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Genesis

Pronounced JEN-eh-sis

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✓ In the King James Bible — Yes — Genesis appears in the King James Bible; the passages below give the context.

Meaning: "Origin; Beginning; Creation"
Origin: Greek/Hebrew

Genesis means 'beginning' — the title of Scripture's first book, which establishes everything: God's creative power, human dignity, the fall, and the first promise of redemption. Every story in the Bible flows from the foundations laid in Genesis.

Spiritual meaning

Genesis celebrates the God of beginnings — who created the world with a word and offers each person a new beginning through Christ.

Related verses (KJV)

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."
Genesis 1:1 (KJV) →
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
John 1:1 (KJV) →

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