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==Overview==
==Overview==
The fifty chapters of the book of Genesis can be divided into two parts: the early, ancient history of man from the [[Creation]] to the fall of the [[Tower of Babel]] (Genesis 1-11), and the [[Patriarchs|Patriarchal History of Israel]] from [[Abraham]] and his son [[Isaac]], grandson [[Jacob]], and Jacob's sons, primarily [[Joseph]] (Genesis 12-50), although there is a continuous genealogy connecting both parts.
The fifty chapters of the book of Genesis can be divided into two parts: the early, ancient history of man from the [[Creation]] to the fall of the [[Tower of Babel]] (Genesis 1-11), and the Patriarchal History of Israel from [[Abraham]] and his son [[Isaac]], grandson [[Jacob]], and Jacob's sons, primarily [[Joseph]] (Genesis 12-50), although there is a continuous genealogy connecting both parts.
===The Creation===
===The Creation===
''For more detailed treatments, see [[creation week]], [[creation story]], and [[Biblical creation account]].''
''For more detailed treatments, see [[creation week]], [[creation story]], and [[Biblical creation account]].''
[[File:Creation of Adam.jpg|thumbnail|400px|right|[[Michelangelo]]'s ''[[Creation]] of [[Adam]]'']]
''In the beginning, God [[creation|created]] the [[heaven]]s and earth''. This is one of the most famous statements in the Bible, and it starts the account of God's creation. Genesis 1:1 through 2:3 involved the first seven days in history:<ref>Not all Christians accept that the days were literal days. See also [[Creation Week]], [[Gap theory]], and [[Old Earth Creationism]].</ref>
''In the beginning, God [[creation|created]] the [[heaven]]s and earth''. This is one of the most famous statements in the Bible, and it starts the account of God's creation. Genesis 1:1 through 2:3 involved the first seven days in history:<ref>Not all Christians accept that the days were literal days. See also [[Creation Week]], [[Gap theory]], and [[Old Earth Creationism]].</ref>
*The first day, the creation of the heavens and the Earth, and light ({{bible ref|Genesis|1|1-5}}).
*The first day, the creation of the heavens and the Earth, and light ({{bible ref|Genesis|1|1-5}}).