As they say, there is always a reason for all creations and Genesis makes this saying very true. I believed that it was our parents who gave us life, but that is completely false because God is the one who created us when he “…created man in his image; in the divine image he created him; male and female he created them” (The New American Bible, Gen. 1:27). That being said, Genesis clearly explains why there are specific gender roles for man and woman that have been accepted in society for years across all cultures. God gave women the role of fulfilling the roles of mother by giving her “…the pains of…pregnancy; in pain you will bring forth children” (The New American Bible, Gen. 1:16). Likewise, God created man as “the man [who gives] names to all cattle, to all the birds of the air, and to all the wild animals…” (The New American Bible, Gen. 1:20). Before reading the book of Genesis, I thought that specific gender roles were defined by individuals in society, but now I have discovered that there is evidence for the origins of gender roles that can be found in the book of Genesis. Therefore, Genesis is more than the account of God's creation because it marks the beginning of all existence in all worlds.