a canonical book of the Old Testament, so called from the Greek
γενεσις, _genesis_, or _generation_, because it contains an account of
the origin of all visible things, and of the genealogy of the first
patriarchs. In the Hebrew it is called בראשית, which signifies, _in the
beginning_, because it begins with that word. See PENTATEUCH.
γενεσις, _genesis_, or _generation_, because it contains an account of
the origin of all visible things, and of the genealogy of the first
patriarchs. In the Hebrew it is called בראשית, which signifies, _in the
beginning_, because it begins with that word. See PENTATEUCH.