His race, posterity, shall be so numerous that no one shall be able to declare it. The Hebrews seem to have reckoned time by the generation. It is probable that the division of the Torah into five books proceeded from the Greek translators of the Old Testament. The names by which these several books are generally known are Greek. It contains, according to the usual computation, the history of about two thousand three hundred and sixty-nine years.
Genesis is divided into two principal parts.
The author of this book was Moses. Gennesaret a garden of riches. This city stood on the western shore of the lake to which it gave its name. No trace of it remains. It is now called el-Ghuweir.