《圣经》的首卷。卷名取自第一节，意为“开始”。记述犹太教和基督教创始的故事，以及以色列民族的历史渊源。除了叙述上帝创造世界外，还包括亚当和夏娃、诺亚和洪水、巴别塔，以及上帝如何应许亚伯拉罕、以撒和雅各的故事，最后以雅各之子约瑟的故事结束。传统上认为是摩西所作，但现代学者已验明书中至少有三种文字语调，年代可溯自西元前950年至西元前5世纪，虽然其中还混杂有更早的资料。此卷是《旧约》的五书之一，它们构成“摩西五经”。

 First book of the Bible. Its name, taken from its first
verse, means “beginning.” Genesis provides the creation story for Judaism and
Christianity and begins the history of the Israelite people. In addition to
God's creation of the universe, it includes the story of Adam and Eve, Cain and
Abel, Noah and the Flood, the Tower of Babel, and God's covenant with the three
patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, concluding with the story of Jacob's son
Joseph. It is traditionally ascribed to Moses, but modern scholarship has
identified at least three literary strains in it, dating from 950 BC to the 5th
century BC, though incorporating material from much earlier. It is one of the
five books of the Old Testament that make up the Pentateuch .

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