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Genesis is a book of
beginnings. It
describes God's creation of
the world and the human
beings he placed on the
earth to care for it.
Genesis chronicles the first
human rebellion
against God and how God
selected Abraham and
offspring to be his chosen
people.
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Author:
Moses,
Language: Hebrew
Genesis is divided into two
principal parts. The first part
(1-11)
gives a general history of
mankind
down to the time of the
Dispersion. The second part
presents the early history of
Israel down to the
death and
burial of Joseph
(12-50).
There are five principal persons
brought in succession under our
notice in this book, and around
these persons
the
history of the
successive periods is grouped,
viz., Adam (1-3),
Noah (4-9),
Abraham (10-25:18),
Isaac (25:19-35:29),
and Jacob
(36-50).
In this book we have several
prophecies concerning Christ (3:15;
12:3; 18:18; 22:18; 26:4; 28:14;
49:10).
The
author of this book was
Moses. Under divine guidance he
may indeed have been led to make
use of materials
already
existing in primeval documents,
or even of traditions in a
trustworthy form that had come
down to his
time, purifying them
from all that was unworthy; but
the hand of Moses is clearly
seen throughout in its
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