Genres


 * What Genres have been used in the Book of Genesis?**


 * The Book of Genesis is composed entirely of stories and histories of significant personalities of the era such as Adam and Eve, Cain and Able, Noah, Abraham, Jacob and Joseph.

- Some areas of Genesis are written as Genealogies. Ch. 5,10, 11.27-11.32, 25.12-25.18.
 * Genealogies are very effective at expressing the relationships between different peoples, in the Book of Genesis these relationships are mostly following the generations of notable people.

- Annals. Ch 14.1-14.16
 * In the Book of Genesis, the ‘annals’ genre has been used to chronicle ‘Lots’ captivity by Ched’or’la’o’mer, a king of the time.