Genesis, the first book of the Old Testament, likewise serves as the first book of the Torah or Pentateuch, talked about by Jesus as the "Law", the particular articulation of God's will. The Torah contains the initial five books of Hebrew Scripture Old Testament - Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
The book was initially called "Genesis", the word for "birthplace" in the Greek Septuagint interpretation, as it introduced both