Genesis means "beginnings." Genesis tells us about the beginning of everything except God. God was always there. Genesis tells us about the beginning of:
the world (1:1-25), People (1:26-2:25), sin in the world (3:1-7), God's promise of salvation (3:8-24), living as a family (4:1-15), civilization (4:16-9:29), the nations and languages of the world (10-11), the Hebrew people_the nation of Isarael (12-50).