📖 Biblical Definition
Genesis is the first book of the Bible — attributed by Christ and the New Testament writers to Moses (Matthew 19:4-8; Mark 12:26; Luke 24:44; John 5:46-47). Genesis 1-11 covers primeval history: creation in six days, the Sabbath rest, the fall, Cain and Abel, the line of Seth, the global flood, Noah’s covenant, and Babel. Genesis 12-50 covers the patriarchs: Abraham (chs. 12-25), Isaac (chs. 21-35), Jacob (chs. 25-50), and Joseph (chs. 37-50). Genesis establishes every major biblical theme: God’s sovereign creation, sin and judgment, the seed of the woman, election, covenant, blessing through Abraham’s seed, Christ-typology in Isaac and Joseph, the longing for a promised land. The whole Bible flows from Genesis.
📜 Webster 1828 Definition
GENESIS, n.
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A scriptural proper name; the first book of the Bible.
📖 Key Scripture
Genesis 1:1 — "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."
Genesis 3:15 — "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel."
Genesis 12:3 — "In thee shall all families of the earth be blessed."
Genesis 50:20 — "But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good."
⚠️ Modern Corruption
Modern theology often skips Genesis 1-11; the rest of the Bible cannot stand without it.
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Genesis 1-11 is the most-attacked section of Scripture in modern theology. Theistic evolutionists allegorize the creation account; some progressive theologians treat the flood as myth; the historicity of Adam is questioned even in evangelical circles. The Bible itself refuses the disassembly. Christ cited Adam and Eve historically (Matt 19:4-5); Paul grounded the gospel in Adam's historical fall (Rom 5:12-21); Hebrews 11 lists Abel, Enoch, and Noah as historical exemplars of faith.
The rest of the Bible cannot stand without Genesis 1-11. No real Adam, no need for a Second Adam. No real fall, no real redemption. No real flood, no Christ-comparison in 1 Peter 3. Modern theology that hollows out Genesis 1-11 hollows out the whole. Read it as history; read it as theology; read it as the foundation document the Spirit said it is.
🔗 Greek & Hebrew Roots
Hebrew/Greek roots below.
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G1078 — Genesis — Genesis; origin
H7225 — reshit — beginning
Usage
"Modern theology skips Genesis 1-11; the rest of the Bible cannot stand without it."
"No real Adam, no need for a Second Adam."
"Read Genesis as history; as theology; as foundation document the Spirit said it is."