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href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8A%A6%E1%88%AA%E1%89%B5_%E1%8B%98%E1%8D%8D%E1%8C%A5%E1%88%A8%E1%89%B5" title="ኦሪት ዘፍጥረት – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ኦሪት ዘፍጥረት" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%81%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86" title="سفر التكوين – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="سفر التكوين" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chenesi" title="Chenesi – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Chenesi" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arc mw-list-item"><a href="https://arc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DC%A3%DC%A6%DC%AA%DC%90_%DC%95%DC%92%DC%AA%DC%9D%DC%AC%DC%90" title="ܣܦܪܐ ܕܒܪܝܬܐ – Aramaic" lang="arc" hreflang="arc" data-title="ܣܦܪܐ ܕܒܪܝܬܐ" data-language-autonym="ܐܪܡܝܐ" data-language-local-name="Aramaic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ܐܪܡܝܐ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BE%D5%B6%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%B8%D6%81" title="Ծննդոց – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Ծննդոց" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/X%C3%A9nesis" title="Xénesis – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Xénesis" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarad%C4%B1l%C4%B1%C5%9F_kitab%C4%B1" title="Yaradılış kitabı – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Yaradılış kitabı" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%95" title="আদি পুস্তক – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="আদি পুস্তক" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chh%C3%B2ng-s%C3%A8-k%C3%AC" title="Chhòng-sè-kì – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Chhòng-sè-kì" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B3%D0%B0_%D0%91%D1%8B%D1%86%D1%86%D1%91" title="Кніга Быццё – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Кніга Быццё" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B3%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%83" title="Кніга Роду – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Кніга Роду" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libro_nin_Genesis" title="Libro nin Genesis – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Libro nin Genesis" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B5_(%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Битие (Библия) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Битие (Библия)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis" title="Genesis – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Genesis" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knjiga_postanka" title="Knjiga postanka – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Knjiga postanka" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levr_ar_C%27heneliezh" title="Levr ar C'heneliezh – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Levr ar C'heneliezh" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A8nesi" title="Gènesi – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Gènesi" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B8" title="Пулни – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Пулни" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basahon_sa_Henesis" title="Basahon sa Henesis – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Basahon sa Henesis" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis" title="Genesis – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Genesis" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavambo" title="Mavambo – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Mavambo" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cho mw-list-item"><a href="https://cho.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chenesis" title="Chenesis – Choctaw" lang="cho" hreflang="cho" data-title="Chenesis" data-language-autonym="Chahta anumpa" data-language-local-name="Choctaw" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chahta anumpa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llyfr_Genesis" title="Llyfr Genesis – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Llyfr Genesis" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%B8rste_Mosebog" title="Første Mosebog – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Første Mosebog" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pdc mw-list-item"><a href="https://pdc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Es_erschde_Buch_Mosi" title="Es erschde Buch Mosi – Pennsylvania German" lang="pdc" hreflang="pdc" data-title="Es erschde Buch Mosi" data-language-autonym="Deitsch" data-language-local-name="Pennsylvania German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deitsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_(Bibel)" title="Genesis (Bibel) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Genesis (Bibel)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esimene_Moosese_raamat" title="Esimene Moosese raamat – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Esimene Moosese raamat" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%B9%CF%82_(%CE%B2%CE%B9%CE%B2%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%BF)" title="Γένεσις (βιβλίο) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Γένεσις (βιβλίο)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9nesis" title="Génesis – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Génesis" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genezo" title="Genezo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Genezo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasiera_(Biblia)" title="Hasiera (Biblia) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Hasiera (Biblia)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%81%D8%B1_%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B4" title="سفر پیدایش – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سفر پیدایش" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyrsta_M%C3%B3seb%C3%B3k" title="Fyrsta Mósebók – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Fyrsta Mósebók" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livre_de_la_Gen%C3%A8se" title="Livre de la Genèse – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Livre de la Genèse" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_(bibelboek)" title="Genesis (bibelboek) – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Genesis (bibelboek)" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fur mw-list-item"><a href="https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libri_di_Gjenesi" title="Libri di Gjenesi – Friulian" lang="fur" hreflang="fur" data-title="Libri di Gjenesi" data-language-autonym="Furlan" data-language-local-name="Friulian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Furlan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leabhar_Gheineasas" title="Leabhar Gheineasas – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Leabhar Gheineasas" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis" title="Genesis – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Genesis" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/X%C3%A9nese" title="Xénese – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Xénese" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ki mw-list-item"><a href="https://ki.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%A9amb%C4%A9r%C4%A9ria" title="Kĩambĩrĩria – Kikuyu" lang="ki" hreflang="ki" data-title="Kĩambĩrĩria" data-language-autonym="Gĩkũyũ" data-language-local-name="Kikuyu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gĩkũyũ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%89%E0%AA%A4%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%AA%E0%AA%A4%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%A4%E0%AA%BF_(%E0%AA%AC%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%87%E0%AA%AC%E0%AA%B2)" title="ઉત્પત્તિ (બાઇબલ) – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="ઉત્પત્તિ (બાઇબલ)" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gom mw-list-item"><a href="https://gom.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%95" title="उत्पती चें पुस्तक – Goan Konkani" lang="gom" hreflang="gom" data-title="उत्पती चें पुस्तक" data-language-autonym="गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni" data-language-local-name="Goan Konkani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-guw mw-list-item"><a href="https://guw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jen%E1%BA%B9sisi" title="Jenẹsisi – Gun" lang="guw" hreflang="guw" data-title="Jenẹsisi" data-language-autonym="Gungbe" data-language-local-name="Gun" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gungbe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chh%C3%B3ng-s%E1%B9%B3-ki" title="Chhóng-sṳ-ki – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Chhóng-sṳ-ki" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B0%BD%EC%84%B8%EA%B8%B0" title="창세기 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="창세기" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BE%D5%B6%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%B8%D6%81" title="Ծննդոց – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ծննդոց" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%95" title="उत्पत्ति पुस्तक – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="उत्पत्ति पुस्तक" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genezis" title="Genezis – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Genezis" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knjiga_Postanka" title="Knjiga Postanka – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Knjiga Postanka" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genezo" title="Genezo – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Genezo" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitab_Kejadian" title="Kitab Kejadian – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kitab Kejadian" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis" title="Genesis – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Genesis" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genese" title="Genese – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Genese" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xh mw-list-item"><a href="https://xh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis" title="Genesis – Xhosa" lang="xh" hreflang="xh" data-title="Genesis" data-language-autonym="IsiXhosa" data-language-local-name="Xhosa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiXhosa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesise" title="Genesise – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="Genesise" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiZulu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/1._M%C3%B3seb%C3%B3k" title="1. Mósebók – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="1. Mósebók" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesi" title="Genesi – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Genesi" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%AA" title="בראשית – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="בראשית" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitab_Purwaning_Dumadi" title="Kitab Purwaning Dumadi – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Kitab Purwaning Dumadi" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%86%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A1" title="ಆದಿಕಾಂಡ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಆದಿಕಾಂಡ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AC%E1%83%98%E1%83%92%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98_%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90" title="წიგნი დაბადებისა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="წიგნი დაბადებისა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-csb mw-list-item"><a href="https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kn%C3%A9ga_Z%C3%B4cz%C4%85tk%C3%B3w" title="Knéga Zôczątków – Kashubian" lang="csb" hreflang="csb" data-title="Knéga Zôczątków" data-language-autonym="Kaszëbsczi" data-language-local-name="Kashubian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kaszëbsczi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenesis" title="Jenesis – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Jenesis" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mwanzo_(Biblia)" title="Mwanzo (Biblia) – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Mwanzo (Biblia)" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destp%C3%AAkirin" title="Destpêkirin – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Destpêkirin" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lad mw-list-item"><a href="https://lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bereshit" title="Bereshit – Ladino" lang="lad" hreflang="lad" data-title="Bereshit" data-language-autonym="Ladino" data-language-local-name="Ladino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladino</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BA%9B%E0%BA%B0%E0%BA%96%E0%BA%BB%E0%BA%A1%E0%BA%A1%E0%BA%B0%E0%BA%81%E0%BA%B2%E0%BA%99" title="ປະຖົມມະການ – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="ປະຖົມມະການ" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liber_Genesis" title="Liber Genesis – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Liber Genesis" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rad%C4%AB%C5%A1anas_gr%C4%81mata" title="Radīšanas grāmata – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Radīšanas grāmata" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prad%C5%BEios_knyga" title="Pradžios knyga – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Pradžios knyga" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis" title="Genesis – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Genesis" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenese" title="Jenese – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Jenese" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B3zes_els%C5%91_k%C3%B6nyve" title="Mózes első könyve – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Mózes első könyve" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B5_(%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BA%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0)" title="Битие (библиска книга) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Битие (библиска книга)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokin%27_ny_Genesisy" title="Bokin' ny Genesisy – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Bokin' ny Genesisy" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%89%E0%B5%BD%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%82" title="ഉൽപ്പത്തിപ്പുസ്തകം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഉൽപ്പത്തിപ്പുസ്തകം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%95" title="उत्पत्तीचे पुस्तक – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="उत्पत्तीचे पुस्तक" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%81%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86" title="سفر التكوين – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="سفر التكوين" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitab_Kejadian" title="Kitab Kejadian – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Kitab Kejadian" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A1ung-si%C3%A9_G%C3%A9" title="Cháung-sié Gé – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Cháung-sié Gé" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mwl mw-list-item"><a href="https://mwl.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9nesis" title="Génesis – Mirandese" lang="mwl" hreflang="mwl" data-title="Génesis" data-language-autonym="Mirandés" data-language-local-name="Mirandese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Mirandés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%85%D0%BB%D1%8D%D0%BB" title="Эхлэл – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Эхлэл" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%80%E1%80%99%E1%80%B9%E1%80%98%E1%80%AC%E1%80%A6%E1%80%B8%E1%80%80%E1%80%BB%E1%80%99%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8" title="ကမ္ဘာဦးကျမ်း – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ကမ္ဘာဦးကျမ်း" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fj mw-list-item"><a href="https://fj.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_matai_ni_vloa_i_Mosese_sa_vakatokai_nai_Vakatekivu" title="Ai matai ni vloa i Mosese sa vakatokai nai Vakatekivu – Fijian" lang="fj" hreflang="fj" data-title="Ai matai ni vloa i Mosese sa vakatokai nai Vakatekivu" data-language-autonym="Na Vosa Vakaviti" data-language-local-name="Fijian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Na Vosa Vakaviti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_(boek)" title="Genesis (boek) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Genesis (boek)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%89%B5%E4%B8%96%E8%A8%98" title="創世記 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="創世記" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%B8rste_Mosebok" title="Første Mosebok – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Første Mosebok" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyrste_mosebok" title="Fyrste mosebok – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Fyrste mosebok" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nrm mw-list-item"><a href="https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen%C3%A8se" title="Genèse – Norman" lang="nrf" hreflang="nrf" data-title="Genèse" data-language-autonym="Nouormand" data-language-local-name="Norman" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nouormand</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen%C3%A8si" title="Genèsi – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Genèsi" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ng mw-list-item"><a href="https://ng.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis" title="Genesis – Ndonga" lang="ng" hreflang="ng" data-title="Genesis" data-language-autonym="Oshiwambo" data-language-local-name="Ndonga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oshiwambo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%A3%E0%A8%A8_%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%AC" title="ਜਣਨ ਦੀ ਕਿਤਾਬ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਜਣਨ ਦੀ ਕਿਤਾਬ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B4" title="کتاب پیدائش – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="کتاب پیدائش" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A8nesis" title="Gènesis – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="Gènesis" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcd mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jn%C3%A8se" title="Jnèse – Picard" lang="pcd" hreflang="pcd" data-title="Jnèse" data-language-autonym="Picard" data-language-local-name="Picard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Picard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pwn mw-list-item"><a href="https://pwn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinqacan_(Kai_nua_Cemas)" title="Vinqacan (Kai nua Cemas) – Paiwan" lang="pwn" hreflang="pwn" data-title="Vinqacan (Kai nua Cemas)" data-language-autonym="Pinayuanan" data-language-local-name="Paiwan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Pinayuanan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ksi%C4%99ga_Rodzaju" title="Księga Rodzaju – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Księga Rodzaju" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%AAnesis" title="Gênesis – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Gênesis" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneza" title="Geneza – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Geneza" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rm mw-list-item"><a href="https://rm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%BCm_cudesch_da_Moses" title="Prüm cudesch da Moses – Romansh" lang="rm" hreflang="rm" data-title="Prüm cudesch da Moses" data-language-autonym="Rumantsch" data-language-local-name="Romansh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Rumantsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qallariy" title="Qallariy – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Qallariy" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0_%D0%91%D1%8B%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Книга Бытия – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Книга Бытия" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%AE%D3%A9%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%8D%D1%8D%D2%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%8D" title="Үөскээһин битигэ – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Үөскээһин битигэ" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sm mw-list-item"><a href="https://sm.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_le_Kenese_o_le_tusi_muamua_a_Mose" title="O le Kenese o le tusi muamua a Mose – Samoan" lang="sm" hreflang="sm" data-title="O le Kenese o le tusi muamua a Mose" data-language-autonym="Gagana Samoa" data-language-local-name="Samoan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagana Samoa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-st mw-list-item"><a href="https://st.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genese" title="Genese – Southern Sotho" lang="st" hreflang="st" data-title="Genese" data-language-autonym="Sesotho" data-language-local-name="Southern Sotho" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sesotho</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libri_i_Zanafill%C3%ABs" title="Libri i Zanafillës – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Libri i Zanafillës" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A8nisi" title="Gènisi – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Gènisi" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Genesis" title="Book of Genesis – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Book of Genesis" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genezis" title="Genezis – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Genezis" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1._Mojzesova_knjiga" title="1. Mojzesova knjiga – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="1. Mojzesova knjiga" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%95%D8%B1%DB%95%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%A8%DB%95%D8%AF%DB%8C%DA%BE%DB%8E%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86" title="سەرەتای بەدیھێنان – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="سەرەتای بەدیھێنان" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%9A%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%9A%D0%B0" title="Књига постања – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Књига постања" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knjiga_Postanka" title="Knjiga Postanka – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Knjiga Postanka" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensimm%C3%A4inen_Mooseksen_kirja" title="Ensimmäinen Mooseksen kirja – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Ensimmäinen Mooseksen kirja" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%B6rsta_Moseboken" title="Första Moseboken – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Första Moseboken" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aklat_ng_Genesis" title="Aklat ng Genesis – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Aklat ng Genesis" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8A%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95_%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D" title="தொடக்க நூல் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="தொடக்க நூல்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B7%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%90%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A5" title="หนังสือปฐมกาล – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="หนังสือปฐมกาล" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tcy mw-list-item"><a href="https://tcy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%86%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A1" title="ಆದಿಕಾಂಡ – Tulu" lang="tcy" hreflang="tcy" data-title="ಆದಿಕಾಂಡ" data-language-autonym="ತುಳು" data-language-local-name="Tulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ತುಳು</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarat%C4%B1l%C4%B1%C5%9F_Kitab%C4%B1" title="Yaratılış Kitabı – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Yaratılış Kitabı" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kcg mw-list-item"><a href="https://kcg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwaa%CC%B1mbwat_A%CC%B1tsan" title="Kwaa̱mbwat A̱tsan – Tyap" lang="kcg" hreflang="kcg" data-title="Kwaa̱mbwat A̱tsan" data-language-autonym="Tyap" data-language-local-name="Tyap" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tyap</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0_%D0%91%D1%83%D1%82%D1%82%D1%8F" title="Книга Буття – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Книга Буття" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B4" title="کتاب پیدائش – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="کتاب پیدائش" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ug mw-list-item"><a href="https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/Injilning_birinchi_tomi" title="Injilning birinchi tomi – Uyghur" lang="ug" hreflang="ug" data-title="Injilning birinchi tomi" data-language-autonym="ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche" data-language-local-name="Uyghur" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vep mw-list-item"><a href="https://vep.wikipedia.org/wiki/1._Moisejan_kirj" title="1. Moisejan kirj – Veps" lang="vep" hreflang="vep" data-title="1. Moisejan kirj" data-language-autonym="Vepsän kel’" data-language-local-name="Veps" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vepsän kel’</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1ch_S%C3%A1ng_Th%E1%BA%BF" title="Sách Sáng Thế – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Sách Sáng Thế" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wa mw-list-item"><a href="https://wa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djineze" title="Djineze – Walloon" lang="wa" hreflang="wa" data-title="Djineze" data-language-autonym="Walon" data-language-local-name="Walloon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Walon</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basah%C3%A1n_han_Genesis" title="Basahán han Genesis – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" 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title="Torah"><span style="font-size:120%"><i>Torah</i></span> <span class="nobold">(Instruction)</span></a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table class="infobox" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none;width:11.5em;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;line-height:1.2em;white-space:nowrap;"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Genesis</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align:right;font-style:italic;">Bereshit</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Exodus" title="Book of Exodus">Exodus</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align:right;font-style:italic;">Shemot</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a 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Poetic</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <table class="infobox" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none;width:15.5em;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;line-height:1.2em;white-space:nowrap;"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Psalms" title="Psalms">Psalms</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align:right;font-style:italic;">Tehillim</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Proverbs" title="Book of Proverbs">Proverbs</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align:right;font-style:italic;">Mishlei</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Job" title="Book of Job">Job</a></th><td class="infobox-data" 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Books">Wisdom</a></span></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Job" title="Book of Job">Job</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psalms" title="Psalms">Psalms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Proverbs" title="Book of Proverbs">Proverbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastes" title="Ecclesiastes">Ecclesiastes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Song_of_Songs" title="Song of Songs">Song of Songs</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#ddf;padding-top:0.25em;padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><span style="font-size:120%"><a href="/wiki/Prophetic_books" title="Prophetic books">Prophetic</a></span></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( 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title="2 Maccabees">2 Maccabees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Wisdom" title="Book of Wisdom">Wisdom of Solomon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Sirach" title="Book of Sirach">Sirach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Baruch" title="Book of Baruch">Baruch</a> / <a href="/wiki/Letter_of_Jeremiah" title="Letter of Jeremiah">Letter of Jeremiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Additions_to_Daniel" title="Additions to Daniel">Additions to Daniel</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#e6e6ff;text-align:center;"> Orthodox only</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1_Esdras" title="1 Esdras">1 Esdras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Esdras" title="2 Esdras">2 Esdras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prayer_of_Manasseh" title="Prayer of Manasseh">Prayer of Manasseh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psalm_151" title="Psalm 151">Psalm 151</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3_Maccabees" title="3 Maccabees">3 Maccabees</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> <span title="Ancient Greek-language text"><span lang="grc">Γένεσις</span></span>, <span title="Ancient Greek-language romanization"><i lang="grc-Latn">Génesis</i></span>; <a href="/wiki/Biblical_Hebrew_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Biblical Hebrew language">Biblical Hebrew</a>: <span lang="hbo" dir="rtl"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1241449095">.mw-parser-output .script-hebrew,.mw-parser-output .script-Hebr{font-family:"Ezra SIL SR","Ezra SIL","SBL Hebrew","Taamey Frank CLM","SBL BibLit","Taamey Ashkenaz","Frank Ruehl CLM","Keter Aram Tsova","Taamey David CLM","Keter YG","Shofar","David CLM","Hadasim CLM","Simple CLM","Nachlieli",Cardo,Alef,"Noto Serif Hebrew","Noto Sans Hebrew","David Libre",David,"Times New Roman",Gisha,Arial,FreeSerif,FreeSans}</style><span class="script-hebrew" style="font-size: 110%;" dir="rtl">בְּרֵאשִׁית</span>‎</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Biblical Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="hbo-Latn">Bərēʾšīṯ</i></span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'In [the] beginning'; <a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Liber Genesis</i>) is the first book of the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible">Hebrew Bible</a> and the Christian <a href="/wiki/Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHamilton19901_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHamilton19901-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its Hebrew name is the same as its <a href="/wiki/Incipit" title="Incipit">first word</a>, <span title="Biblical Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="hbo-Latn">Bereshit</i></span> (<a href="/wiki/In_the_beginning_(phrase)" title="In the beginning (phrase)">'In the beginning'</a>). Genesis purports to be an account of the <a href="/wiki/Genesis_creation_narrative" title="Genesis creation narrative">creation of the world</a>, the early history of humanity, and the <a href="/wiki/Jews#Origins" title="Jews">origins of the Jewish people</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESweeney2012657_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESweeney2012657-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Genesis is part of the <a href="/wiki/Torah" title="Torah">Torah</a> or Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible. Tradition credits <a href="/wiki/Moses" title="Moses">Moses</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Mosaic_authorship" title="Mosaic authorship">Torah's author</a>. It was probably composed around the <a href="/wiki/5th_century_BC" title="5th century BC">5th century BC</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although some scholars believe that primeval history (chapters 1–11), may have been composed and added as late as the 3rd century BC.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGmirkin20063_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGmirkin20063-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Based on scientific interpretation of <a href="/wiki/Archaeological" class="mw-redirect" title="Archaeological">archaeological</a>, <a href="/wiki/Genetics" title="Genetics">genetic</a>, and linguistic evidence, some mainstream Bible scholars consider Genesis to be primarily <a href="/wiki/Mythology" class="mw-redirect" title="Mythology">mythological</a> rather than <a href="/wiki/Historicity_of_the_Bible" title="Historicity of the Bible">historical</a>. </p><p>It is divisible into two parts, the <a href="/wiki/Primeval_history" title="Primeval history">primeval history</a> (chapters 1–11) and the <a href="/wiki/Patriarchal_age" title="Patriarchal age">ancestral history</a> (chapters 12–50).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBergant2013xii_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBergant2013xii-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The primeval history sets out the author's concepts of the nature of the deity and of humankind's relationship with its maker: God creates a world which is good and fit for humans, but when man corrupts it with sin, God decides to destroy his creation, sparing only the righteous <a href="/wiki/Noah" title="Noah">Noah</a> and his family to re-establish the relationship between man and God.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBandstra200835_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBandstra200835-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ancestral history (chapters 12–50) tells of the prehistory of <a href="/wiki/Israelites" title="Israelites">Israel</a>, God's <a href="/wiki/Jews_as_the_chosen_people" title="Jews as the chosen people">chosen people</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBandstra200878_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBandstra200878-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At God's command, Noah's descendant <a href="/wiki/Abraham" title="Abraham">Abraham</a> journeys from his birthplace (described as <a href="/wiki/Ur_of_the_Chaldees" title="Ur of the Chaldees">Ur of the Chaldeans</a> and whose identification with <a href="/wiki/Ur" title="Ur">Sumerian Ur</a> is <a href="/wiki/Ur#Identification_with_the_Biblical_Ur" title="Ur">tentative in modern scholarship</a>) into the God-given land of <a href="/wiki/Canaan" title="Canaan">Canaan</a>, where he dwells as a <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sojourner" class="extiw" title="wikt:sojourner">sojourner</a>, as does his son <a href="/wiki/Isaac" title="Isaac">Isaac</a> and his grandson <a href="/wiki/Jacob" title="Jacob">Jacob</a>. Jacob's name is changed to "Israel", and through the agency of his son <a href="/wiki/Joseph_(son_of_Jacob)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph (son of Jacob)">Joseph</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Children_of_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="Children of Israel">children of Israel</a> descend into Egypt, 70 people in all with their households, and God promises them a future of greatness. Genesis ends with Israel in Egypt, ready for the coming of <a href="/wiki/Moses" title="Moses">Moses</a> and the <a href="/wiki/The_Exodus" title="The Exodus">Exodus</a> (departure). The narrative is punctuated by a series of <a href="/wiki/Covenant_(biblical)" title="Covenant (biblical)">covenants</a> with God, successively narrowing in scope from all humankind (the <a href="/wiki/Noahic_Covenant" class="mw-redirect" title="Noahic Covenant">covenant with Noah</a>) to a special relationship with one people alone (Abraham and his descendants through Isaac and Jacob).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBandstra200428–29_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBandstra200428–29-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a>, the theological importance of Genesis centres on the covenants linking <a href="/wiki/God_in_Judaism" title="God in Judaism">God</a> to his chosen people and the people to the <a href="/wiki/Promised_Land" title="Promised Land">Promised Land</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Title">Title</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Title"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lieber_des_Ghetto_18.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Lieber_des_Ghetto_18.jpg/220px-Lieber_des_Ghetto_18.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Lieber_des_Ghetto_18.jpg/330px-Lieber_des_Ghetto_18.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Lieber_des_Ghetto_18.jpg/440px-Lieber_des_Ghetto_18.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2491" data-file-height="1664" /></a><figcaption><i>The Creation of Man</i> by <a href="/wiki/Ephraim_Moses_Lilien" title="Ephraim Moses Lilien">Ephraim Moses Lilien</a>, 1903.</figcaption></figure> <p>The name <i>Genesis</i> is from the Latin <a href="/wiki/Vulgate" title="Vulgate">Vulgate</a>, in turn borrowed or transliterated from <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Γένεσις</span></span>, meaning 'origin'; <a href="/wiki/Biblical_Hebrew_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Biblical Hebrew language">Biblical Hebrew</a>: <span lang="hbo" dir="rtl">בְּרֵאשִׁית</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Biblical Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="hbo-Latn">Bərēʾšīṯ</i></span>, 'In [the] beginning'.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarr2000491_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarr2000491-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Composition">Composition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Composition_of_the_Torah" title="Composition of the Torah">Composition of the Torah</a></div> <p>Genesis was written anonymously, but both Jewish and Christian religious tradition attributes the entire <a href="/wiki/Pentateuch" class="mw-redirect" title="Pentateuch">Pentateuch</a>—Genesis, <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Exodus" title="Book of Exodus">Exodus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Leviticus" title="Book of Leviticus">Leviticus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Numbers" title="Book of Numbers">Numbers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Deuteronomy" class="mw-redirect" title="Deuteronomy">Deuteronomy</a>—to <a href="/wiki/Moses" title="Moses">Moses</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment" title="Age of Enlightenment">Enlightenment</a>, the philosophers <a href="/wiki/Benedict_Spinoza" class="mw-redirect" title="Benedict Spinoza">Benedict Spinoza</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hobbes" title="Thomas Hobbes">Thomas Hobbes</a> questioned <a href="/wiki/Mosaic_authorship" title="Mosaic authorship">Mosaic authorship</a>. In the 17th century, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Simon_(priest)" title="Richard Simon (priest)">Richard Simon</a> proposed that the Pentateuch was written by multiple authors over a long period of time.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVan_Seters19985_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_Seters19985-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The involvement of multiple authors is suggested by internal contradictions within the text. For example, Genesis includes <a href="/wiki/Genesis_creation_narrative" title="Genesis creation narrative">two creation narratives</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELongman200547–48_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELongman200547–48-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the early 1860s, the leading theory for the Pentateuch's composition was the old supplementary hypothesis. This theory held that the earliest portions, the so-called Book of Origins (containing Genesis 1 and most of the priestly laws in Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers), was composed in the time of King <a href="/wiki/Solomon" title="Solomon">Solomon</a> by a <a href="/wiki/Kohen" title="Kohen">priest</a> or <a href="/wiki/Levite" title="Levite">Levite</a>. This author used the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew" class="mw-redirect" title="Hebrew">Hebrew</a> word <span title="Hebrew-language text"><i lang="he-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Elohim" title="Elohim">elohim</a></i></span> for God. This original work was expanded in the 8th century BC, with the name <a href="/wiki/Tetragrammaton" title="Tetragrammaton">Yahweh</a> used for God. In the 7th century BC, during the time of <a href="/wiki/Jeremiah" title="Jeremiah">Jeremiah</a>, the final parts of the Pentateuch were added, specifically the main parts of Deuteronomy. This would mean the Pentateuch achieved its final form before the <a href="/wiki/Babylonian_Exile" class="mw-redirect" title="Babylonian Exile">Babylonian Exile</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 598 BC</span> – c.<span style="white-space:nowrap;">  538 BC</span>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDavies199813_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDavies199813-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the end of the 19th century, most scholars adopted the <a href="/wiki/Documentary_hypothesis" title="Documentary hypothesis">documentary hypothesis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDavies199819_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDavies199819-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This theory held that the five books of the Pentateuch came from four sources: the <a href="/wiki/Jahwist" title="Jahwist">Yahwist</a> (abbreviated as J), the <a href="/wiki/Elohist" title="Elohist">Elohist</a> (E), the <a href="/wiki/Deuteronomist" title="Deuteronomist">Deuteronomist</a> (D) and the <a href="/wiki/Priestly_source" title="Priestly source">Priestly source</a> (P). Each source was held to tell the same basic story, with the sources later combined by various editors.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGooder200012–14_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGooder200012–14-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scholars were able to distinguish sources based on the designations for God. For example, the Yahwist source uses Yahweh, while the Elohistic and Priestly sources use Elohim.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVan_Seters19989_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_Seters19989-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scholars also use repeated and duplicate stories to identify separate sources. In Genesis, these include the two creation stories, three different <a href="/wiki/Wife%E2%80%93sister_narratives_in_the_Book_of_Genesis" title="Wife–sister narratives in the Book of Genesis">wife–sister narratives</a>, and the two versions of <a href="/wiki/Abraham" title="Abraham">Abraham</a> sending <a href="/wiki/Hagar" title="Hagar">Hagar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ishmael" title="Ishmael">Ishmael</a> into the desert.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBoadtCliffordHarrington2012_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBoadtCliffordHarrington2012-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (March 2024)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>According to the documentary hypothesis, J was produced during the 9th century BC in the southern <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Judah" title="Kingdom of Judah">Kingdom of Judah</a> and was believed to be the earliest source. E was written in the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Israel_(Samaria)" title="Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)">northern Kingdom of Israel</a> during the 8th century BC. D was written in Judah in the 7th century BC and associated with the <a href="/wiki/Josiah#Religious_reform" title="Josiah">religious reforms of King Josiah</a> <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 625 BC</span>. The latest source was P, which was written during the 5th century in <a href="/wiki/Babylon" title="Babylon">Babylon</a>. Based on these dates, Genesis and the rest of the Pentateuch did not reach its final, present-day form until after the Babylonian Exile. <a href="/wiki/Julius_Wellhausen" title="Julius Wellhausen">Julius Wellhausen</a> argued that the Pentateuch was finalized in the time of <a href="/wiki/Ezra" title="Ezra">Ezra</a>. <a href="/wiki/Ezra_7" title="Ezra 7">Ezra 7</a>:14 records that Ezra traveled from Babylon to Jerusalem in 458 BC with God's law in his hand. Wellhausen argued that this was the newly compiled Pentateuch. <a href="/wiki/Nehemiah_8" title="Nehemiah 8">Nehemiah 8</a>–<a href="/wiki/Nehemiah_10" title="Nehemiah 10">10</a>, according to Wellhausen, describes the publication and public acceptance of this new law code <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 444 BC</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDavies199819_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDavies199819-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVan_Seters19989_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_Seters19989-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There was now a large gap between the earliest sources of the Pentateuch and the period they claimed to describe, which ended <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1200 BC</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDavies199820_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDavies199820-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most scholars held to the documentary hypothesis until the 1980s. Since then, a number of variations and revisions of the documentary hypothesis have been proposed.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELongman200549_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELongman200549-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Supplementary_hypothesis" title="Supplementary hypothesis">new supplementary hypothesis</a> posits three main sources for the Pentateuch: J, D, and P.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVan_Seters199814_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_Seters199814-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The E source is considered no more than a variation of J, and P is considered a body of revisions and expansions to the J (or "non-Priestly") material. The Deuteronomistic source does not appear in Genesis.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVan_Seters200430–86_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_Seters200430–86-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More recent thinking is that J dates from either just before or during the Babylonian Exile, and the Priestly final edition was made late in the Exilic period or soon after.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDavies199837_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDavies199837-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The almost complete absence of all the characters and incidents mentioned in <a href="/wiki/Primeval_history" title="Primeval history">primeval history</a> from the rest of the Hebrew Bible has led a sizeable minority of scholars to conclude that these chapters were composed much later than those that follow, possibly in the 3rd century BC.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGmirkin2006240–241_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGmirkin2006240–241-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As for why the book was created, a theory which has gained considerable interest, although still controversial, is that of Persian imperial authorisation. This proposes that the Persians of the <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Achaemenid Empire</a>, after their conquest of Babylon in 539 BC, agreed to grant Jerusalem a large measure of local autonomy within the empire, but required the local authorities to produce a single law code accepted by the entire community. The two powerful groups making up the community—the priestly families who controlled the <a href="/wiki/Second_Temple" title="Second Temple">Second Temple</a> and who <a href="/wiki/Myth_of_origins" class="mw-redirect" title="Myth of origins">traced their origin</a> to Moses and the wilderness wanderings, and the major landowning families who made up the "elders" and who traced their own origins to Abraham, who had "given" them the land—were in conflict over many issues, and each had its own "history of origins". However, the Persian promise of greatly increased local autonomy for all provided a powerful incentive to cooperate in producing a single text.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESka2006169,_217–218_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESka2006169,_217–218-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Genre">Genre</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Genre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Genesis is an example of a work in the "antiquities" genre, as the Romans knew it, a popular genre telling of the appearance of humans and their ancestors and heroes, with elaborate genealogies and chronologies fleshed out with stories and anecdotes.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVan_Seters2004113–114_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_Seters2004113–114-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Notable examples are found in the work of Greek historians of the 6th century BC: their intention was to connect notable families of their own day to a distant and heroic past, and in doing so they did not distinguish between <a href="/wiki/Myth" title="Myth">myth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Legend" title="Legend">legend</a>, and facts.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWhybray200139_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWhybray200139-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Professor Jean-Louis Ska of the <a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Biblical_Institute" title="Pontifical Biblical Institute">Pontifical Biblical Institute</a> calls the basic rule of the antiquarian historian the "law of conservation": everything old is valuable, nothing is eliminated. This antiquity was needed to prove the worth of Israel's traditions to the nations (the neighbours of the Jews in the early Persian province of Judea), and to reconcile and unite the various factions within Israel itself.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESka2006169_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESka2006169-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Describing the work of the biblical authors, <a href="/wiki/John_Van_Seters" title="John Van Seters">John Van Seters</a> wrote that lacking many historical traditions and none from the distant past, "They had to use myths and legends for earlier periods. In order to make sense out of the variety of different and often conflicting versions of stories, and to relate the stories to each other, they fitted them into a genealogical chronology."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVan_Seters199821–22_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_Seters199821–22-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tremper_Longman" title="Tremper Longman">Tremper Longman</a> describes Genesis as theological history: "the fact that these events took place is assumed, and not argued. The concern of the text is not to prove the history but rather to impress the reader with the theological significance of these acts".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELongman200562_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELongman200562-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Textual_variation">Textual variation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Textual variation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Textual_variants_in_the_Hebrew_Bible#Book_of_Genesis" title="Textual variants in the Hebrew Bible">Textual variants in the Hebrew Bible § Book of Genesis</a></div> <p>The original manuscripts are lost, and the text of surviving copies varies. There are four major groupings of surviving manuscripts: the <a href="/wiki/Masoretic_Text" title="Masoretic Text">Masoretic Text</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Samaritan_Pentateuch" title="Samaritan Pentateuch">Samaritan Pentateuch</a> (in <a href="/wiki/Samaritan_script" title="Samaritan script">Samaritan script</a>), the <a href="/wiki/Septuagint" title="Septuagint">Septuagint</a> (a Greek translation), and fragments of Genesis found in the <a href="/wiki/Dead_Sea_Scrolls" title="Dead Sea Scrolls">Dead Sea Scrolls</a>. The Dead Sea Scrolls are oldest but cover only a small proportion of the book.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHendel1992933_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHendel1992933-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Genesis appears to be structured around the recurring phrase <span title="Biblical Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="hbo-Latn">elleh toledot</i></span>, meaning "these are the generations", with the first use of the phrase referring to the "generations of heaven and earth" and the remainder marking individuals.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHamilton19902_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHamilton19902-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <span title="Biblical Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="hbo-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Toledot" title="Toledot">toledot</a></i></span> formula, occurring eleven times in the book of Genesis, serves as a heading which marks a transition to a new subject.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchwartz20161_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchwartz20161-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The creation account of <a href="/wiki/Genesis_1" class="mw-redirect" title="Genesis 1">Genesis 1</a> functions as a prologue for the whole book and is not introduced with a <span title="Biblical Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="hbo-Latn">toledot</i></span>. The <span title="Biblical Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="hbo-Latn">toledot</i></span> divide the book into the following sections:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEArnold199817–18_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEArnold199817–18-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELeithart2017_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELeithart2017-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Genesis_1:1" title="Genesis 1:1">Genesis 1:1</a>–2:3 <a href="/wiki/In_the_beginning_(phrase)" title="In the beginning (phrase)">In the beginning</a> (prologue)</li> <li>Genesis 2:4–4:26 <span title="Biblical Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="hbo-Latn">Toledot</i></span> of Heaven and Earth (narrative)</li> <li>Genesis 5:1–6:8 <span title="Biblical Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="hbo-Latn">Toledot</i></span> of <a href="/wiki/Adam" title="Adam">Adam</a> (genealogy, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1033199720">.mw-parser-output div.crossreference{padding-left:0}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference">see <a href="/wiki/Generations_of_Adam" title="Generations of Adam">Generations of Adam</a></span>)</li> <li>Genesis 6:9–9:29 <span title="Biblical Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="hbo-Latn">Toledot</i></span> of <a href="/wiki/Noah" title="Noah">Noah</a> (<a href="/wiki/Genesis_flood_narrative" title="Genesis flood narrative">Genesis flood narrative</a>)</li> <li>Genesis 10:1–11:9 <span title="Biblical Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="hbo-Latn">Toledot</i></span> of Noah's sons <a href="/wiki/Shem" title="Shem">Shem</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ham_(son_of_Noah)" title="Ham (son of Noah)">Ham</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Japheth" title="Japheth">Japheth</a> (genealogy)</li> <li>Genesis 11:10–26 <span title="Biblical Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="hbo-Latn">Toledot</i></span> of Shem (genealogy)</li> <li>Genesis 11:27–25:11 <span title="Biblical Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="hbo-Latn">Toledot</i></span> of <a href="/wiki/Terah" title="Terah">Terah</a> (<a href="/wiki/Abraham" title="Abraham">Abraham</a> narrative)</li> <li>Genesis 25:12–18 <span title="Biblical Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="hbo-Latn">Toledot</i></span> of <a href="/wiki/Ishmael" title="Ishmael">Ishmael</a> (genealogy)</li> <li>Genesis 25:19–35:29 <span title="Biblical Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="hbo-Latn">Toledot</i></span> of <a href="/wiki/Isaac" title="Isaac">Isaac</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jacob" title="Jacob">Jacob</a> narrative)</li> <li>Genesis 36:1–36:8 <span title="Biblical Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="hbo-Latn">Toledot</i></span> of <a href="/wiki/Esau" title="Esau">Esau</a> (genealogy)</li> <li>Genesis 36:9–37:1 <span title="Biblical Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="hbo-Latn">Toledot</i></span> of Esau "the father of the <a href="/wiki/Edomites" class="mw-redirect" title="Edomites">Edomites</a>" (genealogy)</li> <li>Genesis 37:2–50:26 <span title="Biblical Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="hbo-Latn">Toledot</i></span> of Jacob (<a href="/wiki/Joseph_(Genesis)" title="Joseph (Genesis)">Joseph</a> narrative)</li></ol> <p>It is not clear, however, what this meant to the original authors, and most modern commentators divide it into two parts based on the subject matter, a primeval history (chapters 1–11) and a patriarchal history (chapters 12–50).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWhybray200141_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWhybray200141-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the first is far shorter than the second, it sets out the basic themes and provides an interpretive key for understanding the entire book.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcKeown20082_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcKeown20082-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The primeval history has a symmetrical structure hinging on the flood story (chapters 6–9) with the events before the flood mirrored by the events after.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWalsh2001112_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWalsh2001112-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ancestral history is structured around the three patriarchs Abraham, Jacob and Joseph.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBergant201345_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBergant201345-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The stories of Isaac arguably do not make up a coherent cycle of stories and function as a bridge between the cycles of Abraham and Jacob.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBergant2013103_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBergant2013103-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Summary">Summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Primeval_history_(chapters_1–11)"><span id="Primeval_history_.28chapters_1.E2.80.9311.29"></span>Primeval history (chapters 1–11)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Primeval history (chapters 1–11)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Primeval_history" title="Primeval history">Primeval history</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Edward_Hicks,_American_-_Noah%27s_Ark_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Edward_Hicks%2C_American_-_Noah%27s_Ark_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/220px-Edward_Hicks%2C_American_-_Noah%27s_Ark_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Edward_Hicks%2C_American_-_Noah%27s_Ark_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/330px-Edward_Hicks%2C_American_-_Noah%27s_Ark_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Edward_Hicks%2C_American_-_Noah%27s_Ark_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/440px-Edward_Hicks%2C_American_-_Noah%27s_Ark_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4713" data-file-height="4113" /></a><figcaption><i>Noah's Ark</i> (1846), by the American folk painter <a href="/wiki/Edward_Hicks" title="Edward Hicks">Edward Hicks</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Genesis_creation_narrative" title="Genesis creation narrative">Genesis creation narrative</a> comprises two different stories; the first two chapters roughly correspond to these.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the first, <a href="/wiki/Elohim" title="Elohim">Elohim</a>, the generic Hebrew word for God, creates the heavens and the earth including humankind, in six days, and <a href="/wiki/Sabbath#Biblical_Sabbath" title="Sabbath">rests on the seventh</a>. In the second, God, now referred to as "<a href="/wiki/Yahweh" title="Yahweh">Yahweh</a> Elohim" (rendered as "the L<span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">ORD</span> God" in English translations), creates two individuals, <a href="/wiki/Adam_and_Eve" title="Adam and Eve">Adam and Eve</a>, as the first man and woman, and places them in the <a href="/wiki/Garden_of_Eden" title="Garden of Eden">Garden of Eden</a>. </p><p>In the second chapter, God commanded the man that he is free to eat from any tree, including the tree of life, except from the <a href="/wiki/Tree_of_the_knowledge_of_good_and_evil" title="Tree of the knowledge of good and evil">tree of the knowledge of good and evil</a>. Later, in chapter 3, a <a href="/wiki/Serpent_(Bible)" class="mw-redirect" title="Serpent (Bible)">serpent</a>, portrayed as a deceptive creature or <a href="/wiki/Trickster" title="Trickster">trickster</a>, convinces Eve to eat the fruit. She then convinces Adam to eat it, whereupon God throws them out and punishes them—Adam was punished with getting what he needs only by sweat and work, and Eve to giving birth in pain. This is interpreted by Christians as the "<a href="/wiki/Fall_of_man" title="Fall of man">fall of man</a>" <a href="/wiki/Original_sin" title="Original sin">into sin</a>. Eve bears two sons, <a href="/wiki/Cain_and_Abel" title="Cain and Abel">Cain and Abel</a>. Cain works in the garden, and Abel works with meat; they both offer offerings to God one day, and God does not accept Cain's offering but does accept Abel's. This causes Cain to resent Abel, and Cain ends up murdering him. God then <a href="/wiki/Curse_and_mark_of_Cain" title="Curse and mark of Cain">curses Cain</a>. Eve bears another son, <a href="/wiki/Seth" title="Seth">Seth</a>, to take Abel's place in accordance to the promises given at 3:15, 20.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathews1996290_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathews1996290-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHamilton1990242_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHamilton1990242-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After many <a href="/wiki/Generations_of_Adam" title="Generations of Adam">generations of Adam</a> have passed from the lines of Cain and Seth, the world becomes corrupted by human <a href="/wiki/Sin" title="Sin">sin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nephilim" title="Nephilim">Nephilim</a>, and God wants to wipe out humanity for their wickedness. However, <a href="/wiki/Noah" title="Noah">Noah</a> is righteous and blameless. So first, he instructs the Noah to build an <a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_ark" class="mw-redirect" title="Noah's ark">ark</a> and put examples of all the animals on it, seven pairs of every clean animal and one pair of every unclean. Then God sends a <a href="/wiki/Genesis_flood_narrative" title="Genesis flood narrative">great flood</a> to wipe out the rest of the world. When the waters recede, God promises he will never destroy the world with water again, making a <a href="/wiki/Rainbows_in_mythology" title="Rainbows in mythology">rainbow as a symbol of his promise</a>. God sees humankind cooperating to build a great tower city, the <a href="/wiki/Tower_of_Babel" title="Tower of Babel">Tower of Babel</a>, and divides humanity with many languages and sets them apart with confusion. Then, a generation line from <a href="/wiki/Shem" title="Shem">Shem</a> to <a href="/wiki/Abram" class="mw-redirect" title="Abram">Abram</a> is described. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Patriarchal_age_(chapters_12–50)"><span id="Patriarchal_age_.28chapters_12.E2.80.9350.29"></span>Patriarchal age (chapters 12–50)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Patriarchal age (chapters 12–50)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Patriarchal_age" title="Patriarchal age">Patriarchal age</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Moln%C3%A1r_%C3%81brah%C3%A1m_kik%C3%B6lt%C3%B6z%C3%A9se_1850.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Moln%C3%A1r_%C3%81brah%C3%A1m_kik%C3%B6lt%C3%B6z%C3%A9se_1850.jpg/220px-Moln%C3%A1r_%C3%81brah%C3%A1m_kik%C3%B6lt%C3%B6z%C3%A9se_1850.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="191" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Moln%C3%A1r_%C3%81brah%C3%A1m_kik%C3%B6lt%C3%B6z%C3%A9se_1850.jpg/330px-Moln%C3%A1r_%C3%81brah%C3%A1m_kik%C3%B6lt%C3%B6z%C3%A9se_1850.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Moln%C3%A1r_%C3%81brah%C3%A1m_kik%C3%B6lt%C3%B6z%C3%A9se_1850.jpg/440px-Moln%C3%A1r_%C3%81brah%C3%A1m_kik%C3%B6lt%C3%B6z%C3%A9se_1850.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1043" /></a><figcaption><i>Abram's Journey from <a href="/wiki/Ur_Ka%C5%9Bdim" class="mw-redirect" title="Ur Kaśdim">Ur</a> to <a href="/wiki/Canaan" title="Canaan">Canaan</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/J%C3%B3zsef_Moln%C3%A1r_(painter)" title="József Molnár (painter)">József Molnár</a>, 1850)</figcaption></figure> <p>Abram, a man descended from Noah, is instructed by God to travel from his home in <a href="/wiki/Mesopotamia" title="Mesopotamia">Mesopotamia</a> to the land of <a href="/wiki/Canaan" title="Canaan">Canaan</a>. There, God makes a promise to Abram, promising that his descendants shall be as numerous as the stars, but that people will suffer oppression in a foreign land for four hundred years, after which they will inherit the land "from the <a href="/wiki/Brook_of_Egypt" title="Brook of Egypt">river of Egypt</a> to the great river, the river <a href="/wiki/Euphrates" title="Euphrates">Euphrates</a>". Abram's name is changed to 'Abraham' and that of his wife Sarai to <a href="/wiki/Sarah" title="Sarah">Sarah</a> (meaning 'princess'), and God says that all males should be <a href="/wiki/Circumcision" title="Circumcision">circumcised</a> as a sign of his promise to Abraham. Due to her old age, Sarah tells Abraham to take her Egyptian handmaiden, <a href="/wiki/Hagar" title="Hagar">Hagar</a>, as a second wife (to bear a child). Through Hagar, Abraham fathers <a href="/wiki/Ishmael" title="Ishmael">Ishmael</a>. </p><p>God then plans to destroy the cities of <a href="/wiki/Sodom_and_Gomorrah" title="Sodom and Gomorrah">Sodom and Gomorrah</a> for the sins of their people. Abraham protests, but fails to get God to agree not to destroy the cities (reasoning with Abraham that not even ten righteous persons were found there; and among the righteous was Abraham's nephew <a href="/wiki/Lot_(biblical_person)" title="Lot (biblical person)">Lot</a>). Angels save Abraham's nephew Lot (who was living there at the same time) and his family, but <a href="/wiki/Lot%27s_wife" title="Lot's wife">his wife</a> looks back on the destruction, (even though God commanded not to) and turns into a pillar of salt for going against his word. Lot's daughters, concerned that they are fugitives who will never find husbands, get Lot drunk so they can become pregnant by him, and give birth to the ancestors of the <a href="/wiki/Moab" title="Moab">Moabites</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ammon" title="Ammon">Ammonites</a>. </p><p>Abraham and Sarah go to the Philistine town of <a href="/wiki/Gerar" title="Gerar">Gerar</a>, pretending to be brother and sister (they are half-siblings). The King of Gerar takes Sarah for his wife, but God warns him to return her (as she is really Abraham's wife) and he obeys. God sends Sarah a son and tells her she should name him <a href="/wiki/Isaac" title="Isaac">Isaac</a>; through him will be the establishment of the covenant (promise). Sarah then drives Ishmael and his mother Hagar out into the wilderness (because Ishmael is not her real son and Hagar is a slave), but God saves them and promises to make Ishmael a great nation. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rembrandt_Harmensz._van_Rijn_035.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Rembrandt_Harmensz._van_Rijn_035.jpg/170px-Rembrandt_Harmensz._van_Rijn_035.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="247" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Rembrandt_Harmensz._van_Rijn_035.jpg/255px-Rembrandt_Harmensz._van_Rijn_035.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Rembrandt_Harmensz._van_Rijn_035.jpg/340px-Rembrandt_Harmensz._van_Rijn_035.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1256" data-file-height="1824" /></a><figcaption><i>The Angel Hinders the Offering of Isaac</i> (<a href="/wiki/Rembrandt" title="Rembrandt">Rembrandt</a>, 1635)</figcaption></figure> <p>Then, God tests Abraham by demanding that he <a href="/wiki/Binding_of_Isaac" title="Binding of Isaac">sacrifice Isaac</a>. As Abraham is about to lay the knife upon his son, "the Angel of the Lord" restrains him, promising him again innumerable descendants. On the death of Sarah, Abraham purchases <a href="/wiki/Cave_of_the_Patriarchs" title="Cave of the Patriarchs">Machpelah</a> (believed to be modern <a href="/wiki/Hebron" title="Hebron">Hebron</a>) for a family tomb and sends his servant to Mesopotamia to find among his relations a wife for Isaac; after proving herself worthy, Rebekah becomes Isaac's betrothed. <a href="/wiki/Keturah" title="Keturah">Keturah</a>, Abraham's other wife, births more children, among whose descendants are the <a href="/wiki/Midian" title="Midian">Midianites</a>. Abraham dies at a prosperous old age and his family lays him to rest in Hebron (Machpelah). </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Foster_Bible_Pictures_0047-1_Jacob_Flees_Laban.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Foster_Bible_Pictures_0047-1_Jacob_Flees_Laban.jpg/220px-Foster_Bible_Pictures_0047-1_Jacob_Flees_Laban.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Foster_Bible_Pictures_0047-1_Jacob_Flees_Laban.jpg/330px-Foster_Bible_Pictures_0047-1_Jacob_Flees_Laban.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Foster_Bible_Pictures_0047-1_Jacob_Flees_Laban.jpg/440px-Foster_Bible_Pictures_0047-1_Jacob_Flees_Laban.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1084" data-file-height="894" /></a><figcaption><i>Jacob flees Laban</i> by Charles Foster, 1897.</figcaption></figure> <p>Isaac's wife <a href="/wiki/Rebecca" title="Rebecca">Rebekah</a> gives birth to the twins <a href="/wiki/Esau" title="Esau">Esau</a> (meaning 'velvet'), father of the <a href="/wiki/Edom" title="Edom">Edomites</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jacob" title="Jacob">Jacob</a> (meaning 'supplanter' or 'follower'). Esau was a couple of seconds older as he had come out of the womb first, and was going to become the heir; however, through carelessness, he sold his birthright to Jacob for a bowl of stew. His mother, Rebekah, ensures Jacob rightly gains his father's blessing as the firstborn son and inheritor. At 77 years of age, Jacob leaves his parents and later seeks a wife and meets Rachel at a well. He goes to her father, <a href="/wiki/Laban_(Bible)" title="Laban (Bible)">his uncle</a>, where he works for a total of 14 years to earn his wives, <a href="/wiki/Rachel" title="Rachel">Rachel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leah" title="Leah">Leah</a>. Jacob's name is changed to Israel after <a href="/wiki/Jacob_wrestling_with_the_angel" title="Jacob wrestling with the angel">his wrestle with an angel</a>, and by his wives and their handmaidens he has twelve sons, the ancestors of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel, and a daughter, <a href="/wiki/Dinah" title="Dinah">Dinah</a>. </p><p>Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, rapes Dinah and asks his father to get Dinah for him as his wife, according to Chapter 34. Jacob agrees to the marriage but requires that all the males of Hamor's tribe be circumcised, including Hamor and Shechem. After this was performed and all the men were still weak, Jacob's sons Simeon and Levi murdered all the males. Jacob complained that their act would mean retribution by others, namely the Canaanites and Perizzites. Jacob and his tribe took all the Hivite women and children as well as livestock and other property for themselves.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Joseph_(son_of_Jacob)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph (son of Jacob)">Joseph</a>, Jacob's favourite son of the twelve, makes his brothers jealous (especially because of special gifts Jacob gave him) and because of that jealousy they sell Joseph into slavery in <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>. Joseph endures many trials including being innocently sentenced to jail but he stays faithful to God. After several years, he prospers there after the <a href="/wiki/Pharaoh" title="Pharaoh">pharaoh</a> of Egypt asks him to interpret a dream he had about an upcoming famine, which Joseph does through God. He is then made second in command of Egypt by the grateful pharaoh, and later on, he is reunited with his father and brothers, who fail to recognize him and plead for food as the famine had reached Canaan as well. After much manipulation to see if they still hate him, Joseph reveals himself, forgives them for their actions, and lets them and their households into Egypt, where Pharaoh assigns to them the <a href="/wiki/Land_of_Goshen" title="Land of Goshen">land of Goshen</a>. Jacob calls his sons to his bedside and <a href="/wiki/Blessing_of_Jacob" title="Blessing of Jacob">reveals their future</a> before he dies. Joseph lives to old age and tells his brothers before his death that if God leads them out of the country, then they should take his bones with them. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Themes">Themes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Themes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bourgeois_Joseph_recognized_by_his_brothers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Bourgeois_Joseph_recognized_by_his_brothers.jpg/220px-Bourgeois_Joseph_recognized_by_his_brothers.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Bourgeois_Joseph_recognized_by_his_brothers.jpg/330px-Bourgeois_Joseph_recognized_by_his_brothers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Bourgeois_Joseph_recognized_by_his_brothers.jpg/440px-Bourgeois_Joseph_recognized_by_his_brothers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="653" data-file-height="512" /></a><figcaption><i>Joseph Recognized by His Brothers</i> (Léon Pierre Urban Bourgeois, 1863)</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Promises_to_the_ancestors">Promises to the ancestors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Promises to the ancestors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1978, <a href="/wiki/David_Clines" class="mw-redirect" title="David Clines">David Clines</a> published <i>The Theme of the Pentateuch</i>. Considered influential as one of the first authors to take up the question of the overarching theme of the Pentateuch, Clines' conclusion was that the overall theme is "the partial fulfilment—which implies also the partial nonfulfillment—of the promise to or blessing of the Patriarchs". (By calling the fulfilment "partial", Clines was drawing attention to the fact that at the end of Deuteronomy the people of Israel are still outside Canaan.)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClines199730_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEClines199730-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Patriarchs_(Bible)" title="Patriarchs (Bible)">patriarchs</a>, or ancestors, are Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, with their wives (Joseph is normally excluded).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHamilton199050_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHamilton199050-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the name YHWH had not been revealed to them, they worshipped El in his various manifestations.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECollins200747_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECollins200747-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (It is, however, worth noting that in the Jahwist source, the patriarchs refer to deity by the name YHWH, for example in Genesis 15.) Through the patriarchs, God announces the election of Israel, that is, he chooses Israel to be his special people and commits himself to their future.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrueggemann200261_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrueggemann200261-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> God tells the patriarchs that he will be faithful to their descendants (i.e. to Israel), and Israel is expected to have faith in God and his promise. ("Faith" in the context of Genesis and the Hebrew Bible means an agreement to the promissory relationship, not a body of a belief.)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrueggemann200278_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrueggemann200278-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The promise itself has three parts: offspring, blessings, and land.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcKeown20084_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcKeown20084-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fulfilment of the promise to each patriarch depends on having a male heir, and the story is constantly complicated by the fact that each prospective mother—<a href="/wiki/Sarah" title="Sarah">Sarah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rebekah" class="mw-redirect" title="Rebekah">Rebekah</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rachel" title="Rachel">Rachel</a>—is barren. The ancestors, however, retain their faith in God and God in each case gives a son—in Jacob's case, twelve sons, the foundation of the chosen <a href="/wiki/Israelites" title="Israelites">Israelites</a>. Each succeeding generation of the three promises attains a more rich fulfilment, until through Joseph "all the world" attains salvation from famine,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWenham200334_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWenham200334-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and by bringing the children of Israel down to Egypt he becomes the means through which the promise can be fulfilled.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHamilton199050_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHamilton199050-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="God's_chosen_people"><span id="God.27s_chosen_people"></span>God's chosen people</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: God's chosen people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Jews_as_the_chosen_people" title="Jews as the chosen people">Jews as the chosen people</a></div> <p>Scholars generally agree that the theme of divine promise unites the patriarchal cycles, but many would dispute the efficacy of trying to examine Genesis' theology by pursuing a single overarching theme, instead citing as more productive the analysis of the Abraham cycle, the Jacob cycle, and the Joseph cycle, and the <a href="/wiki/Yahwist" class="mw-redirect" title="Yahwist">Yahwist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Priestly_source" title="Priestly source">Priestly sources</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHamilton199038–39_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHamilton199038–39-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The problem lies in finding a way to unite the patriarchal theme of the divine promise to the stories of Genesis 1–11 (the <a href="/wiki/Primeval_history" title="Primeval history">primeval history</a>) with their theme of God's forgiveness in the face of man's evil nature.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHendel1992935_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHendel1992935-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKuglerHartin20099_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKuglerHartin20099-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One solution is to see the patriarchal stories as resulting from God's decision not to remain alienated from humankind:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKuglerHartin20099_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKuglerHartin20099-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> God creates the world and humans, humans rebel, and God "elects" (chooses) Abraham.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBandstra200428–29_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBandstra200428–29-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To this basic plot (which comes from the Yahwist), the Priestly source has added a series of <a href="/wiki/Covenant_(biblical)" title="Covenant (biblical)">covenants</a> dividing history into stages, each with its own distinctive "sign". The <a href="/wiki/Covenant_(biblical)#Noahic_covenant" title="Covenant (biblical)">first covenant</a> is between God and all living creatures, and is marked by the sign of the rainbow; the second is with the descendants of Abraham (<a href="/wiki/Ishmaelites" title="Ishmaelites">Ishmaelites</a> and others as well as Israelites), and its sign is <a href="/wiki/Brit_milah" title="Brit milah">circumcision</a>; and the last, which does not appear until the Book of Exodus, is with Israel alone, and its sign is <a href="/wiki/Biblical_Sabbath" title="Biblical Sabbath">Sabbath</a>. A great leader mediates each covenant (<a href="/wiki/Noah" title="Noah">Noah</a>, Abraham, Moses), and at each stage God progressively reveals himself by his name (<a href="/wiki/Elohim" title="Elohim">Elohim</a> with Noah, <a href="/wiki/El_Shaddai" title="El Shaddai">El Shaddai</a> with Abraham, <a href="/wiki/Yahweh" title="Yahweh">Yahweh</a> with Moses).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBandstra200428–29_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBandstra200428–29-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deception">Deception</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Deception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Trickster" title="Trickster">Trickster</a></div> <p>Throughout Genesis, various figures engage in deception or trickery to survive or prosper. Biblical scholar <a href="/wiki/David_M._Carr" title="David M. Carr">David M. Carr</a> notes that such stories reflect the vulnerability felt by ancient Israelites and that "such stories can be a major way of gaining hope and resisting domination". Examples include:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarr202150–51_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarr202150–51-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>To avoid being killed, a patriarch (Abraham in 12:10–20 and 20:1–18 and Isaac in 26:6–11) tells a king that his <a href="/wiki/Wife%E2%80%93sister_narratives_in_the_Book_of_Genesis" title="Wife–sister narratives in the Book of Genesis">wife is only his sister and not also his wife</a>. (Genesis 12:11-13 and Genesis 20:11-12)</li> <li>In chapter 25, Jacob tricks Esau into selling his birthright for a pot of lentil stew.</li> <li>In chapter 27, Isaac is tricked by Rebekah into giving Jacob the superior blessing instead of Esau.</li> <li>In chapter 29, Jacob believes he is marrying Rachel but is tricked into marrying her sister.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cultural_impact">Cultural impact</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Cultural impact"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_footnotes_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style ambox-More_footnotes_needed" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg/40px-Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg/60px-Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg/80px-Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section includes a list of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#General_references" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">general references</a>, but <b>it lacks sufficient corresponding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Inline_citations" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">inline citations</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Reliability" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Reliability">improve</a> this section by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:When_to_cite" title="Wikipedia:When to cite">introducing</a> more precise citations.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">May 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In both Judaism and <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>, a genre of literature emerged dedicated to interpreting and commenting on the Genesis creation narrative, known as the <a href="/wiki/Hexaemeron" title="Hexaemeron">Hexaemeron</a>. </p><p>By totaling the spans of time in the genealogies of Genesis, religious authorities have calculated what they consider to be the age of the world since creation. This <i><a href="/wiki/Anno_Mundi" title="Anno Mundi">Anno Mundi</a></i> system of counting years is the basis of the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_calendar" title="Hebrew calendar">Hebrew calendar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_calendar" title="Byzantine calendar">Byzantine calendar</a>. Counts differ somewhat, but they generally place the age of the Earth at about six thousand years. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Protestant_Reformation" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant Reformation">Protestant Reformation</a>, rivalry between Catholic and Protestant Christians led to a closer study of the Bible and a competition to take its words more seriously. Thus, scholars in Europe from the 16th to the 19th century treated the book of Genesis as factual. As evidence in the fields of <a href="/wiki/Paleontology" title="Paleontology">paleontology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geology" title="Geology">geology</a> and other sciences was uncovered, scholars tried to fit these discoveries into the Genesis creation account.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGohau199047–51_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGohau199047–51-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For example, <a href="/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Scheuchzer" title="Johann Jakob Scheuchzer">Johann Jakob Scheuchzer</a> in the 18th century believed that <a href="/wiki/Fossils" class="mw-redirect" title="Fossils">fossils</a> were the remains of creatures killed during the flood. This literal understanding of Genesis fell out of favor with scholars during the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_era" title="Victorian era">Victorian</a> crisis of faith as evidence mounted that the <a href="/wiki/Age_of_Earth" title="Age of Earth">Earth was far older</a> than six thousand years. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Judaism's_weekly_Torah_portions"><span id="Judaism.27s_weekly_Torah_portions"></span>Judaism's weekly Torah portions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Judaism's weekly Torah portions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It is a custom among religious Jewish communities for a <a href="/wiki/Weekly_Torah_portion" title="Weekly Torah portion">weekly Torah portion</a>, popularly referred to as a <span title="Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="he-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Parashah" title="Parashah">parashah</a></i></span>, to be read during <a href="/wiki/Jewish_prayer" title="Jewish prayer">Jewish prayer</a> services on Saturdays, Mondays and Thursdays. The full name, <span title="Hebrew-language text"><span lang="he" dir="rtl">פָּרָשַׁת הַשָּׁבוּעַ</span></span>, <span title="Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="he-Latn">Parashat ha-Shavua</i></span>, is popularly abbreviated to <span title="Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="he-Latn">parashah</i></span> (also <span title="Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="he-Latn">parshah</i></span> <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/ʃ/: 'sh' in 'shy'">ʃ</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>/</a></span></span> or <span title="Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="he-Latn">parsha</i></span>), and is also known as a <span title="Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="he-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Seder_(Bible)" title="Seder (Bible)">Sidra</a></i></span> (or <span title="Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="he-Latn">Sedra</i></span> <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>/</a></span></span>). </p><p>The <span title="Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="he-Latn">parashah</i></span> is a section of the <a href="/wiki/Torah" title="Torah">Torah</a> (Five Books of Moses) used in Jewish liturgy during a particular week. There are 54 weekly parshas, or <span title="Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="he-Latn">parashiyot</i></span> in Hebrew, and the full cycle is read over the course of one Jewish year. </p><p>The first 12 of the 54 come from the Book of Genesis, and they are: </p> <ol><li>Chapters 1–6 (verses 1–8) <a href="/wiki/Bereishit_(parsha)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bereishit (parsha)">Parashat Bereshit</a></li> <li>Chapters 6 (v. 9 <i>ff</i>)–11 <a href="/wiki/Noach_(parsha)" class="mw-redirect" title="Noach (parsha)">Parashat Noach</a></li> <li>Chapters 12–17 <a href="/wiki/Lech-Lecha_(parsha)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lech-Lecha (parsha)">Parashat Lekh Lekha</a></li> <li>Chapters 18–22 <a href="/wiki/Vayeira_(parsha)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vayeira (parsha)">Parashat Vayera</a></li> <li>Chapters 23–25 (v. 1–18) <a href="/wiki/Chayei_Sarah_(parsha)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chayei Sarah (parsha)">Parashat Chayyei Sarah</a></li> <li>Chapters 25 (v. 19 <i>ff</i>)–28 (v. 1–9) <a href="/wiki/Toledot_(parsha)" class="mw-redirect" title="Toledot (parsha)">Parashat Toledot</a></li> <li>Chapters 28 (v. 10 <i>ff</i>)–32 (v. 1–3) <a href="/wiki/Vayetze_(parsha)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vayetze (parsha)">Parashat Vayetzei</a></li> <li>Chapters 32 (v. 4 <i>ff</i>)–36 <a href="/wiki/Vayishlach_(parsha)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vayishlach (parsha)">Parashat Vayishlach</a></li> <li>Chapters 37–40 <a href="/wiki/Vayeshev_(parsha)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vayeshev (parsha)">Parashat Vayeshev</a></li> <li>Chapters 41–44 (v. 1–17) <a href="/wiki/Miketz_(parsha)" class="mw-redirect" title="Miketz (parsha)">Parashat Miketz</a></li> <li>Chapters 44 (v. 18 <i>ff</i>)–47 (v. 1–27) <a href="/wiki/Vayigash_(parsha)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vayigash (parsha)">Parashat Vayigash</a></li> <li>Chapters 47 (v. 28 <i>ff</i>)–50 <a href="/wiki/Vayechi" class="mw-redirect" title="Vayechi">Parashat Vayechi</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See 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mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output 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It is impossible to read them as a single unified narrative, as they disagree on almost every point, from the nature of the pre-creation world to the order of creation to the length of time creation took."</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHamilton19901-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHamilton19901_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHamilton1990">Hamilton 1990</a>, p. 1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESweeney2012657-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESweeney2012657_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSweeney2012">Sweeney 2012</a>, p. 657.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFOliver2017" class="citation book cs1">Oliver, Simon (2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=FQjTDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA12"><i>Creation</i></a>. Bloomsbury. p. 12. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780567656117" title="Special:BookSources/9780567656117"><bdi>9780567656117</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Creation&rft.pages=12&rft.pub=Bloomsbury&rft.date=2017&rft.isbn=9780567656117&rft.aulast=Oliver&rft.aufirst=Simon&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DFQjTDgAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA12&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABook+of+Genesis" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGmirkin20063-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGmirkin20063_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGmirkin2006">Gmirkin 2006</a>, p. 3.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBergant2013xii-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a 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Nashville: B&H Publishing Group. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780805401011" title="Special:BookSources/9780805401011"><bdi>9780805401011</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+New+American+Commentary%3A+Genesis+1-11%3A26+Vol.+1A&rft.place=Nashville&rft.pub=B%26H+Publishing+Group&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=9780805401011&rft.aulast=Mathews&rft.aufirst=Kenneth+A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABook+of+Genesis" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcKeown2008" class="citation book cs1">McKeown, James (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=-gqTTl1iPr8C"><i>Genesis</i></a>. Eerdmans. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8028-2705-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8028-2705-0"><bdi>978-0-8028-2705-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Genesis&rft.pub=Eerdmans&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0-8028-2705-0&rft.aulast=McKeown&rft.aufirst=James&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D-gqTTl1iPr8C&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABook+of+Genesis" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSchwartz2016" class="citation journal cs1">Schwartz, Sarah (2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://jhsonline.org/index.php/jhs/article/view/29359/21377">"Narrative <i>Toledot</i> Formulae in Genesis: The Case of Heaven and Earth, Noah, and Isaac"</a>. <i>Journal of Hebrew Scriptures</i>. <b>16</b>: 1–36. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.5508%2Fjhs.2016.v16.a8">10.5508/jhs.2016.v16.a8</a></span>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201021053532/http://www.jhsonline.org/Articles/article_220.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on October 21, 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Hebrew+Scriptures&rft.atitle=Narrative+Toledot+Formulae+in+Genesis%3A+The+Case+of+Heaven+and+Earth%2C+Noah%2C+and+Isaac&rft.volume=16&rft.pages=1-36&rft.date=2016&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.5508%2Fjhs.2016.v16.a8&rft.aulast=Schwartz&rft.aufirst=Sarah&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fjhsonline.org%2Findex.php%2Fjhs%2Farticle%2Fview%2F29359%2F21377&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABook+of+Genesis" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSka2006" class="citation book cs1">Ska, Jean-Louis (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=7cdy67ZvzdkC"><i>Introduction to Reading the Pentateuch</i></a>. Eisenbrauns. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-57506-122-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-57506-122-1"><bdi>978-1-57506-122-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Introduction+to+Reading+the+Pentateuch&rft.pub=Eisenbrauns&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-1-57506-122-1&rft.aulast=Ska&rft.aufirst=Jean-Louis&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D7cdy67ZvzdkC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABook+of+Genesis" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSweeney2012" class="citation book cs1">Sweeney, Marvin (2012). "Genesis in the Context of Jewish Thought". In Evans, Craig A.; Lohr, Joel N. (eds.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=tB77B7HT23wC"><i>The Book of Genesis: Composition, Reception, and Interpretation</i></a>. Brill. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-90-04-22653-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-90-04-22653-1"><bdi>978-90-04-22653-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Genesis+in+the+Context+of+Jewish+Thought&rft.btitle=The+Book+of+Genesis%3A+Composition%2C+Reception%2C+and+Interpretation&rft.pub=Brill&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-90-04-22653-1&rft.aulast=Sweeney&rft.aufirst=Marvin&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DtB77B7HT23wC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABook+of+Genesis" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVan_Seters1998" class="citation book cs1">Van Seters, John (1998). "The Pentateuch". In Steven L. McKenzie, Matt Patrick Graham (ed.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=owwhpmIVgSAC"><i>The Hebrew Bible Today: An Introduction to Critical Issues</i></a>. Westminster John Knox Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-664-25652-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-664-25652-4"><bdi>978-0-664-25652-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Pentateuch&rft.btitle=The+Hebrew+Bible+Today%3A+An+Introduction+to+Critical+Issues&rft.pub=Westminster+John+Knox+Press&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=978-0-664-25652-4&rft.aulast=Van+Seters&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DowwhpmIVgSAC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABook+of+Genesis" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVan_Seters2004" class="citation book cs1">Van Seters, John (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=T-Vi9eK_vS0C&pg=PA7"><i>The Pentateuch: A Social-science Commentary</i></a>. Continuum International Publishing Group. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-567-08088-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-567-08088-2"><bdi>978-0-567-08088-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Pentateuch%3A+A+Social-science+Commentary&rft.pub=Continuum+International+Publishing+Group&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-0-567-08088-2&rft.aulast=Van+Seters&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DT-Vi9eK_vS0C%26pg%3DPA7&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABook+of+Genesis" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWalsh2001" class="citation book cs1">Walsh, Jerome T (2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=hGeXrcQTZ2kC"><i>Style and Structure in Biblical Hebrew Narrative</i></a>. Liturgical Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8146-5897-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8146-5897-0"><bdi>978-0-8146-5897-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Style+and+Structure+in+Biblical+Hebrew+Narrative&rft.pub=Liturgical+Press&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=978-0-8146-5897-0&rft.aulast=Walsh&rft.aufirst=Jerome+T&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DhGeXrcQTZ2kC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABook+of+Genesis" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWenham2003" class="citation book cs1">Wenham, Gordon (2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=2Vo-11umIZQC&pg=PA34">"Genesis"</a>. In James D. G. Dunn, John William Rogerson (ed.). <i>Eerdmans Bible Commentary</i>. Eerdmans. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8028-3711-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8028-3711-0"><bdi>978-0-8028-3711-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Genesis&rft.btitle=Eerdmans+Bible+Commentary&rft.pub=Eerdmans&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-0-8028-3711-0&rft.aulast=Wenham&rft.aufirst=Gordon&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D2Vo-11umIZQC%26pg%3DPA34&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABook+of+Genesis" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWhybray2001" class="citation book cs1">Whybray, R.N (2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=3surkLVdw3UC&pg=PA38">"Genesis"</a>. In John Barton (ed.). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/oxfordbiblecomme0000unse"><i>Oxford Bible Commentary</i></a></span>. Oxford University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-875500-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-875500-5"><bdi>978-0-19-875500-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Genesis&rft.btitle=Oxford+Bible+Commentary&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=978-0-19-875500-5&rft.aulast=Whybray&rft.aufirst=R.N&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D3surkLVdw3UC%26pg%3DPA38&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABook+of+Genesis" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commentaries">Commentaries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Commentaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239549316"><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBlenkinsopp2011" class="citation book cs1">Blenkinsopp, Joseph (2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=B12qwOSMD20C"><i>Creation, Un-creation, Re-creation: A Discursive Commentary on Genesis 1–11</i></a>. Continuum International Publishing Group. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-567-37287-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-567-37287-1"><bdi>978-0-567-37287-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Creation%2C+Un-creation%2C+Re-creation%3A+A+Discursive+Commentary+on+Genesis+1%E2%80%9311&rft.pub=Continuum+International+Publishing+Group&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-0-567-37287-1&rft.aulast=Blenkinsopp&rft.aufirst=Joseph&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DB12qwOSMD20C&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABook+of+Genesis" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrueggemann1986" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Brueggemann" title="Walter Brueggemann">Brueggemann, Walter</a> (1986). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=AJh1BwAAQBAJ"><i>Genesis</i></a>. Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching. Atlanta: John Knox Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8042-3101-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-8042-3101-X"><bdi>0-8042-3101-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Genesis&rft.place=Atlanta&rft.series=Interpretation%3A+A+Bible+Commentary+for+Teaching+and+Preaching&rft.pub=John+Knox+Press&rft.date=1986&rft.isbn=0-8042-3101-X&rft.aulast=Brueggemann&rft.aufirst=Walter&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DAJh1BwAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABook+of+Genesis" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCotter2003" class="citation book cs1">Cotter, David W (2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=6lCVzr4cT9QC"><i>Genesis</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Liturgical_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="Liturgical Press">Liturgical Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8146-5040-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8146-5040-0"><bdi>978-0-8146-5040-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Genesis&rft.pub=Liturgical+Press&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-0-8146-5040-0&rft.aulast=Cotter&rft.aufirst=David+W&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D6lCVzr4cT9QC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABook+of+Genesis" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDe_La_Torre2011" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Miguel_A._De_La_Torre" title="Miguel A. De La Torre">De La Torre, Miguel</a> (2011). <i>Genesis</i>. Belief: A Theological Commentary on the Bible. Westminster John Knox Press.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Genesis&rft.series=Belief%3A+A+Theological+Commentary+on+the+Bible&rft.pub=Westminster+John+Knox+Press&rft.date=2011&rft.aulast=De+La+Torre&rft.aufirst=Miguel&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABook+of+Genesis" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terence_E._Fretheim" title="Terence E. Fretheim">Fretheim, Terence E.</a> "The Book of Genesis." In <i>The New Interpreter's Bible</i>. Edited by Leander E. Keck, vol. 1, pp. 319–674. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1994. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-687-27814-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-687-27814-7">0-687-27814-7</a>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHamilton1995" class="citation book cs1">Hamilton, Victor P (1995). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=zlQ4chBCC5oC&pg=PA198"><i>The Book of Genesis: chapters 18–50</i></a>. Eerdmans. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8028-2309-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8028-2309-0"><bdi>978-0-8028-2309-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Book+of+Genesis%3A+chapters+18%E2%80%9350&rft.pub=Eerdmans&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=978-0-8028-2309-0&rft.aulast=Hamilton&rft.aufirst=Victor+P&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DzlQ4chBCC5oC%26pg%3DPA198&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABook+of+Genesis" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samson_Raphael_Hirsch" title="Samson Raphael Hirsch">Hirsch, Samson Raphael</a>. <i>The Pentateuch: Genesis</i>. Translated by Isaac Levy. Judaica Press, 2nd edition 1999. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-910818-12-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-910818-12-6">0-910818-12-6</a>. Originally published as <i>Der Pentateuch uebersetzt und erklaert</i> Frankfurt, 1867–1878.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_Kass" title="Leon Kass">Kass, Leon R.</a> <i>The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis</i>. New York: Free Press, 2003. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7432-4299-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-7432-4299-8">0-7432-4299-8</a>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKesslerDeurloo2004" class="citation book cs1">Kessler, Martin; Deurloo, Karel Adriaan (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=mBWeLCTgT0QC"><i>A Commentary on Genesis: The Book of Beginnings</i></a>. Paulist Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8091-4205-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8091-4205-7"><bdi>978-0-8091-4205-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Commentary+on+Genesis%3A+The+Book+of+Beginnings&rft.pub=Paulist+Press&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-0-8091-4205-7&rft.aulast=Kessler&rft.aufirst=Martin&rft.au=Deurloo%2C+Karel+Adriaan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DmBWeLCTgT0QC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABook+of+Genesis" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunther_Plaut" title="Gunther Plaut">Plaut, Gunther</a>. <i>The Torah: A Modern Commentary</i> (1981), <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8074-0055-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-8074-0055-6">0-8074-0055-6</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRogerson1991" class="citation book cs1">Rogerson, John William (1991). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=EFle13pCS0wC"><i>Genesis 1–11</i></a>. T&T Clark. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-567-08338-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-567-08338-8"><bdi>978-0-567-08338-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Genesis+1%E2%80%9311&rft.pub=T%26T+Clark&rft.date=1991&rft.isbn=978-0-567-08338-8&rft.aulast=Rogerson&rft.aufirst=John+William&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DEFle13pCS0wC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABook+of+Genesis" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSacks1990" class="citation book cs1">Sacks, Robert D (1990). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/RobertSacksACommentaryOnTheBookOfGenesis"><i>A Commentary on the Book of Genesis</i></a>. Edwin Mellen.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Commentary+on+the+Book+of+Genesis&rft.pub=Edwin+Mellen&rft.date=1990&rft.aulast=Sacks&rft.aufirst=Robert+D&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2FRobertSacksACommentaryOnTheBookOfGenesis&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABook+of+Genesis" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nahum_M._Sarna" title="Nahum M. Sarna">Sarna, Nahum M.</a> <i>The JPS Torah Commentary: Genesis: The Traditional Hebrew Text with the New JPS Translation</i>. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1989. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8276-0326-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-8276-0326-6">0-8276-0326-6</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ephraim_Avigdor_Speiser" title="Ephraim Avigdor Speiser">Speiser, E.A.</a> <i>Genesis: Introduction, Translation, and Notes</i>. New York: <a href="/wiki/Anchor_Bible_Series" title="Anchor Bible Series">Anchor Bible</a>, 1964. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-385-00854-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-385-00854-6">0-385-00854-6</a>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTowner2001" class="citation book cs1">Towner, Wayne Sibley (2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=6ONdsoa7MHUC"><i>Genesis</i></a>. Westminster John Knox Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-664-25256-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-664-25256-4"><bdi>978-0-664-25256-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Genesis&rft.pub=Westminster+John+Knox+Press&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=978-0-664-25256-4&rft.aulast=Towner&rft.aufirst=Wayne+Sibley&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D6ONdsoa7MHUC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABook+of+Genesis" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTurner2009" class="citation book cs1">Turner, Laurence (2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=SvxTWrBZVtwC"><i>Genesis, Second Edition</i></a>. Sheffield Phoenix Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-906055-65-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-906055-65-3"><bdi>978-1-906055-65-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Genesis%2C+Second+Edition&rft.pub=Sheffield+Phoenix+Press&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-1-906055-65-3&rft.aulast=Turner&rft.aufirst=Laurence&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DSvxTWrBZVtwC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABook+of+Genesis" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVon_Rad1972" class="citation book cs1">Von Rad, Gerhard (1972). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=IbuBa8Qy3AwC"><i>Genesis: A Commentary</i></a>. Westminster John Knox Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-664-22745-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-664-22745-6"><bdi>978-0-664-22745-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Genesis%3A+A+Commentary&rft.pub=Westminster+John+Knox+Press&rft.date=1972&rft.isbn=978-0-664-22745-6&rft.aulast=Von+Rad&rft.aufirst=Gerhard&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DIbuBa8Qy3AwC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABook+of+Genesis" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General">General</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: General"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239549316"><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBlenkinsopp2004" class="citation book cs1">Blenkinsopp, Joseph (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=wq0YsOpTjKIC"><i>Treasures old and new: Essays in the Theology of the Pentateuch</i></a>. Eerdmans. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8028-2679-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8028-2679-4"><bdi>978-0-8028-2679-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Treasures+old+and+new%3A+Essays+in+the+Theology+of+the+Pentateuch&rft.pub=Eerdmans&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-0-8028-2679-4&rft.aulast=Blenkinsopp&rft.aufirst=Joseph&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dwq0YsOpTjKIC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABook+of+Genesis" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCampbellO'Brien1993" class="citation book cs1">Campbell, Antony F; O'Brien, Mark A (1993). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/sourcesofpentate0000camp"><i>Sources of the Pentateuch: Texts, Introductions, Annotations</i></a></span>. Fortress Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4514-1367-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4514-1367-0"><bdi>978-1-4514-1367-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sources+of+the+Pentateuch%3A+Texts%2C+Introductions%2C+Annotations&rft.pub=Fortress+Press&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=978-1-4514-1367-0&rft.aulast=Campbell&rft.aufirst=Antony+F&rft.au=O%27Brien%2C+Mark+A&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fsourcesofpentate0000camp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABook+of+Genesis" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCarr1996" class="citation book cs1">Carr, David M (1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=8UJctZxFHikC"><i>Reading the Fractures of Genesis</i></a>. Westminster John Knox Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-664-22071-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-664-22071-6"><bdi>978-0-664-22071-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Reading+the+Fractures+of+Genesis&rft.pub=Westminster+John+Knox+Press&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=978-0-664-22071-6&rft.aulast=Carr&rft.aufirst=David+M&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D8UJctZxFHikC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABook+of+Genesis" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHendel2012" class="citation book cs1">Hendel, Ronald (2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=xBPpIHwcZMUC"><i>The Book of "Genesis": A Biography (Lives of Great Religious Books)</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Princeton_University_Press" title="Princeton University Press">Princeton University Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-691-14012-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-691-14012-4"><bdi>978-0-691-14012-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Book+of+%22Genesis%22%3A+A+Biography+%28Lives+of+Great+Religious+Books%29&rft.pub=Princeton+University+Press&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-0-691-14012-4&rft.aulast=Hendel&rft.aufirst=Ronald&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DxBPpIHwcZMUC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABook+of+Genesis" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLevin2005" class="citation book cs1">Levin, Christoph L (2005). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/oldtestamentbrie00levi"><i>The Old Testament: A Brief Introduction</i></a></span>. Princeton University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-691-11394-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-691-11394-4"><bdi>978-0-691-11394-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Old+Testament%3A+A+Brief+Introduction&rft.pub=Princeton+University+Press&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=978-0-691-11394-4&rft.aulast=Levin&rft.aufirst=Christoph+L&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Foldtestamentbrie00levi&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABook+of+Genesis" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcEntire2008" class="citation book cs1">McEntire, Mark (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=VwOs9f1FpmsC&pg=PA87"><i>Struggling with God: An Introduction to the Pentateuch</i></a>. Mercer University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-88146-101-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-88146-101-5"><bdi>978-0-88146-101-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Struggling+with+God%3A+An+Introduction+to+the+Pentateuch&rft.pub=Mercer+University+Press&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0-88146-101-5&rft.aulast=McEntire&rft.aufirst=Mark&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DVwOs9f1FpmsC%26pg%3DPA87&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABook+of+Genesis" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNewman1999" class="citation book cs1">Newman, Murray L. (1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130520165542/http://www.vts.edu/ftpimages/95/download/download_group10629_id314909.pdf"><i>Genesis</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Forward Movement Publications, Cincinnati, OH. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vts.edu/ftpimages/95/download/download_group10629_id314909.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 2013-05-20<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2016-03-19</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Genesis&rft.pub=Forward+Movement+Publications%2C+Cincinnati%2C+OH&rft.date=1999&rft.aulast=Newman&rft.aufirst=Murray+L.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vts.edu%2Fftpimages%2F95%2Fdownload%2Fdownload_group10629_id314909.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABook+of+Genesis" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVan_Seters1992" class="citation book cs1">Van Seters, John (1992). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=zRl8aj_KiM4C"><i>Prologue to History: The Yahwist as Historian in Genesis</i></a>. Westminster John Knox Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-664-22179-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-664-22179-9"><bdi>978-0-664-22179-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Prologue+to+History%3A+The+Yahwist+as+Historian+in+Genesis&rft.pub=Westminster+John+Knox+Press&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=978-0-664-22179-9&rft.aulast=Van+Seters&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DzRl8aj_KiM4C&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABook+of+Genesis" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span 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wrestling with the angel</a> (32:22–32)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_(Genesis)" title="Joseph (Genesis)">Joseph</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_many_colors" title="Coat of many colors">coat of many colors</a> (37–50)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Blessing_of_Jacob" title="Blessing of Jacob">Blessing of Jacob</a> (49)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Notable verses</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Genesis_1:1" title="Genesis 1:1">1:1</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/In_the_beginning_(phrase)" title="In the beginning (phrase)">In the beginning</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Genesis_1:2" title="Genesis 1:2">1:2</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Genesis_1:3" title="Genesis 1:3">1:3</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Genesis_1:4" title="Genesis 1:4">1:4</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Genesis_1:5" title="Genesis 1:5">1:5</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Weekly_Torah_portion" title="Weekly Torah portion">Torah readings</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bereshit_(parashah)" title="Bereshit (parashah)">Bereshit</a> (1:1–6:8)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Noach_(parashah)" class="mw-redirect" title="Noach (parashah)">Noach</a> (6:9–11:32)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lech-Lecha" title="Lech-Lecha">Lech-Lecha</a> (12:1–17:27)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vayeira" title="Vayeira">Vayeira</a> (18:1–22:24)</span></li> 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class="mw-redirect" title="Framework interpretation (Genesis)">Framework interpretation</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Creatio_ex_nihilo" title="Creatio ex nihilo">Creatio ex nihilo</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_creation" title="Special creation">Special creation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Heaven" title="Heaven">Heaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tehom" title="Tehom">Tehom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yom" title="Yom">Yom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firmament" title="Firmament">Firmament</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Phrases</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li>"<a href="/wiki/In_the_beginning_(phrase)" title="In the beginning (phrase)">In the beginning</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tohu_wa-bohu" title="Tohu wa-bohu">Tohu wa-bohu</a></i> (original translation)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Let_there_be_light" title="Let there be light">Let there be light</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Created_kind" title="Created kind">According to its kind</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Image_of_God" title="Image of God">Image of God</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Be_fruitful_and_multiply" title="Be fruitful and multiply">Be fruitful and multiply</a>"</li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Characters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adam_and_Eve" title="Adam and Eve">Adam and Eve</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adam" title="Adam">Adam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eve" title="Eve">Eve</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Primeval_history" title="Primeval history">Primeval history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bereshit_(parashah)" title="Bereshit (parashah)">Parashat Bereshit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cosmic_ocean" title="Cosmic ocean">Cosmic ocean</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Creation_(Haydn)" title="The Creation (Haydn)">The Creation</a></i> (art)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apollo_8_Genesis_reading" title="Apollo 8 Genesis reading">Apollo 8 Genesis reading</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Books_of_the_Bible" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Books_of_the_Bible" title="Template:Books of the Bible"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Books_of_the_Bible" title="Template talk:Books of the Bible"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Books_of_the_Bible" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Books of the Bible"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Books_of_the_Bible" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Biblical_canon" title="Biblical canon">Books</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible">Hebrew Bible</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Protocanonical_books" title="Protocanonical books">(protocanon)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Genesis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Exodus" title="Book of Exodus">Exodus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Leviticus" title="Book of Leviticus">Leviticus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Numbers" title="Book of Numbers">Numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Deuteronomy" title="Book of Deuteronomy">Deuteronomy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Joshua" title="Book of Joshua">Joshua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Judges" title="Book of Judges">Judges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Ruth" title="Book of Ruth">Ruth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Books_of_Samuel" title="Books of Samuel">1–2 Samuel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Books_of_Kings" title="Books of Kings">1–2 Kings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Books_of_Chronicles" title="Books of Chronicles">1–2 Chronicles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Ezra" title="Book of Ezra">Ezra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Nehemiah" title="Book of Nehemiah">Nehemiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Esther" title="Book of Esther">Esther</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Job" title="Book of Job">Job</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psalms" title="Psalms">Psalms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Proverbs" title="Book of Proverbs">Proverbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastes" title="Ecclesiastes">Ecclesiastes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Song_of_Songs" title="Song of Songs">Song of Songs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Isaiah" title="Book of Isaiah">Isaiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Jeremiah" title="Book of Jeremiah">Jeremiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Lamentations" title="Book of Lamentations">Lamentations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Ezekiel" title="Book of Ezekiel">Ezekiel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Daniel" title="Book of Daniel">Daniel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Hosea" title="Book of Hosea">Hosea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Joel" title="Book of Joel">Joel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Amos" title="Book of Amos">Amos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Obadiah" title="Book of Obadiah">Obadiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Jonah" title="Book of Jonah">Jonah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Micah" title="Book of Micah">Micah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Nahum" title="Book of Nahum">Nahum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Habakkuk" title="Book of Habakkuk">Habakkuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Zephaniah" title="Book of Zephaniah">Zephaniah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Haggai" title="Book of Haggai">Haggai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Zechariah" title="Book of Zechariah">Zechariah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Malachi" title="Book of Malachi">Malachi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Deuterocanonical_books" title="Deuterocanonical books">Deuterocanon</a><br /> or <a href="/wiki/Biblical_apocrypha" title="Biblical apocrypha">apocrypha</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Bible" title="Catholic Bible">Catholic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox</a> & others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Tobit" title="Book of Tobit">Tobit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Judith" title="Book of Judith">Judith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Esther#Additions_to_Esther" title="Book of Esther">Additions to Esther</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1_Maccabees" title="1 Maccabees">1 Maccabees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Maccabees" title="2 Maccabees">2 Maccabees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Wisdom" title="Book of Wisdom">Wisdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Sirach" title="Book of Sirach">Sirach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Baruch" title="Book of Baruch">Baruch</a> / <a href="/wiki/Letter_of_Jeremiah" title="Letter of Jeremiah">Letter of Jeremiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Additions_to_Daniel" title="Additions to Daniel">Additions to Daniel</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Susanna_(Book_of_Daniel)" title="Susanna (Book of Daniel)">Susanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Prayer_of_Azariah_and_Song_of_the_Three_Holy_Children" class="mw-redirect" title="The Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children">Song of the Three Children</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bel_and_the_Dragon" title="Bel and the Dragon">Bel and the Dragon</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Eastern Orthodox & others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1_Esdras" title="1 Esdras">1 Esdras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Esdras" title="2 Esdras">2 Esdras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prayer_of_Manasseh" title="Prayer of Manasseh">Prayer of Manasseh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psalm_151" title="Psalm 151">Psalm 151</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3_Maccabees" title="3 Maccabees">3 Maccabees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4_Maccabees" title="4 Maccabees">4 Maccabees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Odes_(Bible)" title="Book of Odes (Bible)">Odes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Tewahedo" title="Orthodox Tewahedo">Orthodox Tewahedo</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Enoch" title="Book of Enoch">Enoch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Jubilees" title="Book of Jubilees">Jubilees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meqabyan" title="Meqabyan">1, 2, and 3 Meqabyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rest_of_the_Words_of_Baruch" title="Rest of the Words of Baruch">Paralipomena of Baruch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Tewahedo_biblical_canon#Broader_canon" title="Orthodox Tewahedo biblical canon">Broader canon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Syriac <a href="/wiki/Peshitta" title="Peshitta">Peshitta</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Psalms_152%E2%80%93155" title="Psalms 152–155">Psalms 152–155</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Baruch" title="2 Baruch">2 Baruch</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Beta_Israel" title="Beta Israel">Beta Israel</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Testaments_of_the_Three_Patriarchs" title="Testaments of the Three Patriarchs">Testaments of the Three Patriarchs</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Testament_of_Abraham" title="Testament of Abraham">Abraham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Testament_of_Isaac" title="Testament of Isaac">Isaac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Testament_of_Jacob" title="Testament of Jacob">Jacob</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/New_Testament_canon" class="mw-redirect" title="New Testament canon">Canon</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Matthew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Mark" title="Gospel of Mark">Mark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke" title="Gospel of 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Laodiceans">Laodiceans</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Epistle_to_the_Thessalonians" title="First Epistle to the Thessalonians">1 Thessalonians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Epistle_to_the_Thessalonians" title="Second Epistle to the Thessalonians">2 Thessalonians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Epistle_to_Timothy" title="First Epistle to Timothy">1 Timothy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Epistle_to_Timothy" title="Second Epistle to Timothy">2 Timothy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_Titus" title="Epistle to Titus">Titus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_Philemon" title="Epistle to Philemon">Philemon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Hebrews" title="Epistle to the Hebrews">Hebrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_of_James" title="Epistle of James">James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Epistle_of_Peter" title="First Epistle of Peter">1 Peter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Epistle_of_Peter" title="Second Epistle of Peter">2 Peter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Epistle_of_John" title="First Epistle of John">1 John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Epistle_of_John" title="Second Epistle of John">2 John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Epistle_of_John" title="Third Epistle of John">3 John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_of_Jude" title="Epistle of Jude">Jude</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Revelation" title="Book of Revelation">Revelation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Antilegomena" title="Antilegomena">Antilegomena</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Paul" title="Acts of Paul">Acts of Paul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apocalypse_of_Peter" title="Apocalypse of Peter">Apocalypse of Peter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Didache" title="Didache">Didache</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_the_Hebrews" title="Gospel of the Hebrews">Gospel of the Hebrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_of_Barnabas" title="Epistle of Barnabas">Epistle of Barnabas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Epistle_of_Clement" title="First Epistle of Clement">1 Clement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Epistle_of_Clement" title="Second Epistle of Clement">2 Clement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Epistle_to_the_Corinthians" title="Third Epistle to the Corinthians">3 Corinthians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shepherd_of_Hermas" class="mw-redirect" title="Shepherd of Hermas">Shepherd of Hermas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Subdivisions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chapters_and_verses_of_the_Bible" title="Chapters and verses of the Bible">Chapters and verses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torah#Pentateuch" title="Torah">Pentateuch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historical_books" title="Historical books">Historical books</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wisdom_literature#Sapiential_Books" title="Wisdom literature">Wisdom books</a> (<a href="/wiki/Poetic_Books" title="Poetic Books">Poetic Books</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prophetic_books" title="Prophetic books">Prophetic books</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Major_prophet" title="Major prophet">Major prophets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twelve_Minor_Prophets" title="Twelve Minor Prophets">Minor prophets</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gospel" title="Gospel">Gospels</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Gospels" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Gospels">List</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Synoptic_Gospels" title="Synoptic Gospels">Synoptic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epistle" title="Epistle">Epistles</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pauline_epistles" title="Pauline epistles">Pauline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johannine_epistles" title="Johannine epistles">Johannine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pastoral_epistles" title="Pastoral epistles">Pastoral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_epistles" title="Catholic epistles">Catholic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apocalyptic_literature" title="Apocalyptic literature">Apocalyptic literature</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Development</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Authorship_of_the_Bible" title="Authorship of the Bible">Authorship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Development_of_the_Hebrew_Bible_canon" title="Development of the Hebrew Bible canon">Jewish canon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intertestamental_period" title="Intertestamental period">Intertestamental period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Development_of_the_Christian_biblical_canon" class="mw-redirect" title="Development of the Christian biblical canon">Christian canon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Development_of_the_Old_Testament_canon" title="Development of the Old Testament canon">Old Testament canon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Development_of_the_New_Testament_canon" title="Development of the New Testament canon">New Testament canon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antilegomena" title="Antilegomena">Antilegomena</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biblical_apocrypha" title="Biblical apocrypha">Apocrypha</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jewish_apocrypha" title="Jewish apocrypha">Jewish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biblical_apocrypha" title="Biblical apocrypha">Old Testament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Testament_apocrypha" title="New Testament apocrypha">New Testament</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pseudepigrapha" title="Pseudepigrapha">Pseudepigrapha</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Old_Testament_pseudepigrapha" title="List of Old Testament pseudepigrapha">Old Testament</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dating_the_Bible" title="Dating the Bible">Dating the Bible</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Biblical_manuscript" title="Biblical manuscript">Manuscripts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dead_Sea_Scrolls" title="Dead Sea Scrolls">Dead Sea Scrolls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samaritan_Pentateuch" title="Samaritan Pentateuch">Samaritan Pentateuch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Septuagint" title="Septuagint">Septuagint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Targum" title="Targum">Targum</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Diatessaron" title="Diatessaron">Diatessaron</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muratorian_fragment" title="Muratorian fragment">Muratorian fragment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peshitta" title="Peshitta">Peshitta</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vetus_Latina" title="Vetus Latina">Vetus Latina</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vulgate" title="Vulgate">Vulgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masoretic_Text" title="Masoretic Text">Masoretic Text</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Categories_of_New_Testament_manuscripts" title="Categories of New Testament manuscripts">New Testament manuscript categories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_New_Testament_papyri" title="List of New Testament papyri">New Testament papyri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_New_Testament_uncials" title="List of New Testament uncials">New Testament uncials</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bible_version_debate" title="Bible version debate">Bible version debate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_English_Bible_translations" title="List of English Bible translations">English Bible translations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-canonical_books_referenced_in_the_Bible" title="Non-canonical books referenced in the Bible">Other books referenced in the Bible</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_religious_texts#Christianity" title="List of religious texts">Additional Scriptures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biblical_studies" title="Biblical studies">Studies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biblical_and_Quranic_narratives" class="mw-redirect" title="Biblical and Quranic narratives">Biblical and Quranic narratives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Synod_of_Hippo" title="Synod of Hippo">Synod of Hippo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Textual_criticism" title="Textual criticism">Textual criticism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="font-weight:bold;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Bible" title="Category:Bible">Category</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal:Bible" title="Portal:Bible">Portal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Bible" 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style="width:1%">Offspring</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cain_and_Abel" title="Cain and Abel">Cain and Abel</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cain" title="Cain">Cain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abel" title="Abel">Abel</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aclima" title="Aclima">Aclima</a> <ul><li>Luluwa</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seth" title="Seth">Seth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awan_(religious_figure)" class="mw-redirect" title="Awan (religious figure)">Awan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azura_(religious_figure)" title="Azura (religious figure)">Azura</a></li> <li>Jumella</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related theology</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_man" title="Fall of man">Fall of man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Original_sin" title="Original sin">Original sin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garden_of_Eden" title="Garden of Eden">Garden of Eden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tree_of_the_knowledge_of_good_and_evil" title="Tree of the knowledge of good and evil">Tree of the knowledge of good and evil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serpents_in_the_Bible" title="Serpents in the Bible">Serpents in the Bible</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forbidden_fruit" title="Forbidden fruit">Forbidden fruit</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apple_(symbolism)" title="Apple (symbolism)">Apple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fig_leaf" title="Fig leaf">Fig leaf</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Figs_in_the_Bible" title="Figs in the Bible">Figs in the Bible</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam%27s_ale" title="Adam's ale">Adam's ale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adamic_language" title="Adamic language">Adamic language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camael" title="Camael">Camael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protevangelium" class="mw-redirect" title="Protevangelium">Protevangelium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosh_Hashanah" title="Rosh Hashanah">Rosh Hashanah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seed_of_the_woman" title="Seed of the woman">Seed of the woman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shamsiel" title="Shamsiel">Shamsiel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lilith" title="Lilith">Lilith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tree_of_life_(biblical)" title="Tree of life (biblical)">Tree of life</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allegorical_interpretations_of_Genesis" title="Allegorical interpretations of Genesis">Allegorical interpretations of Genesis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other cultures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adam%E2%80%93God_doctrine" title="Adam–God doctrine">Adam–God doctrine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_and_Eve_in_Mormonism" title="Adam and Eve in Mormonism">Adam and Eve in Mormonism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_in_Islam" title="Adam in Islam">Adam in Islam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_in_rabbinic_literature" title="Adam in rabbinic literature">Adam in rabbinic literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-A%27raf" title="Al-A'raf">Al-A'raf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Moses" title="Book of Moses">Book of Moses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Endowment_(Mormonism)" title="Endowment (Mormonism)">Endowment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manu_(Hinduism)" title="Manu (Hinduism)">Manu (Hinduism)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mashya_and_Mashyana" title="Mashya and Mashyana">Mashya and Mashyana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serpent_seed" title="Serpent seed">Serpent seed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tree_of_Jiva_and_Atman" title="Tree of Jiva and Atman">Tree of Jiva and Atman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tree_of_life_(Quran)" title="Tree of life (Quran)">Tree of life (Quran)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Endor_Coven" title="Our Lady of Endor Coven">Our Lady of Endor Coven</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Film</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Mama%27s_Affair_(1921_film)" title="Mama's Affair (1921 film)">Mama's Affair</a></i> (1921)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Good_Morning,_Eve!" title="Good Morning, Eve!">Good Morning, Eve!</a></i> (1934)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Broken_Jug_(film)" title="The Broken Jug (film)">The Broken Jug</a></i> (1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Original_Sin_(film)" title="The Original Sin (film)">The Original Sin</a></i> (1948)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Private_Lives_of_Adam_and_Eve" title="The Private Lives of Adam and Eve">The Private Lives of Adam and Eve</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/El_pecado_de_Ad%C3%A1n_y_Eva" title="El pecado de Adán y Eva">El pecado de Adán y Eva</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/La_Biblia_en_pasta" title="La Biblia en pasta">La Biblia en pasta</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Annunciation_(film)" title="The Annunciation (film)">The Annunciation</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Second_Time_Lucky" title="Second Time Lucky">Second Time Lucky</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Adipapam" title="Adipapam">Adipapam</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Adam_(1992_film)" title="Adam (1992 film)">Adam</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Babs_(2000_film)" title="Babs (2000 film)">Babs</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Eve" title="The Last Eve">The Last Eve</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Year_One_(film)" title="Year One (film)">Year One</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Tragedy_of_Man_(film)" title="The Tragedy of Man (film)">The Tragedy of Man</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Adam_and_Dog" title="Adam and Dog">Adam and Dog</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tropico_(2013_film)" title="Tropico (2013 film)">Tropico</a></i> (2013)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Plays</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Le_Jeu_d%27Adam" title="Le Jeu d'Adam">Le Jeu d'Adam</a></i> (12th century)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Broken_Jug" title="The Broken Jug">The Broken Jug</a></i> (1808)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Tragedy_of_Man" title="The Tragedy of Man">The Tragedy of Man</a></i> (1861)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Creation_of_the_World_and_Other_Business" title="The Creation of the World and Other Business">The Creation of the World and Other Business</a></i> (1972)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Musicals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Apple_Tree" title="The Apple Tree">The Apple Tree</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dude_(musical)" title="Dude (musical)">Dude</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Up_from_Paradise" title="Up from Paradise">Up from Paradise</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Children_of_Eden" title="Children of Eden">Children of Eden</a></i> (1991)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compositions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Creation_(Haydn)" title="The Creation (Haydn)">The Creation</a></i> (1798) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Creation_structure" title="The Creation structure">structure</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/La_mort_d%27Adam" title="La mort d'Adam">La mort d'Adam</a></i> (1809)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/%C3%88ve_(Massenet)" title="Ève (Massenet)">Ève</a></i> (1875)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Genesis_Suite" title="Genesis Suite">Genesis Suite</a></i> (1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lilith_(opera)" title="Lilith (opera)">Lilith</a></i> (2001)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Literature</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apocalypse_of_Adam" title="Apocalypse of Adam">Apocalypse of Adam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Moses" title="Book of Moses">Book of Moses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Abraham" title="Book of Abraham">Book of Abraham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Books_of_Adam" title="Books of Adam">Books of Adam</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Book_of_the_Penitence_of_Adam" title="Book of the Penitence of Adam">Book of the Penitence of Adam</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cave_of_Treasures" title="Cave of Treasures">Cave of Treasures</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/El_amigo_de_%C3%89l_y_Ella" title="El amigo de Él y Ella">El amigo de Él y Ella</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Genesis_A" title="Genesis A">Genesis A</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Genesis_B" title="Genesis B">Genesis B</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Harrowing_of_Hell_(drama)" title="Harrowing of Hell (drama)">Harrowing of Hell</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Life_of_Adam_and_Eve" title="Life of Adam and Eve">Life of Adam and Eve</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Testament_of_Adam" title="Testament of Adam">Testament of Adam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Testimony_of_Truth" title="Testimony of Truth">Testimony of Truth</a> (3rd century)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Conflict_of_Adam_and_Eve_with_Satan" title="Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan">Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan</a></i> (6th century)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Old_Saxon_Genesis" title="Old Saxon Genesis">Old Saxon Genesis</a>" (9th century)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Adam_lay_ybounden" title="Adam lay ybounden">Adam lay ybounden</a>" (15th century)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Paradise_Lost" title="Paradise Lost">Paradise Lost</a></i> (1667)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Le_Dernier_Homme" title="Le Dernier Homme">Le Dernier Homme</a></i> (1805)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Extracts_from_Adam%27s_Diary" title="Extracts from Adam's Diary">Extracts from Adam's Diary</a></i> (1904)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eve%27s_Diary" title="Eve's Diary">Eve's Diary</a></i> (1905)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Book_of_Genesis_(comic)" title="The Book of Genesis (comic)">The Book of Genesis</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_Adam_and_Eve" title="The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve">The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve</a></i> (2017)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Art</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bernward_Doors" title="Bernward Doors">Bernward Doors</a> (1015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tapestry_of_Creation" title="Tapestry of Creation">Tapestry of Creation</a> (11th century)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Expulsion_from_the_Garden_of_Eden" title="Expulsion from the Garden of Eden">Expulsion from the Garden of Eden</a></i> (1425)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vienna_Diptych" title="Vienna Diptych">Vienna Diptych</a></i> (15th century)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Judgment_(Bosch_triptych)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Last Judgment (Bosch triptych)">The Last Judgment</a></i> (1482)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Garden_of_Earthly_Delights" title="The Garden of Earthly Delights">The Garden of Earthly Delights</a></i> (1504)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Adam_and_Eve_(D%C3%BCrer)" title="Adam and Eve (Dürer)">Adam and Eve</a></i> (1507)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Creation_of_Adam" title="The Creation of Adam">The Creation of Adam</a></i> (1512)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Haywain_Triptych" title="The Haywain Triptych">The Haywain Triptych</a></i> (1516)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eve,_the_Serpent_and_Death" title="Eve, the Serpent and Death">Eve, the Serpent and Death</a></i> (1510s or 1520s)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Adam_and_Eve_(Cranach)" title="Adam and Eve (Cranach)">Adam and Eve</a></i> (1528)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Adam_and_Eve/Gideon_and_the_Fleece" title="Adam and Eve/Gideon and the Fleece">Adam and Eve</a></i> (1550)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fall_of_Man_(Titian)" title="The Fall of Man (Titian)">The Fall of Man</a></i> (1550)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Adam_and_Eve_(Tintoretto)" title="Adam and Eve (Tintoretto)">Adam and Eve</a></i> (c. 1550)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Garden_of_Eden_with_the_Fall_of_Man" title="The Garden of Eden with the Fall of Man">The Garden of Eden with the Fall of Man</a></i> (1617)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fall_of_Man_(Rubens)" title="The Fall of Man (Rubens)">The Fall of Man</a></i> (1628)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Adam_and_Eve_in_the_Garden_of_Eden" title="Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden">Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden</a></i> (c. 1650)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Four_Seasons_(Poussin)" title="The Four Seasons (Poussin)">The Four Seasons</a></i> (1660s)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Koren_Picture-Bible_(1692%E2%80%931696)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Koren Picture-Bible (1692–1696)">The Koren Picture-Bible</a></i> (1692–1696)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/William_Blake%27s_illustrations_of_Paradise_Lost" title="William Blake's illustrations of Paradise Lost">Paradise Lost</a></i> (19th century)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Expulsion_from_the_Garden_of_Eden_(Cole)" title="Expulsion from the Garden of Eden (Cole)">Expulsion from the Garden of Eden</a></i> (1828)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_First_Mourning" title="The First Mourning">The First Mourning</a></i> (1888)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Adam_and_Eve_(Rodin)" title="Adam and Eve (Rodin)">Adam and Eve</a></i> (1905)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Adam_and_Eve_(Valadon)" title="Adam and Eve (Valadon)">Adam and Eve</a></i> (1909)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eve_(Davidson)" title="Eve (Davidson)"> Eve</a></i> (1931)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Adam_and_Eve_(Tamara_de_Lempicka)" title="Adam and Eve (Tamara de Lempicka)">Adam and Eve</a></i> (1932)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Serpent_Chooses_Adam_and_Eve" title="The Serpent Chooses Adam and Eve">The Serpent Chooses Adam and Eve</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Genesis_(Lebrun)" title="Genesis (Lebrun)">Genesis</a></i> (1960)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Dese_Bones_G%27wine_Rise_Again" title="Dese Bones G'wine Rise Again">Dese Bones G'wine Rise Again</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Adam-ondi-Ahman_(hymn)" title="Adam-ondi-Ahman (hymn)">Adam-ondi-Ahman</a>" (1835)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Forbidden_Fruit_(No%C3%ABl_Coward_song)" title="Forbidden Fruit (Noël Coward song)">Forbidden Fruit</a>" (1915)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Garden_of_Eden_(song)" title="The Garden of Eden (song)">The Garden of Eden</a>" (1956)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" title="In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida">In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida</a>" (1968)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Give_Adam_and_Eve_Another_Chance" title="Let's Give Adam and Eve Another Chance">Let's Give Adam and Eve Another Chance</a>" (1970)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Man_Gave_Names_to_All_the_Animals" title="Man Gave Names to All the Animals">Man Gave Names to All the Animals</a>" (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cainian_Chronicle" title="The Cainian Chronicle">The Cainian Chronicle</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Visions_of_Eden" title="Visions of Eden">Visions of Eden</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Snakes_for_the_Divine" title="Snakes for the Divine">Snakes for the Divine</a></i> (2010)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Geography</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adam-ondi-Ahman" title="Adam-ondi-Ahman">Adam-ondi-Ahman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomb_of_Eve" title="Tomb of Eve">Tomb of Eve</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Biology</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mitochondrial_Eve" title="Mitochondrial Eve">Mitochondrial Eve</a></li> 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bible_Ki_Kahaniyan" title="Bible Ki Kahaniyan">"Adam & Eve"</a> (1992)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Probe_7,_Over_and_Out" title="Probe 7, Over and Out">Probe 7, Over and Out</a>" (1963)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Simpsons_Bible_Stories" title="Simpsons Bible Stories">Simpsons Bible Stories</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela" title="In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela">In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Daesong_Heavy_Industries_II:_Return_to_Innocence" class="mw-redirect" title="Daesong Heavy Industries II: Return to Innocence">Daesong Heavy Industries II: Return to Innocence</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Holly_Bibble" class="mw-redirect" title="Holly Bibble">Holly Bibble</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Demon:_The_Fallen" title="Demon: The Fallen">Demon: The Fallen</a></i> (2002)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pre-Adamite" title="Pre-Adamite">Pre-Adamite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Generations_of_Adam" title="Generations of Adam">Generations of Adam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cave_of_the_Patriarchs" title="Cave of the Patriarchs">Cave of the Patriarchs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_and_Eve_cylinder_seal" title="Adam and Eve cylinder seal">Adam and Eve cylinder seal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genealogies_of_Genesis" title="Genealogies of Genesis">Genealogies of Genesis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carnal_knowledge" title="Carnal knowledge">Carnal knowledge</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Legend_of_the_Rood" title="Legend of the Rood">Legend of the Rood</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ystorya_Adaf" title="Ystorya Adaf">Ystorya Adaf</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ransom_theory_of_atonement" title="Ransom theory of atonement">Ransom theory of atonement</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Cain_and_Abel" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a 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title="Eve">Eve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cain" title="Cain">Cain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abel" title="Abel">Abel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enoch_(son_of_Cain)" title="Enoch (son of Cain)">Enoch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awan_(religious_figure)" class="mw-redirect" title="Awan (religious figure)">Awan</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cain_leadeth_abel_to_death_tissot.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Cain_leadeth_abel_to_death_tissot.jpg/150px-Cain_leadeth_abel_to_death_tissot.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Cain_leadeth_abel_to_death_tissot.jpg/225px-Cain_leadeth_abel_to_death_tissot.jpg 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/The_Last_Eve" title="The Last Eve">The Last Eve</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Year_One_(film)" title="Year One (film)">Year One</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Abel_Cain" title="Abel Cain">Abel Cain</a></i> (unmade)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Plays</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Le_Jeu_d%27Adam" title="Le Jeu d'Adam">Le Jeu d'Adam</a></i> (12th century)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cain_(play)" title="Cain (play)">Cain</a></i> (1821)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Musicals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Children_of_Eden" title="Children of Eden">Children of Eden</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Here%27s_Where_I_Belong" title="Here's Where I Belong">Here's Where I Belong</a></i> (1968)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Literature</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Book_of_the_Penitence_of_Adam" title="Book of the Penitence of Adam">Book of the Penitence of Adam</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/East_of_Eden_(novel)" title="East of Eden (novel)">East of Eden</a></i> (1952 novel)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Abel_S%C3%A1nchez:_The_History_of_a_Passion" title="Abel Sánchez: The History of a Passion">Abel Sánchez: The History of a Passion</a></i> (1917)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Book_of_Lies_(Meltzer_novel)" title="The Book of Lies (Meltzer novel)">The Book of Lies</a></i> (2008 novel)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Should_the_Bible_Be_Banned" title="Should the Bible Be Banned">Should the Bible Be Banned</a>" (1988)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cain%27s_Blood" title="Cain's Blood">Cain's Blood</a>" (1995)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cain_and_Abel_(Titian)" title="Cain and Abel (Titian)"><i>Cain and Abel</i> (Titian)</a> (c. 1545 painting)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cain_and_Abel_(Tintoretto)" title="Cain and Abel (Tintoretto)"><i>Cain and Abel</i> (Tintoretto)</a> (c. 1550 painting)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/La_mort_d%27Abel" title="La mort d'Abel">La mort d'Abel</a></i> (1810 composition)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_First_Mourning" title="The First Mourning">The First Mourning</a></i> (1888 painting)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cain_and_Abel_(South_Korean_TV_series)" title="Cain and Abel (South Korean TV series)">Cain and Abel</a></i> (2009 TV series)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cain_and_Abel_(comics)" title="Cain and Abel (comics)">Cain and Abel</a></i> (DC Comics)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related theology</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adam_and_Eve" title="Adam and Eve">Adam and Eve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Judas" title="Gospel of Judas">Gospel of Judas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curse_and_mark_of_Cain" title="Curse and mark of Cain">Curse and mark of Cain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serpent_seed" title="Serpent seed">Serpent seed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cain_and_Abel_in_Islam" title="Cain and Abel in Islam">Cain and Abel in Islam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balbira_and_Kalmana" class="mw-redirect" title="Balbira and Kalmana">Balbira and Kalmana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cainites" title="Cainites">Cainites</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Generations_of_Adam" title="Generations of Adam">Generations of Adam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Genesis_patriarchs" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of Genesis patriarchs">Timeline of Genesis patriarchs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Land_of_Nod" title="Land of Nod">Land of Nod</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dracula:_The_Dark_Prince" title="Dracula: The Dark Prince">Dracula: The Dark Prince</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Noah" title="Noah">Noah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shem" title="Shem">Shem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ham_(son_of_Noah)" title="Ham (son of Noah)">Ham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japheth" title="Japheth">Japheth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wives_aboard_Noah%27s_Ark" title="Wives aboard Noah's Ark">Wives aboard Noah's Ark</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Noah" title="Book of Noah">Book of Noah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Generations_of_Noah" title="Generations of Noah">Generations of Noah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gopher_wood" title="Gopher wood">Gopher wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_wine" title="Noah's wine">Noah's wine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seven_Laws_of_Noah" title="Seven Laws of Noah">Seven Laws of Noah</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Television</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Captain_Noah_and_His_Magical_Ark" title="Captain Noah and His Magical Ark">Captain Noah and His Magical Ark</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bible_Ki_Kahaniyan" title="Bible Ki Kahaniyan">"Noah's Ark"</a> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Island" title="Noah's Island">Noah's Island</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark_(miniseries)" title="Noah's Ark (miniseries)">Noah's Ark</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/VeggieTales" title="VeggieTales">VeggieTales</a>: Noah's Ark</i> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ark_(film)" title="The Ark (film)">The Ark</a></i> (2015)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Film</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark_(1928_film)" title="Noah's Ark (1928 film)">Noah's Ark</a></i> (1928)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Father_Noah%27s_Ark" title="Father Noah's Ark">Father Noah's Ark</a></i> (1933)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bible:_In_the_Beginning..." title="The Bible: In the Beginning...">The Bible: In the Beginning...</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/O_Trapalh%C3%A3o_na_Arca_de_No%C3%A9" title="O Trapalhão na Arca de Noé">O Trapalhão na Arca de Noé</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/La_Biblia_en_pasta" title="La Biblia en pasta">La Biblia en pasta</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Angel%27s_Egg" title="Angel's Egg">Angel's Egg</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stowaways_on_the_Ark" title="Stowaways on the Ark">Stowaways on the Ark</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Genesis:_The_Creation_and_the_Flood" title="Genesis: The Creation and the Flood">Genesis: The Creation and the Flood</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noah_(1998_film)" title="Noah (1998 film)">Noah</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fantasia_2000" title="Fantasia 2000">Fantasia 2000</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Raining_Cats_and_Frogs" title="Raining Cats and Frogs">Raining Cats and Frogs</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark_(2007_film)" title="Noah's Ark (2007 film)">Noah's Ark</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Evan_Almighty" title="Evan Almighty">Evan Almighty</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/40_Days_and_Nights" title="40 Days and Nights">40 Days and Nights</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noah_(2014_film)" title="Noah (2014 film)">Noah</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ooops!_Noah_Is_Gone..." title="Ooops! Noah Is Gone...">Ooops! Noah Is Gone...</a></i> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark_(2024_film)" title="Noah's Ark (2024 film)">Noah's Ark</a></i> (2024)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ark_and_the_Aardvark" title="The Ark and the Aardvark">The Ark and the Aardvark</a></i> (TBA)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Stage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Flowering_Peach" title="The Flowering Peach">The Flowering Peach</a></i> (1954 play)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Two_by_Two_(musical)" title="Two by Two (musical)">Two by Two</a></i> (1970 musical)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Opera</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Il_diluvio_universale" title="Il diluvio universale">Il diluvio universale</a></i> (1830)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Le_D%C3%A9luge_(Saint-Sa%C3%ABns)" title="Le Déluge (Saint-Saëns)">Le Déluge</a></i> (1875)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/No%C3%A9_(opera)" title="Noé (opera)">Noé</a></i> (1885)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noye%27s_Fludde" title="Noye's Fludde">Noye's Fludde</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Flood_(Stravinsky)" title="The Flood (Stravinsky)">The Flood</a></i> (1962)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Paintings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Scenes_from_the_Life_of_Noah" title="Scenes from the Life of Noah">Scenes from the Life of Noah</a></i> (1436-1440)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark_(Poulakis)" title="Noah's Ark (Poulakis)">Noah's Ark</a></i> (17th century)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Return_of_the_Dove_to_the_Ark" title="The Return of the Dove to the Ark">The Return of the Dove to the Ark</a></i> (1851)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/After_the_Deluge_(painting)" title="After the Deluge (painting)">After the Deluge</a></i> (1891)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Genesis_(Lebrun)" title="Genesis (Lebrun)">Genesis</a></i> (1960)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Die_Sintflut" title="Die Sintflut">Die Sintflut</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Unicorn_(song)" title="The Unicorn (song)">The Unicorn</a>" (1968)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Captain_Noah_and_His_Floating_Zoo" title="Captain Noah and His Floating Zoo">Captain Noah and His Floating Zoo</a>" (1970)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Prophet%27s_Song" title="The Prophet's Song">The Prophet's Song</a>" (1975)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Animals_(Kevin_Ayers_song)" title="Animals (Kevin Ayers song)">Animals</a>" (1980)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Forever_Not_Yours" title="Forever Not Yours">Forever Not Yours</a>" (2002)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark_(video_game)" title="Noah's Ark (video game)">Noah's Ark</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Super_3D_Noah%27s_Ark" title="Super 3D Noah's Ark">Super 3D Noah's Ark</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i>Noah's Ark</i> (2002)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Literature</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Dolittle_and_the_Secret_Lake" title="Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake">Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake</a></i> (1948)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Moon_in_the_Cloud" title="The Moon in the Cloud">The Moon in the Cloud</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark_(Spier_book)" title="Noah's Ark (Spier book)">Noah's Ark</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Not_Wanted_on_the_Voyage" title="Not Wanted on the Voyage">Not Wanted on the Voyage</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Brother" class="mw-redirect" title="Noah's Brother">Noah's Brother</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Many_Waters" title="Many Waters">Many Waters</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark_(Pinkney_book)" title="Noah's Ark (Pinkney book)">Noah's Ark</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Not_the_End_of_the_World_(McCaughrean_novel)" title="Not the End of the World (McCaughrean novel)">Not the End of the World</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ararat_(novel)" title="Ararat (novel)">Ararat</a></i> (2017)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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