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The Book of Genesis is concerned with beginnings: the creation of the universe and the origin of humanity. It quickly moves from universal history (Adam, Noah, Babel) to the history of the Abraham, the first Jew. The remainder of the book focuses on the lives of the Jewish patriarachs, and especially the story of Joseph. The book ends with the entire family of Jacob migrating to Egypt to escape famine through the auspices of Joseph.
There are fifty chapters in Genesis (20,512 words, 78,064 letters), divided into twelve weekly Torah readings. Click on a name in the list for a summary of the contents:
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