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Genesis

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Product Code: 3443
ISBN: 9780836134438
Other ISBN: 0836134435
Publisher: Herald Press
Pages: 352
Binding Information: Kivar
Size: 5.625 X 8.75
Publication Date: Sep 01, 1987
Series Title: Believers Church Bible Commentary Series

Price: $24.99 (In stock. )

Eugene F. Roop focuses on the rich story line that traces the development of a community of faith in Genesis. He explores the important theological motifs of the book and their implications for our lives today. These themes include creation, disaster and reaction, promise and fulfilment, infertility and blessing.

This commentary grew out of the study of Genesis in the congregational and seminary community. It is inteded to promote and enhance study in those settings.

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The Saga of All Humanity, 1:1-11:26
Creation, 1:1-2:3 . . . 23
The Story of Heaven and Earth,
2:4-4:26 . . . 36
A Tale of Paradise, 2:4b-3:24 . . . 38
A Story of Two Brothers, 4:1-16 . . . 49
Genealogies, 4:17-26 . . . 54
The List of Adam's Family, 5:1-6:8 . . . 58
The Story of Noah's Family, 6:9-9:29 . . . 65
Noah and His Sons, 9:18-29 . . . 75
The List of the Sons of Noah, 10:1-11:9 . . . 79
Shem's Family, 11:10-26 . . . 86

The Saga of Abraham and Sarah, 11:27-25:18 . . . 93
God's Promise, 11:27-12:9 . . . 96
Episodes After the Promise, 12:10-14:24 . . . 101
Dialogue About the Promise, 15:1-21 . . . 110
A Story About an Heir, 16:1-21:34 . . . 116
  The Annunciation of Isaac, 17:1-18:15 . . . 120
  The Tale of Sodom and Lot, 18:16-19:38 . . . 127
  A Tale of Threat to the Ancestral Mother, 20:1-18 . . . 134
  The Birth of Isaac, 21:1-21 . . . 137
  Abraham and Abimelech: A Concluding Episode, 21:22-34 . . . 140
The Story of a Test, 22:1-19 . . . 144
Abraham's Testamentary Activities and Death, 22:20-25:18 . . . 152

The Saga of Jacob, 25:19-36:43 . . . 165
Introduction to the Jacob Saga, 25:19-34 . . . 168
Isaac's Journey to Gerar and Beersheba, 26:1-33 . . . 173
Conflict in the Family, 26:34-28:9 . . . 181
Jacob's Encounter on the Journey Toward Haran, 28:10-22 . . . 190
Jacob's Sojourn in Haran, 29:1-31:55 . . . 195
Jacob on the Way Back, 32:1-33:20 . . . 207
Conflict with the People of the Land, 34:1-31 . . . 217
Jacob's Concluding Journeys, 35:1-29 . . . 224
Afterword, 36:1-43 . . . 230

The Saga of Joseph, 37:1-50:26 . . . 237
Episode 1: Family Disintegration, 37:2b-36 . . . 240
Episode 2a: The Separated Brothers-Judah, 38:1-30 . . . 248
Episode 2b: The Separated Brothers-Joseph, 39:1-41:57 . . . 255
Episode 3: The Family in Danger, 42:1-45:28 . . . 263
Episode 4: The Reunification of the Family, 46:1-47:27 . . . 277
Concluding Episode: Testamentary Activities, 47:28-50:26 . . . 284

Outline of Genesis . . . 296
summary Essays . . . 311
Map of Ancestral Families in Canaan . . . 328
Map of the Ancient Near East . . . 329
Reference Bibliography . . . 331
Selected Reference Books . . . 347
The Author . . . 350

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