Akkad is mentioned once in the Tanakh — Book of Genesis 10: 10: And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar ( KJV ).

For the district, see Anah ( district ), and for the character in the Book of Book of Genesis, see List of minor Biblical figures: Anah.

Traditional Jewish exegesis such as Midrash ( Genesis Rabbah 38 ) says that Adam spoke Hebrew because the names he gives Eve-" Isha " ( Book of Genesis 2: 23 ) and " Chava " ( Genesis 3: 20 )-only make sense in Hebrew.

He also wrote several works of Biblical exegesis, primarily of volumes in the Old Testament, which are preserved in excerpts regarding the Book of Genesis, the Song of Solomon, and Psalms.

However, with the exceptions of Smith's translation of portions of the book of Book of Genesis ( renamed Selections from the Book of Moses ) and the translation of Matthew ( called Joseph Smith – Matthew ), no portions of the Joseph Smith Translation have been officially canonized by the LDS Church.

* Selections from the Book of Moses: portions of the Book of Genesis from the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible.

In terms of values, Leeming contrasts " the myth of Jesus " with the myths of other " Christian heroes such as St. George, Roland, el Cid, and even King Arthur "; the latter hero myths, Leeming argues, reflect the survival of pre-Christian heroic values —" values of military dominance and cultural differentiation and hegemony "— more than the values expressed in the Christ story. Pomors often depicted Sirin s on the illustrations in the Book of Genesis as birds sitting in paradise trees.

* Hamilton, Victor P. The Book of Genesis: Chapters 1-17.

Monsters, spells, and magic items used in the game have been inspired by hundreds of individual works such as A. E. van Vogt's " Black Destroyer ", Coeurl ( the Displacer Beast ), Lewis Carroll's " Jabberwocky " ( vorpal sword ) and the Book of Genesis ( the clerical spell ' Blade Barrier ' was inspired by the " flaming sword which turned every way " at the gates of Eden ).

Somewhere, perhaps on the southeastern shore, would be the cities mentioned in the Book of Genesis which were said to have been destroyed in the time of Abraham: Sodom and Gomorra ( Genesis 18 ) and the three other " Cities of the Plain "-Admah, Zeboim and Zoar ( Deuteronomy 29: 23 ).

Eve is the first woman created by God in the Book of Genesis.

For instance, the Book of Genesis dictates that when a man's brother dies, he must marry his widowed sister-in-law.

40 ); whereas the traditional association of the Fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil ( Book of Genesis 2: 9, 17 ; 3: 5 ) with the apple rests on the translation of the Hebrew Bible into Latin, where both ' apple ' and ' evil ' are rendered as ' malum '.

The Gospel of Matthew begins with the words " The Book of Genealogy Greek, " Genesis " of Jesus Christ ", deliberately echoing the first words of the Old Testament in Greek.

The Book of Genesis ( from the Latin Vulgate, in turn borrowed or transliterated from Greek γένεσις, meaning " origin ";, Bereʾšyt, " In beginning "), is the first book of the Hebrew Bible ( the Tanakh ) and the Christian Old Testament.

* The Book of Genesis ( comics )

* Book of Genesis illustrated

* Genesis in Hebrew, Aramaic, Syriac, Greek, Latin, and English – The critical text of the Book of Genesis in Hebrew with ancient versions ( Masoretic, Samaritan Pentateuch, Samaritan Targum, Targum Onkelos, Peshitta, Septuagint, Vetus Latina, Vulgate, Aquila, Symmachus, and Theodotion ) and English translation for each version in parallel.

Several verses speak of Isaac as a " gift " to Abraham ( VI: 84 ; XIX: 49-50 ), and XXIX: 26-27 adds that God made " prophethood and the Book to be among his offspring ", which has been interpreted to refer to Abraham's two prophetic sons, his prophetic grandson Jacob, and his prophetic great-grandson Joseph.

The biblical account of the life of Jacob is found in the Book of Genesis, chapters 25-50.

Several years later, with his brother, Isaac, Jacob published the Bible commentary Miklal Yofi by Solomon ben Melekh which included his own commentary, Lekket Shikchah ( Gleanings ), on the Pentateuch, the Book of Joshua, and part of the Book of Judges.

With Hulsius, Jacob entered into a polemical discussion of the verse in the Book of Haggai: " The latter splendor of this house shall be greater than the former " ( 2: 9 ), which Hulsius attempted to prove was a reference to the Church.

The Book of Genesis contains the story of Jacob and Esau focusing on the sale of Esau's birthright to Jacob and the conflict that had spawned between their descendant nations because of this sale.

According to the Book of Exodus, Moses was a son of Amram, a member of the Levite tribe of Israel descended from Jacob, and his wife, Jochebed.

The Allegory of the Olive Tree in St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans ( which reappears in greatly expanded form in the Book of Jacob in the Book of Mormon ) refers to the scattering and gathering of Israel.

Site of Dothan, where according to the Book of Genesis, Joseph ( son of Jacob ) | Joseph was sold by his brethren

He reflects that spiritual literature, including the works of Jacob Boehme, William Law and the Tibetan Book of the Dead, talk of these pains and terrors.

The Book of Jacob is the third book of the Book of Mormon.

Its full title is The Book of Jacob: The Brother of Nephi.

* The Book of Mormon: The Book of Jacob

* Book of Jacob by Clyde J. Williams

* 1976 Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award: Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang.

* 1976 Ruth Schwartz Children's Book Award for Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang.

* 1995 Mr. Christie's Book Award ( for the best English book age 8 to 11 ) for Jacob Two-Two's First Spy Case.

* Neusner, Jacob Invitation to the Talmud: a Teaching Book ( 1998 ) ISBN 1-59244-155-6

Some Jewish sources record the selling of Esau's right to be buried in the cave-according to a commentary on the " Book of Exodus ", Jacob gave all his possessions to acquire a tomb in the Cave of the Patriarchs.

According to the church, “ The standard doctrine of the church is monogamy, as it always has been, as indicated in The Book of Mormon ( Jacob chapter 2 ): “ Wherefore, my brethren, hear me, and hearken to the word of the Lord: For there shall not any man among you have save it be one wife ; and concubines he shall have none.

Incest is mentioned and condemned in Virgil's Aeneid Book VI: hic thalamum invasit natae vetitosque hymenaeos ; " This one invaded a daughter's room and a forbidden sex act ".

Kaplan, a critic of both Orthodox and Reform Judaism, believed that Jewish practice should be reconciled with modern thought, a philosophy reflected in his Sabbath Prayer Book ..." Due to Kaplan's evolving position on Jewish theology and the liturgy, he was also condemned as a heretic by members of Young Israel.

The Book of Jacob condemned polygamy as adultery, but left open the proviso that " For if I will, saith the Lord of Hosts, raise up seed unto me, I will command my people ; otherwise, they shall hearken unto these things.

The Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book II. 24 refers to the passage “ And when the elders had set another woman who had sinned before Him, and had left the sentence to Him, and were gone out, our Lord, the Searcher of the hearts, inquiring of her whether the elders had condemned her, and being answered No, He said unto her: “ Go thy way therefore, for neither do I condemn thee .” Book II is generally dated to the late third century ( Von Drey, Krabbe, Bunsen, Funk ).

It is considered by some that this stone circle was the ( unnamed ) religious sanctuary that was severely condemned by the Book of Amos ( Amos 4: 4, 5: 5 ) and Book of Hosea ( Hosea 4: 15 )

Hooker's work concerned the form of Protestant church government as an argument against the extreme advocates of Puritanism, arguing that elements of Church of England practice condemned by the Puritans, in particular the Book of Common Prayer and the institution of bishops, are proper and accord with Scripture.

From 1805 the use of hymnals not issued by the Book Room was banned, and in 1807 Camp Meetings were condemned.

Book 10 is perhaps the best-known of the monologues in the poem, as Pope Innocent considers Franceschini's appeal against a wider backdrop of moral issues, and a deep reflection on the nature of good and evil, before rejecting the condemned man's plea.