Genesis 1: The work of creation READ GENESIS CHAPTER 1 There is a very real sense in which the book of Genesis is the most important book in the whole Bible. Not because it comes first in the biblical canon, but because it is foundational for the understanding of the other books of the Bible. The title ‘Genesis’ in both its Hebrew and Greek forms means ‘beginnings’ or ‘origins’ and comes from the Hebrew phrase ‘bereshith’ (In the beginning) with which the book opens. In the chapters that follow we
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