Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun genesis

2 senses of genesis

Sense 1
genesis, generation -- (a coming into being)
       => beginning -- (the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war")

Sense 2
Genesis, Book of Genesis -- (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)
       INSTANCE OF=> book -- (a major division of a long written composition; "the book of Isaiah")