Literary notes about Genesis (AI summary)
The word Genesis is employed in literature as a multifaceted symbol for beginnings and creative processes. It serves not only to denote the literal beginning of events—such as the biblical creation narratives and pivotal family stories ([1], [2], [3])—but also to represent the emergence and transformation inherent in nature and culture ([4], [5], [6]). Authors use it as an allusion to foundational moments, whether in theological discourse ([7], [8]), mythic traditions ([9], [10]), or even abstract philosophical meditations on the genesis and evolution of ideas ([11], [12]). This layered usage emphasizes Genesis as both a historical and metaphorical starting point in literary works.
- Genesis Chapter 4 The history of Cain and Abel. 4:1.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - Genesis Chapter 29 Jacob serveth Laban seven years for Rachel: but is deceived with Lia: he afterwards marrieth Rachel.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - Genesis Chapter 6 Man's sin is the cause of the deluge.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - Genesis, however, is not a simple activity of Nature, but is compounded of alteration and of shaping .
— from Galen: On the Natural Faculties by Galen - Some traits of his mind and character may be traced back to his ancestors, but what doctrine of heredity can give us the genesis of his genius?
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson - Genesis (embryogeny) sub-divided into histogenesis and organogenesis.
— from Galen: On the Natural Faculties by Galen - On the saying in Genesis viii, 21: "The imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth."
— from Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal - Genesis Chapter 44 Joseph's contrivance to stop his brethren.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - Among the best examples of such genesis traditions are those recorded in the Walam Olum of the Delawares and Matthews’ Navaho Origin Legend.
— from Myths of the Cherokee by James Mooney - 1 The Cheyenne, Arapaho, and other plains tribes are known to have similar genesis myths.
— from Myths of the Cherokee by James Mooney - Gabriel Tarde, for example, has sought to explain, not the genesis, but the transmission and diffusion of these same cultural forms.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - All curiosity has thus a practical genesis.
— from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James