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Webster 1913 Edition
Genesis
Gen′e-sis
,Noun.
[L., from Gr.
γένεσις
, fr. the root of γίγνεσθαι
to beget, be born; akin to L. genus
birth, race. See Gender
.] 1.
The act of producing, or giving birth or origin to anything; the process or mode of originating; production; formation; origination.
The origin and
genesis
of poor Sterling’s club. Carlyle.
2.
The first book of the Old Testament; – so called by the Greek translators, from its containing the history of the creation of the world and of the human race.
Webster 1828 Edition
Genesis
GEN'ESIS
,Noun.
1.
The first book of the sacred scriptures of the Old Testament, containing the history of the creation, of the apostasy of man, of the deluge, and of the first patriarchs, to the death of Joseph. In the original Hebrew, this book has no title; the present title was prefixed to it by those who translated it into Greek.2.
In geometry, the formation of a line, plane or solid, by the motion or flux of a point, line or surface.