. The historic book of Genesis is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the first book of the Pentateuch, better known as the Torah. In Genesis we learn about many well-known Bible stories that are widely taught in the Christian and Jewish religions. Genesis tells how the world came to be, how humanity came to be, how God uses a righteous vessel in the person of Noah to help repopulate the earth after a great flood, how God makes a covenant with Abram and grants him the privilege of being the father of many nations. Genesis also shows how God chooses a people called Israel and through them he can bless all the nations of the world. However, many religious and non-religious people have wondered how this formidable