: the mainly narrative first book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scriptures see Bible Table
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The traditional Greek name for the first and best-known book of the Bible is Genesis, meaning "origin". Genesis tells the stories of the creation, Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah's ark, the Tower of Babel, Abraham and his sons, and more—the stories that explain how the world and humanity were created, as well as much about how humanity, and especially the descendants of Abraham, relate to the rest of the world. Today we use genesis to refer to the creative beginnings of much smaller things, but never unimportant ones.
Noun (1) a book about the genesis of the civil rights movement was present at the meeting which was later considered the genesis of the new political movement
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In this age of DNA testing and carbon dating, the popular imagination envisions conservators-slash-scientists conducting a battery of lab tests on an artwork to determine its genesis. Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2022 Proof-of-work is another consensus mechanism which has been used by the Ethereum mainnet since its genesis. Taylor Locke, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2022 This month, the luxury brand will launch The Asprey Studio Club, its genesis NFT collection followed by The Asprey Studio Gallery. Stephanie Hirschmiller, Forbes, 1 July 2022 The appeal had its genesis in an effort by the Obama administration in 2015 to reduce power sector emissions. John Fritze, USA TODAY, 30 June 2022 Mozart’s clarinet works — the Concerto and Quintet chief among them — all owe their genesis to Anton Stadler, a clarinet virtuoso whose friendship with Mozart proved especially fortuitous. Lukas Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2022 Joining something that is already well established versus starting a new musical and building that from its genesis? Evan Nicole Brown, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 May 2022 Fariha Róisín breaks down wellness culture through the lens of social justice and its genesis in Indigenous communities. Véronique Hyland, ELLE, 18 May 2022 Tourism here is a relatively recent phenomenon, owing much of its genesis back to 1989 when the world's first ice hotel opened in the remote village of Jukkasjärvi (population 548). Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2022 See More
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Latin, from Greek, from gignesthai to be born — more at kin