genesis and the hebrew bible while it is certainly true that the book of genesis in the christian bible corresponds exactly to the book named bereshit in the hebrew bible i think it is incorrect to say that the story of the ark is contained in the hebrew bible's book of genesis chapters to if you are going to reference the hebrew bible call it bereshit but because that name is lesser known i think it is better to say it is contained in the christian bible's book of genesis or better still contained in the bible's book of genesis since it is in both the hebrew bible and the christian bible i'd change it myself but i'd rather not have to fight down the objections so i'm explaining it instead talk you make a good point i'll change it to the biblical book of genesis someone's already done it