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“For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God knowing good and evil” (Genesis 3:5).

Genesis

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1000 BCE – 500 BCE

The word Genesis is Greek, meaning origins or birth. This is a paraphrase of the original Hebrew title, Bereshit, which means in the beginning and is the first word of the book.

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