first book of the Pentateuch and of the Bible, whose name comes from the one given in the Greek version of the Septuagint, Genesis kosmou, that is, Origin of the cosmos, and which in Hebrew is titled with the first word of the book, be- re-shith, In the beginning. The G., called the Book of Origins, contains the story from the creation of the world and of man until the death of Joseph, the eleventh son of the patriarch Jacob. The book consists of two well-defined parts: the first, chapters 1 to 11, on primitive history, goes back to the creation of the universe and humanity, original sin and the consequences that it brought to the human being, the growing evil of men and the consequent punishment with the flood, which destroyed everything, except Noah, his family and the animals that entered the ark with him. Likewise, the first alliance established by God with humanity through Noah, whose sign was the rainbow; then, the repopulation of the earth from Noah. The second part, chapters 12 to 50, refers to the life of the Hebrew patriarchs, Abraham, the man of faith, for which God promises him numerous descendants and the Holy Land for them; Isaac, father of Esau and Jacob, the latter chosen by God and to whom he renews the promises made to Abraham, father of twelve children, the ancestors of the twelve tribes of Israel. The end of the book of G., chapters 37 to 50, except 38 and 49, is dedicated to Joseph, the youngest of the sons of Jacob.
The G. book, in turn, is divided into four titles: I. Origins of the world and humanity, 1; two; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11. II. Story of Abraham, 12; 13; 14; fifteen; 16; 17; 18; 19; twenty; twenty-one; 22; 23; 24; 25, 18. III. Story of Isaac and Jacob, 25, 19-34; 26; 27; 28; 29; 30; 31; 32; 33; 3. 4; 35; 36; 37, 1. IV. Story of Joseph, 37, 2; 38; 39; 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; Four. Five; 46; 47; 48; 49; fifty.
Digital Bible Dictionary, Grupo C Service & Design Ltda., Colombia, 2003
Source: Digital Bible Dictionary
The first book of the Bible. In Jewish tradition the book gets its name from the first word, bereshith (in the beginning). The name Genesis, meaning beginning, is derived from the LXX and is also found in the Latin translation (Liber Genesis). Much of the book deals with origins.
Tradition attributes the book to Moses. Many of the historical accounts of Genesis predate Moses by large stretches of time. There is no reason why he could not have arranged these ancient accounts in the literary structure of the book.
It can be divided to Genesis approx. in three parts:
( 1 ) The creation until the death of Terah, father of Abraham (1-11),
(2) a history of the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (12—36) and
( 3 ) the story of Joseph (37-50).
The first section begins with the creation account, records the fall of the human race, the flood, and the tower of Babel. The patriarchal accounts record the first formal declaration of the promise to Abraham. The promise, which later took the form of a covenant (Gen 15:12-21), guaranteed an inheritance for God’s people in all ages. Jacob is the progenitor of the 12 tribes of Israel (Gen 35:23-26). Jacob and his children arrive in Egypt as a result of a general shortage. Then Joseph reunited with his family and established it in the land of Egypt (Gen 47: 11-12). The narratives about Joseph provide the historical background for the Book of Exodus, which records the enslavement of the Israelites in Egypt and their subsequent exodus from that land. These narratives also point to the period of Egyptian slavery mentioned in the Abrahamic covenant (Gen 15:13-14).
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
(beginnings, origins).
The first book of the Bible to be divided into two parts.
1- Origin of humanity: Caps.l-11.
– Beginning of the world, chap.ly 2.
– Of humanity, 1 and 2.
– Of sin, 3:1-7.
– Of redemption, 3:15.
– Of punishment, 3:16-20, chaps.6-8.
– Of family life, 2:24, 4:1-15.
– From civilization, 4:16 to 9:29.
– Of the Nations, 10-11.
2- Beginning of the People of God: Chaps. 12 to 50- Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and his 12 sons, especially Joseph.
In Genesis, the People of God is nothing more than a “family” of 66 people, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Abraham; in Exodus it already begins as a “town” of 3 million inhabitants. see bible
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Dr. J. Dominguez
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vet, Gr. “genesis”, “origin”. Name given in the LXX version to the first book of the OT; comes from the heb. “B’rëshith”, “in the beginning”, phrase with which the book begins. Genesis is divided into three sections: (a) Description of the world, its creation and its relations with God, beginning of human history (Gen. 1:1-2:2). (b) Outline of the history of mankind before Abraham; revelation of the relationships between God and the human race; beginning of the history of the chosen people (Gen. 2:4-11:26). (c) History of the covenant people up to their going to Egypt (Gen. 11:27-50:26). Regarding the first section, see CREATION. For the second section, see FLOOD, BABEL, etc. (a) SYNOPSIS. A brief synopsis of Genesis is as follows: Creation of the universe and of the earth with all that it contains (Gen. 1:1-2:3); particularized account of the creation of man and woman (Gen. 2:4-25); the fall (Gen. 3), progress of sin (Gen. 4:1-15), the wicked line (Gen. 4:16-24), the chosen line (Gen. 4:25-5:32), the increase of sin (Gen. 6:1-8), the flood (Gen. 6:9-9:17), the repopulation of the earth (Gen. 9:18-10:32), the construction of the tower of Babel (Gen. 11:1-9) and the origin of the Semitic race (Gen. 11:10-26), the beginning of Abraham’s career, his calling, his pilgrimage in Canaan (Gen. 11:27-25 :10), Isaac’s life from his father’s death to Jacob’s departure for Mesopotamia (Gen. 25:11-27:40), Jacob’s life from his departure to Mesopotamia until Isaac’s death (Gen. 27:41-35:29), the descendants of Esau (Gen. 36), the beginning of the story of Joseph until he was sold in Egypt (Gen. 37), the sin of Judah (Gen. 38), the Joseph’s condition in Egypt (Gen. 39-45), the circumstances relating to the life of Jacob, his family and Joseph in Egypt (Gen. 46-49), the death of Jacob and Joseph (Gen. 50) . Genesis has ten natural divisions headed by the formula “These are the origins” (Heb. “tol’doth”, see GENERATION), or equivalent translations (Gen. 2:4; 5:1; 6:9; 10:1; 11:10; 11:27; 25:12; 25:19; 36:1, 9; 37:2). For the question of authorship, unity, authenticity, see PENTATEUCH. (b) SPIRITUAL MESSAGE. This fundamental book introduces us in a masterful way to the written revelation of God. By explaining the origins, he simultaneously traces the guidelines that lead through the entire Bible to the final consummation of the Apocalypse. In Genesis we indeed find the origin of all things: the creation of the heavens and the earth, of man, of paradise, of the tree of life, the first mention of the tempter, the fall and the beginning of sin among the human race , first universal judgment by water, the tower of Babel, confusion of languages, the vocation of the people of God. In the Apocalypse everything is consummated: new heavens and new earth, glorified humanity, eternal paradise and the tree of life (Rev. 2:7; 22:2), final punishment of Satan, end of sin, second universal judgment by fire (Rev. 20:11; 2 Pet. 3:5-12), gathering of men of all languages around the Lamb (Rev. 5:9), his eternal reign in the New Jerusalem in the immediate presence of God (Rev. 21:22). This is one of the proofs of the extraordinary unity of the inspiration of the Bible, written over some 16 centuries by a host of different authors. Naturally, Genesis is incessantly quoted directly or indirectly in the OT. The Lord is constantly presented as “the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob”, a name that would be incomprehensible without the book of Genesis. And neither the origin nor the calling of Israel could be conceived without this book. We would be left with a great void without the first 11 chapters, which serve as the seedbed for the entire story of redemption. Let us also point out that chapters 12-50 (39 chapters, almost 3/4 of the book) are dedicated to four biographies, full of teachings about the individual, the family, education, and the action of God through the generations. As for the NT, there are more than 60 citations from Genesis: Christ himself confirms its main stories: the creation of man and woman (Mt. 19:4-6), murder of Abel (Lk. 11:49-51) , the flood (Lk. 17:26-27), Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Mt. 22:32; Jn. 8:56), circumcision of the patriarchs (Jn. 7:21-23), etc. Stephen makes a summary in Acts from the call of Abraham to the descent into Egypt with Joseph (Acts 7:1-17). Paul makes constant allusions to the characters and spiritual events of Genesis (eg, Rom. 4; 5:12-21; 9:7-13; 1 Cor. 11:7-12; 2 Cor. 11:3; Gal 3:6-18; 4:21-31; 1 Tim 2:13, etc.). As for the epistle to the Hebrews, cp. Melchizedek (Heb. 7:1-22), on creation, and on the patriarchs, from Abel to Joseph (Heb. 11:3-22). (c) PLACE OCCUPIED BY CHRIST. The place occupied by Christ in Genesis is what gives greater value to this book. Jesus himself warned that Moses had written about him, and that if we do not believe Moses we will not be able to believe his words (Lk. 24: 25-27, 44; Jn. 5: 46-47; 8:56). Already in the Creation account we can see a veiled allusion to the Trinity with the plural used with regard to God (Gen. 1:1, Elohim, etc.), and in the council held within the Deity at the time of the creation of man (Gen. 1:26; cf. Jn. 1:1-3; Col. 1:16; Heb. 1:10). Adam was a figure of the One who was to come (Rom. 5:14, 15; 1 Cor. 15:22, 45-49). The promise of the seed of the woman who will crush the serpent’s head (Gen. 3:15) is called the “protoevangelium”, the first announcement of redemption through the incarnation and suffering. Abel is declared righteous by his faith in a bloody sacrifice more excellent than Cain’s (Gen. 4:4; Heb. 11:4). The water of the deluge was a figure of baptism, and the ark is one of the images of salvation in Christ, who passes through the judgment giving refuge to those who come to him, and who die and rise with him (1 Pet. 3:21; Rom 6:3-4). Melchizedek is a type of our eternal and perfect High Priest (Gen. 14:18-20; Heb. 7:1-8, 24-25). The angel of Jehovah (see) is likewise a theophany, a manifestation of Him who gives visible evidence of God’s presence (Gen. 16:7ff.; 18:2ff.; 22:11ff.; 32:24ff. .). The sacrifice of Isaac, the long-awaited only son, at Moria (cf. 2 Chr. 3:1), presents extraordinary analogies with that of God’s only begotten Son in almost the same place (Gen. 22; Heb. 11:17). -19; Gal 3:16). Shiloh, the ruler, will one day come from the tribe of Judah (Gen. 49:9-10). This is how the line of the…