Genesis (King James Version)
← all texts · Hebrew · compiled c. 6th–5th c. BCE
What this is
The first book of the Torah and the Bible — creation, Eden, the Flood, Babel, and the patriarchs from Abraham to Joseph. The foundational narrative of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, here in the 1611 KJV.
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Companion reading path
What to read alongside it, and why.
The Enūma Eliš (Babylonian Creation)
Mesopotamian
The Babylonian creation Genesis answers and recasts.
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Mesopotamian
Its flood narrative is the closest ancient parallel to Noah.
The full Bible this book opens.