by Justin Marple | Feb 3, 2009 | Genesis Commentary, OT Torah Commentary, TEACHING
The title: “These are the generations of Jacob” (Gen 37:2) meaning it will be about Jacob’s descendants who have come in the fullness (ten) of time because this is Book Ten. In the book, Jacob recedes more into the background so that his twelve sons...
by Justin Marple | Jan 29, 2009 | Genesis Commentary, OT Torah Commentary, TEACHING
Book Nine is about the descendants of Esau. The really strange thing is that it has two heading statements: “These are the generations of Esau (that is, Edom)” (Gen 36:1) and “These are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill...
by Justin Marple | Jan 28, 2009 | Genesis Commentary, OT Torah Commentary, TEACHING
This book follows the same pattern as the first part of Book Six: prologue, poetry, narrative, poetry, and epilogue. The title is “These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son” (Gen 25:19). This should mean that the book will be about...
by Justin Marple | Jan 10, 2009 | Genesis Commentary, OT Torah Commentary, TEACHING
Here we find the shortest book in Genesis. It is undoubtedly intentional that the shortest books are Books Five and Seven because Book Six is so long and about Abram/Abraham. With a full ten books, we might expect number seven to have a place of special...
by Justin Marple | Dec 24, 2008 | Genesis Commentary, OT Torah Commentary, TEACHING
While Books Five and Seven are brief, Book Six makes up for it with volumes of material. While Books Five and Seven contain no poetic section, Book Six makes up for it with three poetic sections. The title of Book Six is “Now these are the generations of...
by Justin Marple | Dec 24, 2008 | Genesis Commentary, OT Torah Commentary, TEACHING
The title of Book Five is “These are the generations of Shem” (Gen 11:10). It is considerably shorter than any book we have seen and it is missing the poetry and epilogue. The text is in a hurry to get to Abram.The royal genealogy follows the pattern we...
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