Genesis /(?)/

Gen·e·sis

Genesis

n.
  1. The act of producing, or giving birth or origin to anything; the process or mode of originating; production; formation; origination.
    The origin and genesis of poor Sterling's club.
  2. The first book of the Old Testament; -- so called by the Greek translators, from its containing the history of the creation of the world and of the human race.
  3. Same as Generation. (Geom.)