators to mean that Enoch did not die.  [[Methuselah]], and [[Noah]]. The ante-diluvian Patriarchs are notable for their extreme longevity, with Methuselah living 969 years. The list ends with the birth of Noah's sons, from whom all humanity would be descended. [http://bible.thelineberrys.com/GEN/GEN5.HTM]

''The Generations of Adam'', ten names including Enoch, who "[http://urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper45.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper45.html&line=114#mfs walked with God...and was no more, for God took him]", The meaning of this phrase at Genesis 5:24 was the subject of much discussion in later Jewish literature, being taken by the rabbinic commentators to mean that Enoch did not die.  Methuselah, and Noah. The ante-diluvian Patriarchs are notable for their extreme longevity, with Methuselah living 969 years. The list ends with the birth of Noah's sons, from whom all humanity would be descended. [http://bible.thelineberrys.com/GEN/GEN5.HTM]

The "sons of God" take wives from among the daughters of men. God sets the days of man at 120 years. The text implies that God is limiting the human lifespan to 120 years, as reached by Moses; but many individuals after this point are recorded as living longer, and later Jewish commentators interpreted the passage to mean that God was giving mankind 120 years to repent before sending the Flood.  "The [[Nephilim]] were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when "the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them". These were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown." [http://bible.thelineberrys.com/GEN/GEN6.HTM] The term ''Nephilim'' is mentioned in Genesis, Enoch and Jubilees as applying to a pre-Flood race; but in Numbers 13:33 the Hebrew scouts sent to spy out the Promised Land report them as living there. References to "post-Flood Nephilim" gave rise to Talmudic traditions that their forebear, [[Og]] of Bashan, had survived the Deluge by clinging to the outside of the Ark.

The "sons of God" take wives from among the daughters of men. God sets the days of man at 120 years. The text implies that God is limiting the human lifespan to 120 years, as reached by Moses; but many individuals after this point are recorded as living longer, and later Jewish commentators interpreted the passage to mean that God was giving mankind 120 years to repent before sending the Flood.  "The [http://mercy.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper77.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper77.html&line=48#mfs Nephilim] were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when "the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them". These were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown." [http://bible.thelineberrys.com/GEN/GEN6.HTM] The term ''Nephilim'' is mentioned in Genesis, Enoch and Jubilees as applying to a pre-Flood race; but in Numbers 13:33 the Hebrew scouts sent to spy out the Promised Land report them as living there. References to "post-Flood Nephilim" gave rise to Talmudic traditions that their forebear, [[Og]] of Bashan, had survived the Deluge by clinging to the outside of the Ark.

''The Generations of Noah'': Angered by the wickedness of mankind, God selects [[Noah]],Hebrew "Rest": Noah's father Lamech gives this name to his son saying, "Out of the ground which the LORD has cursed this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the toil of our hands." (Gen.5:29) "a righteous man, blameless in his generation," and commands him to build an [[Ark]], and to take on it his family and representatives of the animals. [http://bible.thelineberrys.com/GEN/GEN6.HTM] God destroys the world with  a Flood, [http://bible.thelineberrys.com/GEN/GEN7.HTM] and [http://bible.thelineberrys.com/GEN/GEN8.HTM] and enters into a [[covenant]] with Noah and his descendants, the entire human [[race]], promising never again to destroy mankind in this way. [http://bible.thelineberrys.com/GEN/GEN9.HTM] The details of the covenant are: God forbids the eating of flesh with blood, "that is, its life," still in it, forbids murder, and institutes the [[Capital punishment|death penalty]] for murderers; in return, God promises never again to visit a deluge upon all the world, and places the first rainbow in the clouds as a sign of the covenant.   

''The Generations of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:7._THE_FLOODS_IN_MESOPOTAMIA Noah]'': Angered by the wickedness of mankind, God selects Noah,Hebrew "Rest": Noah's father Lamech gives this name to his son saying, "Out of the ground which the LORD has cursed this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the toil of our hands." (Gen.5:29) "a righteous man, blameless in his generation," and commands him to build an [[Ark]], and to take on it his family and representatives of the animals. [http://bible.thelineberrys.com/GEN/GEN6.HTM] God destroys the world with  a Flood, [http://bible.thelineberrys.com/GEN/GEN7.HTM] and [http://bible.thelineberrys.com/GEN/GEN8.HTM] and enters into a [[covenant]] with Noah and his descendants, the entire human [[race]], promising never again to destroy mankind in this way. [http://bible.thelineberrys.com/GEN/GEN9.HTM] The details of the covenant are: God forbids the eating of flesh with blood, "that is, its life," still in it, forbids murder, and institutes the [[Capital punishment|death penalty]] for murderers; in return, God promises never again to visit a deluge upon all the world, and places the first rainbow in the clouds as a sign of the covenant.   

Noah plants a vineyard, drinks wine, and falls into a drunken sleep. Ham "uncovers his fathers nakedness," and Noah places a curse on Ham's son Canaan, saying that he and all his descendants shall henceforth be slaves to Ham's brothers Shem and Japheth [http://bible.thelineberrys.com/GEN/GEN9.HTM]

Noah plants a vineyard, drinks wine, and falls into a drunken sleep. Ham "uncovers his fathers nakedness," and Noah places a curse on Ham's son Canaan, saying that he and all his descendants shall henceforth be slaves to Ham's brothers Shem and Japheth [http://bible.thelineberrys.com/GEN/GEN9.HTM]

Abram returns to Canaan, and separates from Lot in order to put an end to disputes about pasturage. He gives Lot the valley of the Jordan, as far as Sodom, whose people "were wicked, great sinners against the LORD." To Abram God says, "Lift up your eyes, and look ... for all the land which you see I will give to you and to your descendants for ever. I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your descendants also can be counted. Arise, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to you."[http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=RsvGene.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=12&division=div1 Genesis 13.]

Abram returns to Canaan, and separates from Lot in order to put an end to disputes about pasturage. He gives Lot the valley of the Jordan, as far as Sodom, whose people "were wicked, great sinners against the LORD." To Abram God says, "Lift up your eyes, and look ... for all the land which you see I will give to you and to your descendants for ever. I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your descendants also can be counted. Arise, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to you."[http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=RsvGene.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=12&division=div1 Genesis 13.]

Lot is taken prisoner during a war between the King of Shinai (An inexact location, but roughly equivalent to the lands of the Tigris and Euphrates.) and the King of Sodom and their allies, "four kings against five." Abram rescues Lot and is blessed by [[Melchizedek]], king of Salem (the future [[Jerusalem]]) and "priest of God [[Most Highs|Most High]]". Abram refuses the King of Sodom's offer of the spoils of victory, saying: "I have sworn to the LORD God Most High, maker of heaven and earth, that I would not take a thread or a sandal-thong or anything that is yours, lest you should say, `I have made Abram rich.'"[http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=RsvGene.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=14&division=div1 Genesis 14.]  

Lot is taken prisoner during a war between the King of Shinai (An inexact location, but roughly equivalent to the lands of the Tigris and Euphrates.) and the King of Sodom and their allies, "four kings against five." Abram rescues Lot and is blessed by [[Melchizedek]], king of [[Salem]] (the future  

Jerusalem) and "priest of God [[Most Highs|Most High]]". Abram refuses the King of Sodom's offer of the spoils of victory, saying: "I have sworn to the LORD God Most High, maker of heaven and earth, that I would not take a thread or a sandal-thong or anything that is yours, lest you should say, `I have made Abram rich.'"[http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=RsvGene.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=14&division=div1 Genesis 14.]  

God makes a covenant with Abram, promising that Abram's descendants shall be as numerous as the stars in the heavens, that they shall suffer oppression in a foreign land for four hundred years, but that they shall inherit the land "from the [[river of Egypt]] to the great river, the river [[Euphrates]]."([http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=RsvGene.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=15&division=div1 Genesis 15.] The "river of Egypt", traditionally identified not with the Nile but with Wadi el Arish in the Sinai, and the Euphrates, represent the supposed bounds of Israel at its height under Solomon.)

God makes a covenant with Abram, promising that Abram's descendants shall be as numerous as the stars in the heavens, that they shall suffer oppression in a foreign land for four hundred years, but that they shall inherit the land "from the [[river of Egypt]] to the great river, the river [[Euphrates]]."([http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=RsvGene.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=15&division=div1 Genesis 15.] The "river of Egypt", traditionally identified not with the Nile but with Wadi el Arish in the Sinai, and the Euphrates, represent the supposed bounds of Israel at its height under Solomon.)