Although the recipients are not named, if one accepts the Mosaic authorship of Genesis as most evangelicals do, then the book was written initially either for the Israelites who were part of the group that left Egypt and hoped to enter the promised land from Kadesh Barnea. Or, if Genesis was written later in Moses’ life, the Israelites were part of the group looking forward to entering the promised land from the plains of Moab. For either group, the book would have encouraged the Israelites