How do I give an in-text reference the Book of Genesis in the actual body of the essay?
AGLC is predominantly concerned with citing legal materials and these rules have to be manipulated to make them work for religious texts.
Citation in the body of your work:
When you cite the Bible in the body of your work you do not need to add either a footnotes or an entry in your bibliography.
In the body of your work include the Book Chapter:Verse. Version information should be included the first time you refer to a Biblical text from that version. You do not need to identify the version in subsequent references unless you switch to a different version.
For example:
"And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it" John 1:5 (King James Version).
or
The laws of Moses as stated in Leviticus 19:15 are challenged by....
For other examples of citing religious texts in AGLC follow the links below.
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