WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Genesis describes the creation of the world and the ensuing history until the sons of Jacob go down to Egypt (in more than one version). The second section, Exodus, describes the story of the Israelite bondage in Egypt and the story of their liberation under the leadership of Moses.

Detailed explanation-2: -Genesis, Hebrew Bereshit (“In the Beginning”), the first book of the Bible. Its name derives from the opening words: “In the beginning….” Genesis narrates the primeval history of the world (chapters 1–11) and the patriarchal history of the Israelite people (chapters 12–50).

Detailed explanation-3: -What is included in the Torah? The five books of Moses are Genesis (Bereshit), Exodus (Shemot), Leviticus (Va-yikra), Numbers (Bamidbar) and Deuteronomy (Devarim). These are the same five books that make up the start of the Christian Bible.

Detailed explanation-4: -The story of the Exodus is told in the first half of Exodus, with the remainder recounting the 1st year in the wilderness, and followed by a narrative of 39 more years in the books of Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, the last four of the first five books of the Bible (also called the Torah or Pentateuch).