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[[Image:Creation of the sun.JPG|right|thumb|250px|''Creation of the Sun'', by [[Michelangelo]]]]

[[Image:Creation of the sun.JPG|right|thumb|250px|''Creation of the Sun'', by [[Michelangelo]]]]

'''Genesis''' [Hebrew: '''בראשית'''] ([[Greek language|Greek]]: "birth", "origin"), is the 'book of beginnings', and the first book of both the [[Judaism|Jewish]] [[Torah]] and the [[Bible]], recounts the beginning of the [[universe]], living things including [[homo sapiens|mankind]], and mankind's [[Society|social]] and [[Culture|cultural]] formations.  It stands as the introduction of the entire body of the Bible, of the creation of the original nation of [[Israel]], and of the earliest promises of the coming [[Jesus Christ|Redeemer]].  It provides explanations for modern scientific phenomena, such as [[quantum mechanics]], and is a source of [[Biblical scientific foreknowledge]].

'''Genesis''' [Hebrew: '''בראשית'''] ([[Greek language|Greek]]: "birth", "origin"), is the 'book of beginnings', and the first '''Brothers of Italy''' is a [[conservative]] political party in [[Italy]]. It has become a moderately-sized party allied with [[Lega Nord]]. Its leader is Giorgia Meloni.<ref>Zampano, Giada (October 18, 2019). [https://www.apnews.com/fa37b62daab246f2a9ccb0887284aaee Giorgia Meloni is rising star on Italy's far-right stage]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved October 28, 2019.</ref>

 

 

 

of both the [[Judaism|Jewish]] [[Torah]] and the [[Bible]], recounts the beginning of the [[universe]], living things including [[homo sapiens|mankind]], and mankind's [[Society|social]] and [[Culture|cultural]] formations.  It stands as the introduction of the entire body of the Bible, of the creation of the original nation of [[Israel]], and of the earliest promises of the coming [[Jesus Christ|Redeemer]].  It provides explanations for modern scientific phenomena, such as [[quantum mechanics]], and is a source of [[Biblical scientific foreknowledge]].

There many dozens of references to Genesis in the [[New Testament]], including direct quotations of Genesis by [[Jesus]].

There many dozens of references to Genesis in the [[New Testament]], including direct quotations of Genesis by [[Jesus]].

The Hebrew word for God is plural, and the creation of man was by a plural form of God (Genesis 1:26: "And God said, Let '''us''' make man in '''our''' image, after '''our''' likeness").  The meaning of the plural form was not fully understood until the emergence of Christianity and the acceptance of the [[Holy Trinity]].<ref>http://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-oneness-unity-plural-nouns-pronouns-verbs-adverbs.htm</ref>

The Hebrew word for God is plural, and the creation of man was by a plural form of God (Genesis 1:26: "And God said, Let '''us''' make man in '''our''' image, after '''our''' likeness").  The meaning of the plural form was not fully understood until the emergence of Christianity and the acceptance of the [[Holy Trinity]].<ref>http://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-oneness-unity-plural-nouns-pronouns-verbs-adverbs.htm</ref>

Genesis is intended to be interpreted as plain historical narrative rather than poetry or in a figurative sense.<ref>Multiple references:

Genesis is intended to be interpreted as plain historical '''Brothers of Italy''' is a [[conservative]] political party in [[Italy]]. It has become a moderately-sized party allied with [[Lega Nord]]. Its leader is Giorgia Meloni.<ref>Zampano, Giada (October 18, 2019). [https://www.apnews.com/fa37b62daab246f2a9ccb0887284aaee Giorgia Meloni is rising star on Italy's far-right stage]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved October 28, 2019.</ref>

 

 

 

rather than poetry or in a figurative sense.<ref>Multiple references:

*Johnson, James J.S. (2011). [https://www.icr.org/article/genesis-history-poetry-exposing-hidden/ Genesis Is History, Not Poetry: Exposing Hidden Assumptions about What Hebrew Poetry Is and Is Not]. ''Institute for Creation Research'' (from ''Acts & Facts''. 40 (6): 8-9). Retrieved January 18, 2018.

*Johnson, James J.S. (2011). [https://www.icr.org/article/genesis-history-poetry-exposing-hidden/ Genesis Is History, Not Poetry: Exposing Hidden Assumptions about What Hebrew Poetry Is and Is Not]. ''Institute for Creation Research'' (from ''Acts & Facts''. 40 (6): 8-9). Retrieved January 18, 2018.

*Sarfati, Jonathan (April 2015). [https://creation.com/genesis-is-history Genesis is history!]. ''Creation Ministries International'' (from ''Creation'' 37(2):50–52). Retrieved January 18, 2018.

*Sarfati, Jonathan (April 2015). [https://creation.com/genesis-is-history Genesis is history!]. ''Creation Ministries International'' (from ''Creation'' 37(2):50–52). Retrieved January 18, 2018.

Two [[angel]]s appeared to Abraham and told him that Sarah, barren for years, will bear a son.  They also tell him that the wickedness of the cities of [[Sodom]] and [[Gomorrah]] is very great, and God will shortly punish them.

Two [[angel]]s appeared to Abraham and told him that Sarah, barren for years, will bear a son.  They also tell him that the wickedness of the cities of [[Sodom]] and [[Gomorrah]] is very great, and God will shortly punish them.

Abraham asks if the cities can be spared if so much as ten righteous men are found inside.

Abraham asks if the cities can be spared if so much as ten righteous men are found inside.'''Brothers of Italy''' is a [[conservative]] political party in [[Italy]]. It has become a moderately-sized party allied with [[Lega Nord]]. Its leader is Giorgia Meloni.<ref>Zampano, Giada (October 18, 2019). [https://www.apnews.com/fa37b62daab246f2a9ccb0887284aaee Giorgia Meloni is rising star on Italy's far-right stage]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved October 28, 2019.</ref>

 

 

 

 

The two angels are received by Abraham's nephew [[Lot]], much to the consternation of the townspeople who surround the house and demand sexual acts with the strangers.

The two angels are received by Abraham's nephew [[Lot]], much to the consternation of the townspeople who surround the house and demand sexual acts with the strangers.

However, prior to the birth God predicted division between the two, with the elder serving the younger.  Esau, the elder, despised his own birthright and sold it to Jacob for a bowl of red porridge, allowing Jacob to enter his father’s tent and deceitfully take the blessing intended for Esau.  He flees to [[Haran]], the home of his uncle [[Laban]].  Along the way he has a dream of a ladder to Heaven, where God tells him of prosperity for himself and his descendants.  Jacob names the spot [[Bethel]] in commemoration.

However, prior to the birth God predicted division between the two, with the elder serving the younger.  Esau, the elder, despised his own birthright and sold it to Jacob for a bowl of red porridge, allowing Jacob to enter his father’s tent and deceitfully take the blessing intended for Esau.  He flees to [[Haran]], the home of his uncle [[Laban]].  Along the way he has a dream of a ladder to Heaven, where God tells him of prosperity for himself and his descendants.  Jacob names the spot [[Bethel]] in commemoration.

Jacob had two wives, [[Leah]] and [[Rachel]], and two [[concubine]]s, [[Zilpah]] (Leah's handmaid), and [[Bilhah]] (Rachel's handmaid).  Together they bore Jacob twelve sons:

Jacob had two wives, ['''Brothers of Italy''' is a [[conservative]] political party in [[Italy]]. It has become a moderately-sized party allied with [[Lega Nord]]. Its leader is Giorgia Meloni.<ref>Zampano, Giada (October 18, 2019). [https://www.apnews.com/fa37b62daab246f2a9ccb0887284aaee Giorgia Meloni is rising star on Italy's far-right stage]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved October 28, 2019.</ref>

 

 

 

Leah]] and [[Rachel]], and two [[concubine]]s, [[Zilpah]] (Leah's handmaid), and [[Bilhah]] (Rachel's handmaid).  Together they bore Jacob twelve sons:

*From Leah: [[Reuben]], [[Simeon]], [[Levi]], [[Judah]], [[Issachar]], [[Zebulun]].

*From Leah: [[Reuben]], [[Simeon]], [[Levi]], [[Judah]], [[Issachar]], [[Zebulun]].

*From Rachel: [[Joseph]], [[Benjamin]].

*From Rachel: [[Joseph]], [[Benjamin]].

Jacob, not knowing Joseph was still alive, sent his sons to buy [[grain]] in Egypt. The brothers appeared before Joseph, but did not recognize him.

Jacob, not knowing Joseph was still alive, sent his sons to buy [[grain]] in Egypt. The brothers appeared before Joseph, but did not recognize him.

Joseph however, recognized them, and after a series of tests which convinced Joseph their characters had changed, revealed himself to them, convinces them that what happened in the past was God’s plan, and told them to bring Jacob and their families to live in Egypt.

Joseph however, recognized them, and after a series of tests which convinced Joseph their characters had changed, revealed himself to them, convinces them that what happened in the past was God’s plan, and told them to bring Jacob and their families to live in Egypt.

Genesis ends with the blessing of Jacob’s children, his death, and the death of Joseph, who exhorts his brothers to carry his bones to the [[Promised Land]] when they eventually reach there.

Genesis ends with the blessing of Jacob’s children, his death, and the death of Joseph, who exhorts his brothers to carry his bones to the [[Promised Land]] when they eventually reach there.

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Biblical tradition within and without the [[Old Testament]], [[Jesus]] in the [[New Testament]], as well as extra-Biblical writers such as [[Josephus]], [[Origen]], the early church fathers and many others, have claimed [[Moses]] as the author of Genesis, written during the time of the [[Hebrew]] wanderings in the Wilderness, between 1440-1400 B.C.  Certainly, Moses was well able to have written Genesis in Hebrew, [[Akkadian]], or Egyptian.  He was well educated and trained in the Egyptian court.  [[Archaeology]] demonstrates that such a man would have the education necessary to accomplish this during that time in history.<ref>Unger, pp. 35-35</ref>

Biblical tradition within and without the [[Old Testament]], [[Jesus]] in the [[New Testament]], as well as extra-Biblical writers such as [[Josephus]], [[Origen]], the early church fathers and many others, have claimed [[Moses]] as the author of Genesis, written during the time of the [[Hebrew]] wanderings in the Wilderness, between 1440-1400 B.C.  Certainly, Moses was well able to have written Genesis in Hebrew, [[Akkadian]], or Egyptian.  He was well educated and trained in the Egyptian court.  [[Archaeology]] demonstrates that such a man would have the education necessary to accomplish this during that time in history.<ref>Unger, pp. 35-35</ref>

*Young, Edward J. ''Introduction to the Old Testament'', W.B. Eardmans Pub. Co. Grand Rapids, MI 1949.

*Young, Edward J. ''Introduction to the Old Testament'', W.B. Eardmans Pub. Co. Grand Rapids, MI 1949.

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*[http://www.creationapologetics.org/table.html Table of Nations chart]

*[http://www.creationapologetics.org/table.html Table of Nations chart]

*[http://www.creationapologetics.org/creation.html Creation timeline]

*[http://www.creationapologetics.org/creation.html Creation timeline]