Book Introduction
Genesis
Written by Moses (traditional)
The Author
Moses (traditional) — A Hebrew baby rescued from a death sentence who grew up in palace, became a fugitive shepherd, and somehow ended up leading two million people through a desert for 40 years
Traditionally attributed to . Modern scholarship sees Genesis as compiled from multiple sources over centuries, but the Mosaic tradition remains influential and widely held.
1400s–400s BC (traditional vs. critical dating)
The people of , establishing their identity and covenant relationship with God
To tell the story of beginnings — the world, humanity, sin, and God's plan to fix it all through one chosen family
What's It About?
Genesis is the origin story for everything — the universe, humanity, sin, marriage, murder, nations, and the plan God puts in motion to fix all of it. It opens at the beginning of time and somehow ends in . Along the way: a perfect garden, a catastrophic choice, a world-ending flood, a tower that scrambles human language, and then — out of all of humanity — God narrows His focus to one family: , , , and . It's the foundation every other book builds on.
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