Genesis is the first book of the Old Testament, a narrative starting with creation.
Questions tagged [genesis]
448 questions
13
votes
2 answers
Who is Lillith?
The character Lilith, while not mentioned in the Bible, turns up in Christian mythology as Adam’s first wife. (She’s mentioned, for example, in CS Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia.) Where does this myth originate? And does any major Christian…
TRiG
- 4,576
- 1
- 33
- 60
11
votes
4 answers
Who were the Sons of God who seem to have begat the Nephilim?
Genesis 6:1--4 tells about the "sons of God" marrying whomsoever they pleased, and the Nephilim---"the heroes of old, men of renown"---were begotten then. How is this to be interpreted?
Robert Haraway
- 2,187
- 14
- 19
6
votes
2 answers
What was the pre-Babel language and what can be said about the mechanism used to confuse the languages?
The Tower of Babel episode in human history is known to many. This can be found in Genesis 11. As we know, it resulted in the languages of mankind becoming confused.
Question: Are there opinions, speculations, conjectures, or a consensus anywhere on…
user1539
- 657
- 3
- 12
4
votes
4 answers
What does God mean by 'us' in Genesis?
What does this mean in the Old Testament: Genesis 3 Verse 22.
And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil.
How through the fall from the Garden does it say that they become one of us? What is meant by "us"?
Mark
- 51
- 1
- 2
3
votes
5 answers
Why eat when there was no death?
In Genesis, God tells Adam and Eve not to eat of a certain tree, but they can eat from any other tree. The bible also apparently says that before sin there was no death.
So... Why the need to eat? If you are immortal, what purpose would eating have?
jay_t55
- 415
- 2
- 5
- 11
2
votes
3 answers
How to interpret Genesis 1:1, given it is a Young Earth, and Old(er) Universe?
I've been studying Genesis 1, and a lot comes down to interpreting Genesis 1:1 correctly. I googled this for quite a bit, but I'm not making much progress.
Basically, I've come to the conclusion that the universe is older than the earth, and that…
Jarno
- 31
- 1
2
votes
2 answers
Why doesn't the Bible also say a woman should leave her parents to be united to the husband?
Why does the Bible in Gen 1:24
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh
only point to the man leaving his parents and uniting to the wife but doesn't say so to the woman?…
Frank Lema
- 39
- 2
2
votes
5 answers
Why did Adam and Eve not die after eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil?
I just began reading the Bible.
In Genesis 2, it says
And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden
thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and
evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day…
Saturn
- 131
- 1
- 5
2
votes
2 answers
Does God consider nudity a sin?
I just want to ask this question because when God created us we were naked (I assume) and probably there's not even a leaf covering our genitals like how children's books portray it. But then when Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, they got…
FFCoder
- 1,007
- 8
- 18
- 25
1
vote
1 answer
What does Genesis 3:16 mean?
In Genesis 3:16 God says to Eve
Your desire will be for your husband…
What exactly does that mean?
liontass
- 137
- 3
1
vote
2 answers
Why Sarah was angry to Abraham about Hagar
Why Sarah blamed Abraham when it was she who suggested to Abraham to take Hagar? I find Sarah's anger here to be unreasonable when it was her fault in the first place.
oikonomiyaki
- 111
- 1
- 2
1
vote
1 answer
Is there consensus on the age of human civilization?
I think the interpretation of Genesis-1 concerning the age of the earth and universe is still open, but is there consensus on the age of human civilization or on the date of first man Adam? Can I say both literal interpretation and human history all…
Daniel
- 432
- 1
- 3
- 12
1
vote
2 answers
Did God really create the world in six days?
According to a well-known biblical tale from Genesis told to me when I was a child, God created the world in six days, then took a rest on the seventh day. Now that I am an adult, I can't help wondering what this six days even means. What does…
anegligibleperson
- 135
- 2
0
votes
1 answer
Who, how many are the authors of the book of Genesis?
How credible are its authors?
The rest of the Bible is mostly a book of History many events of which can be checked out with other sources, while the doctrinal parts are often the work of a well defined prophet/saint, but, how credible are the…
user157860
- 367
- 3
- 13
-1
votes
4 answers
What was the first light in Genesis 1?
When going through the book of the beginnings(Genesis) chapter 1. It appears two sun's were created or two moons. What was the first light from "let there be light" before the other two lights that were created
Edit: added the moon to the question,…
linker
- 161
- 7