the first five books of the  Jewish biblical canon . The common names of the books in English, derived from the ancient  Septuagint  translation, are:  Genesis ,  Exodus ,  Leviticus ,  Numbers  and Deuteronomy . It is known in  Christianity  as the  Pentateuch  ( Greek : Πεντάτευχος from πεντα-  penta-  [five] and τεῦχος  teuchos  [tool,