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- Intro
- Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries
- Genesis
- Contents
- General preface
- Author's preface
- CHIEF Abbreviations
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. The pattern and place of Genesis
- 2. The date and authorship of the book
- a. Indications from Scripture
- b. Pentateuchal criticism
- c. Some conclusions
- 3. Human beginnings
- 4. The theology of Genesis
- a. God
- b. Man
- c. Salvation
- Analysis
- A. THE PRIMEVAL HISTORY (chapters 1-11)
- B. THE CHOSEN FAMILY (chapters 12-50)
- COMMENTARY
- A. The Primeval History (chapters 1-11)
- 1. THE STORY OF CREATION (1:1-2:3)
- 1:1, 2. Prologue
- 1:3-5. The first day
- 1:6-8. The second day
- 1:9-13. The third day
- 1:14-19. The fourth day
- 1:20-23. The fifth day
- 1:24-31. The sixth day
- 2:1-3. The seventh day
- Additional note on the days of creation
- 2. THE PROBATION AND FALL OF MAN (2:4-3:24)
- 2:4-25. Man's felicity
- 3:1-24. Man's fall and expulsion
- Additional note on sin and suffering
- 3. MAN UNDER SIN AND DEATH (4:1-6:8)
- 4:1-15. The murder of Abel
- 4:16-24. The family of Cain
- 4:25, 26. Seth replaces Abel
- Additional note on the Cainites
- 5:1-32. The family of Seth
- Additional note on the long-lived antediluvians
- a. The total period
- b. The life-spans
- 6:1-8. The approaching crisis
- 4. THE WORLD UNDER JUDGMENT (6:9-8:14)
- 6:9-12. One man in step with God
- 6:13-22. The ark commissioned
- 7:1-5. The order to embark
- 7:6-24. The awaited flood
- 8:1-14. The flood abates
- 5. RENEWAL AND REPEOPLING (8:15-10:32)
- 8:15-19. The new commission
- 8:20-22. The accepted sacrifice
- Additional note on the flood
- a. The extent and approximate date of the flood
- b. Flood stories outside the Bible
- c. Documentary analysis of the flood story
- 9:1-7. The new decrees
- 9:8-17. The universal covenant
- 9:18-29. The destinies of Shem, Ham and Japheth
- 10:1-32. The family of nations
- 6. END AND BEGINNING: BABEL AND CANAAN (11:1-32)
- 11:1-9. Babel
- 11:10-26. Towards the chosen people
- 11:27-32. Towards the promised land
- B. The Chosen Family (chapters 12-50)
- 1. ABRAM UNDER CALL AND PROMISE (chapters 12-20)
- 12:1-9. Abram follows the call
- 12:10-20. Abram in Egypt
- 13:1-18. The parting from Lot
- 14:1-24. The battle of the kings, and the meeting with Melchizedek
- 15:1-21. The faith of Abram, and the confirming covenant
- 16:1-6. The birth of Ishmael
- 16:7-16. Hagar and the angel
- 17:1-27. The covenant reaffirmed and sealed
- 18:1-15. The visitation of Abraham
- 18:16-33. Abraham pleads for Sodom
- 19:1-29. The visitation of Sodom
- 19:30-38. Epilogue: Lot and his daughters
- Additional note on the sin of Sodom
- 20:1-18. Abraham deceives Abimelech
- 2. ISAAC AND THE FURTHER TESTS OF FAITH (chapters 21-26)
- 21:1-7. The birth of Isaac
- 21:8-21. The expulsion of Ishmael
- 21:22-34. The pact with Abimelech
- 22:1-19. The offering of Isaac
- 22:20-24. The twelve children of Nahor
- 23:1-20. The family burial-place
- 24:1-67. The chosen bride for Isaac
- 25:1-34. The peoples arising from Abraham
- 26:1-11. Isaac deceives Abimelech
- 26:12-22. Isaac's fluctuating fortunes
- 26:23-33. The covenant at Beer-sheba
- 26:34, 35. Esau's Hittite wives
- 3. JACOB AND THE EMERGENCE OF ISRAEL (chapters 27-36)
- 27:1-46. Jacob seizes the blessing
- 28:1-9. Jacob is sent to Mesopotamia
- 28:10-22. Jacob's dream and vow
- 29:1-30. Jacob and the daughters of Laban
- 29:31-30:24. Jacob's children, from Reuben to Joseph
- 30:25-43. Jacob outdoes Laban
- 31:1-21. Jacob's flight from Laban
- 31:22-42. Pursuit and confrontation
- 31:43-55. The parting covenant with Laban
- 32:1-32. Vision, foreboding and wrestling
- 33:1-17. The meeting with Esau
- 33:18-34:31. Massacre at Shechem
- 35:1-15. To Beth-el again
- 35:16-20. The death of Rachel
- 35:21-22a. Reuben's unchastity
- 35:22b-26. The twelve sons of Jacob
- 35:27-29. The death of Isaac
- 36:1-43. The descendants of Esau
- 4. JOSEPH AND THE MIGRATION TO EGYPT (chapters 37-50)
- 37:1-11. Joseph alienates his family
- 37:12-24. Joseph at his brothers' mercy
- 37:25-36. Joseph sold into Egypt
- Additional note to chapter 37
- 38:1-30. Judah and his family succession
- 39:1-23. Joseph under test
- Additional note to chapter 39
- 40:1-23. The dreams of the butler and baker
- 41:1-45. Pharaoh's dreams and Joseph's elevation to office
- 41:46-57. Joseph begins his administration
- 42:1-38. Joseph's brothers seek corn in Egypt
- Additional note to chapter 42
- 43:1-34. The second visit to Egypt
- 44:1-17. The arrest of Benjamin
- 44:18-34. Judah's intercession
- 45:1-15. Joseph makes himself known
- 45:16-28. Pharaoh sends for Israel
- 46:1-7. God's blessing on the journey
- 46:8-27. Jacob's family of seventy
- 46:28-34. Joseph and his father reunited
- 47:1-12. Joseph's family before Pharaoh
- 47:13-27. Joseph's economic policy
- 47:28-31. Jacob names his burial-place
- 48:1-22. Jacob blesses Ephraim and Manasseh
- 49:1-28. The blessing of the twelve sons
- 49:29-50:3. The death of Jacob
- 50:4-13. Jacob's burial
- 50:14-21. Joseph reassures his brothers
- 50:22-26. The death of Joseph
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