———————————————————— Moses Genesis, meaning “origins,” is the title of the first book of the Bible, given by the translators of the Greek Septuagint (c. 250 B.C.). This title was continued in the Latin Vulgate (fourth century A.D.), and its Latinized form was adopted by the English versions. According to Jewish custom, the Hebrew title was the first word of the text, bereshit (“in the beginning”). Genesis begins the Torah (“Law”), the first division
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