genesis
English Thesaurus
1. the first book of the Old Testament: tells of Creation; Adam and Eve; the Fall of Man; Cain and Abel; Noah and the flood; God's covenant with Abraham; Abraham and Isaac; Jacob and Esau; Joseph and his brothers (noun.communication)
| instance hypernym | : | book, |
| definition | : | a major division of a long written composition (noun.communication) |
| part meronym | : | old testament, |
| definition | : | the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible (noun.communication) |
| part meronym | : | laws, pentateuch, torah, |
| definition | : | the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit (noun.communication) |
| domain member category | : | babel, tower of babel, |
| definition | : | (Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another (noun.artifact) |
2. a coming into being (noun.event)
| hypernym | : | beginning, |
| definition | : | the event consisting of the start of something (noun.event) |
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