Genesis: The basic literary genre of Genesis is narrative history, and genealogies. It was written by Moses around 1450-1410 B.C. The book of Genesis has 7 key themes which are beginning, disobedience, sin, promises, obedience, prosperity, and Israel. The purpose of Genesis is to let us know how the world was created by God. It tells us what God’s purpose, and plan was from the very beginning before sin came into the world. The major events in Genesis was first the creations of the world, animals and human life. The second major event was the story of Adam, and Eve. When they were, both created by God, they were created without sin. That changed once Adam, and Eve disobeyed, and ate some fruit from the tree that they were forbidden to eat from.