Introduction: Genesis means beginning. In Hebrew it is called as “Bereshith” and in Greek it is called as “genesis” in English it is called as “Genesis” meaning beginning of all things. We can see the beginning all things in Genesis. Like days, seas, trees, stars in the sky, fish in the sea, all kind of beast on the earth, men, commandments, marriage, languages, ethnic groups, tribes, nations, prophesies, covenanents, promises.

Writer is Moses: God spoke to him face to face. Exo. 33:11

God revealed to him in the wilderness. Ps. 103:7, Acts. 7:37,38.

Second school of thought is that Adam lived 168 years in the life of Lemech so Adam might have revealed to lemech about the creation story. Gen. 5:5,31,32.

Lemech lived 95 years in the life of Shem – he might have told about the creation story.

Shem lived 190 years after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Gen. 11:10-32, 12:4, 21:5, 25:26, 29:20-35, 47:9,28. Exo. 6:16-20 Jacob to Levi and kohath, kohath to Amram and Amram to Moses.

Time & Place: BC. 1450 – 1440 in the desert of Moab.

1.      From Adam to Noah 1656 years from Gen 1 – 8 chapters.

2.      From Noah’s flood till the birth of Abraham 350 years. Gen 9 – 11 chapters.

3.      From Abraham’s birth to Joseph’s death 361 years. Gen. 12 – 50 chapters.