Genesis
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- proper noun
- /ˈdʒɛnəsɪs/
- Literature
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Génesis
- Genesis, chapter six, verse fourteen.
- the book of Genesis
- creation in Genesis
- story in Genesis
And I picked the book up and I tried to read some of Genesis, let's start off.
- And I picked the book up and I tried to read some of Genesis, let's start off.
- Now of course this is a reference to the biblical account in Genesis of Adam and Eve.
- So, so let's go back to Genesis, OK?
- It's one of the most magnificent stories of Genesis.
- We, we had this one lecturer who taught us about Genesis.
- He was a very devout Jew, wrote many books about Genesis and so forth.
- I believe so in the Bible, the Latin version in Genesis, it says Fiat lux, let there be light.
- Why did, why did, why did government start after Cain killed Abel back in Genesis?
Examples
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A reading from the book of Genesis.
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Maybe we should just look at Genesis 2:24.
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And I picked the book up and I tried to read some of Genesis, let's start off.
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Now of course this is a reference to the biblical account in Genesis of Adam and Eve.
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Open your bibles to Genesis seven.
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There is the creation narrative of Genesis with its lesson that humans were made for each other.
Academic text (2008) -
And Adam called his wife's name Eve because she was the mother of all living. --Genesis 3:19-20
Academic text (2008) -
Afterwards, I opened the Bible to the twenty-eighth chapter of Genesis, Jacob's wonderful dream.
Fiction book (2001) -
There, emblazoned on the first page of Genesis, stands the telltale date: 4004 B.C.
Academic text (1991) -
The story of creation is detailed in the book of Genesis.
Synonyms
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The first book of the Bible that tells how the world began and early stories like Adam and Noah
Compounds
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The first book of the Bible that tells how the world began and early stories like Adam and Noah
- Literature
A religious story in the Bible about how God creates the world
Surface Forms
Etymology
Genesis comes from the Greek word genesis meaning 'origin' or 'birth', and the root gen- is the same in common words like generate, generation, and gene. That's why Genesis is the name of the Bible book that tells the 'beginning' or origin of the world.