1º_ Origin, beginning, generation of something or someone. From Greek 947; 949; 957; 949; 963; 953; 962; ( guénesis "generation, origin" ) . It is also used as a word component, especially for the suffix -genesis. 2º_ By the previous name of the first book in the Jewish Torah (and Tanakh), where it is known as 1489; 1456; 1468; 1512; 1461; 1488; 1513; 1460; 1473; 1497; 1514; (bedeyit "in the beginning"), and from the Old Testament in the Christian Bible, which describes the creation of the world.