Genesis

sealthebook on October 12, 2025

Author: Moses

Date Written: 1440 – 1400 BC

Literary Genre: Historical Narrative, Myth

Settings:

  • Chapters 1-11: the primeval history
    • Mesopotamia: Garden of Eden,Tower of Babel, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, and Egypt
  • Chapters 12-50: the patriarchal history
    • Land of Canaan (“The Promised Land”)

Key People

  • Adam & Eve
  • Cain & Abel
  • Noah
  • Abram / Abraham
  • Isaac
  • Jacob / Israel
  • Moses
  • Joseph

Honorable Mention People

  • Enoch
  • Melchizedek
  • Lot