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n. - The first book of the Old Testament: tells of creation.

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  • March 2nd, 2010 at 10: 07 pm the saturn version or the genesis is on the ps2 collection?
  • So to my mind the search for a second genesis is the most important science question about Mars.
  • The word angel finds its genesis from the Greek word? anggelos? and Latin? angelus,? meaning a messenger.
  • It even, in a small way, refutes YEC (depending on definitions, biblical genesis is just another abiogenesis hypothesis).
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