Genesis

['dʒenɪsɪs] or ['dʒɛnəsɪs]

解释:

(noun.) the first book of the Old Testament: tells of Creation; Adam and Eve; the Fall of Man; Cain and Abel; Noah and the flood; God's covenant with Abraham; Abraham and Isaac; Jacob and Esau; Joseph and his brothers.

(noun.) a coming into being.

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解释:

(n.) The act of producing, or giving birth or origin to anything; the process or mode of originating; production; formation; origination.

(n.) The first book of the Old Testament; -- so called by the Greek translators, from its containing the history of the creation of the world and of the human race.

(n.) Same as Generation.

编辑:玛杰里

解释:

n. generation creation or production: the first book of the Bible so called from its containing an account of the Creation:—pl. Gen′esēs.—adjs. Genes′iac -al Genesit′ic pertaining to Genesis.

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