In the hebrew text, the word bereshith, is the first word of the text, being translated, in the beginning. Watch our overview video on genesis 111, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. Days of creation of earth, noah and the ark, abraham and sarah, isaac, jacob, joseph, pharaoh. Its where we find the famous stories of adam and eve, cain and abel, noah and the ark, abraham and isaac, and a welldressed dreamer named joseph. The book of genesis is basically prose narrative, punctuated here and there by brief poems the longest is the socalled blessing of jacob in 49. In the beginning god created the heavens and the earth. The title genesis is a transliteration of the greek word which is the title of the book of genesis in the septuagint, the ancient greek translation of the old testament. Genesis old testament britannica encyclopedia britannica.
The book of genesis niv audio holy bible high quality. In the beginning, god created the heavens and the earth. Im an atheist that is studying the bible, i appreciate the explanations provided in this video. And the spirit of god moved upon the face of the waters. Its message is rich and complex, and listing its main elements gives a succinct outline of the biblical message as a whole. Genesis 1 kjv in the beginning god created the heaven bible. Its important theological themes include the doctrines of god, creation, man, sin and salvation. The book of genesis genesis is the first book of the bible and has 50 chapters.
It is divisible into two parts, the primeval history chapters 111 and the ancestral history chapters 1250. Genesis is the foundational book to the rest of the bible. Genesis, the first book of hebrew scripture, also serves as the first book of the torah or law of moses, also known as the pentateuch. Genesis narrates the primeval history of the world chapters 111 and the patriarchal history of the israelite people chapters 1250. The first book of moses genesis from the holy bible new international version niv book 1 please note we have increased the volume and the pitch of the audio for a. It teaches the importance of substitutionary atonement and of faith in gods revelation of himself to mankind. The book of genesis is foundational to the understanding of the rest of the bible. God, a spirit hovering over an empty, watery void, creates the world by. Genesis, hebrew bereshit in the beginning, the first book of the bible. The book of genesis, the first book of the hebrew bible and the old testament, is an account of the creation of the world and the origins of the jewish people. Book of genesis read, study bible verses online bible study tools. It began with man in eden and ended with man in a coffin in egypt.
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