"genesis" in the noun sense
1. genesis, generation
a coming into being
2. Genesis, Book of Genesis
the first book of the Old Testament: tells of Creation Adam and Eve the Fall of Man Cain and Abel Noah and the flood God's covenant with Abraham Abraham and Isaac Jacob and Esau Joseph and his brothers
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