The book of Genesis records the beginning of all human institutions and relationships. It reveals Gods progression through his primary and compound names: God, Jehovah, El Shaddai, Jehovah-Jireh, El Elyon, and others. Genesis records the first four of Gods covenants with man. It also records the first dispensations, or agesunequal time periods where God give man an opportunity to repent of sin. They all end in judgment because of mans failure to obey God.