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Genesis 2:15: “The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.”

They will emphasize specific biblical verses supporting the norms they advocate – such as Titus 2:5, which they interpret as advising women to stay at home; and Genesis 1:28, in which God commands humans to “be fruitful, and multiply.”

From Salon

The county’s status is a product of its farming roots, its white-flight bedroom-community genesis, its high-tech here-and-now and its housing prices.

Like everything else, its genesis has been a struggle.

From BBC

The genesis came at the beginning of the year, when congressional Republicans were torn between jamming their legislative agenda into one reconciliation bill or splitting it across two.

From Slate

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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