Burning bodies Shem finally dumped in Genesis (8)
I believe the answer is:
creation
'genesis' is the definition.
(genesis means something's creation)
I don't understand the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for creation that I've seen before include "The making of something out of nothing" , "concept" , "Haydn oratorio" , "Life, the universe and everything" , "production" .)