genesis summary lesson 1

Genesis Summary lesson 1

Genesis: As the indicates, Genesis is a book of beginnings the word ''Genesis'' comes from the Greek term meaning origin source birth or beginning. In its description of God's creation of the world, the fall of man the origins  of the peoples of the earth and the beginning of God's covenant relationship with chosen people Israel the book of Genesis of provides the context and sets the stage for the rest of Scripture. Although the book of Genesis does not name its to author Scripture and much of church history ascribes the book to Moses. Both the Old and New Testaments repeatedly testify to the Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch.