The five books of Moses were collectively called the Pentateuch, a word of Greek origin meaning ‘the five-fold book.’ The Jews called them the Torah, i.e., ‘the law.’ It’s probable that the division of the Torah into five books proceeded from the Greek translators of the Old Testament.
The names by which these several books are generally known are Greek. Genesis through to Deuteronomy is known as the Torah which means Law. In Greek, the word Pentateuch is ‘Pente’ which means five and ‘uch’ which means Law.
The first book of the Pentateuch is called by the Jews ‘Bereshith’, i.e., ‘in the beginning’, because this is the first word of the book. It is generally known among Christians by the name of Genesis, i.e., ‘creation’ or ‘generation,’ being the name given to it in the LXX. as designating its character because it gives an account of the origin of all things.
It contains, according to the usual computation, the history of about two thousand three hundred and sixty-nine years. Genesis is divided into two principal parts.
1. Genesis 1-11, gives a general history of mankind down to the time of the Dispersion.
2. The second part presents the early history of Israel down to the death and burial of Joseph
In Genesis 12-50, we find five principal persons brought in succession in this book, and around these persons, the history of the successive periods is grouped.
There are numerous prophecies concerning Christ in the book, Genesis 3:15 / Genesis 12:3 / Genesis 18:18 / Genesis 22:18 / Genesis 26:4 / Genesis 28:14 / Genesis 49:10.
The author of Genesis was Moses and under divine guidance he may indeed have been led to make use of materials already existing in primitive documents, or even of traditions in a trustworthy form that had come down to his time, purifying them from all that was unworthy, but the hand of Moses is clearly seen throughout in its structure.
The New Testament itself confirms that Moses was the author of Genesis, Matthew 12:5 / Luke 16:16 / John 7:19 / Luke 2:42 / John 7:23 / Luke 23.
There is proof outside the Bible as well. There are two historians, Philo, and Josephus who both testify that Moses wrote the book. Just as a side note these two historians were not Christians.
John 20:30-31, believe and 2 Peter 3:1, reminders. God told Moses what to write and the Patriarchs kept copies and Moses edited them. What was written for the law was written for those under the law, Romans 3:19, but it wasn’t just for them under the law but for us as well, Romans 15:4.
The date of the Book of Genesis is uncertain, Archbishop James Usher dates it around 1581-1656 B.C. and he believes that the earth was around 4004 years old. Egyptian records have been found to go back to 3000 B.C., but most Christians believe the Earth is approximately just over 6000 years old.
The word ‘Genesis’ means beginnings, and is the foundation of the rest of the Bible. It’s about beginnings, creation, and dealings with people. In Genesis, we learn about sin, life, justification by faith, and our need for salvation. The future is bound up in the past and there are three messages in the Book of Genesis.
1. Relationship between man and God through worship, communion and turning to God.
2. Relationships between human beings through society.
3. The value of faithful obedience and is conditional for salvation. Acceptance.
Throughout the book we find different accounts of people, which help with genealogies and chronologies, Genesis 5:1 / Genesis 6:9 / Genesis 10:1 / Genesis 11:10 / Genesis 11:27 / Genesis 25:12 / Genesis 25:19 / Genesis 36:1 / Genesis 37:2.
What was lost in Genesis was found in Christ Jesus and then in Heaven.
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