Genesis 15:7-21 – God's Sovereign Covenant with Abram
This article is an exposition of Genesis 15:7-21, where God established his covenant with Abram.
This article is an exposition of Genesis 15:7-21, where God established his covenant with Abram.
Looking at Genesis 15, this article shows how God binds Himself to His people in the covenant through the promise of salvation. In this article, the author shows how this promise comes both verbally and visually, linking it to the preaching of the Word and the sacraments (baptism and the Lord's Supper).
This article is an exposition of Genesis 18, where Abraham intercedes for Sodom.
What is the significance of Abraham planting a tamarisk tree in Beersheba according to Genesis 21:33? This article argues for the possibility that Abraham plants the tamarisk to zone off the area around his altar in Beersheba as an outdoor shrine.
This article shows through an explanation of Genesis 22, which recounts the sacrifice of Isaac, how God is the subject of this story.
This article considers the significance of Genesis 22 for preaching. It revisits the history of interpretation to answer the question what the author is doing with what he is saying.
Looking at Genesis 22, this article shows how true fear of God leads to obedience, even when things may not make sense to us. Through Abraham's obedience in being willing to sacrifice his son, this fear of God is made visible.
This article is an explanation of Genesis 32. The event of Jacob wrestling with God took place to teach Jacob to be dependent upon God, and to show God's gracious faithfulness to His covenant.
This article reflects on the terminological patterns in Genesis 39, comparing it with the rest of Genesis
This article defends the literal interpretation of "day" in Genesis 1 by advancing several arguments, and addressing the objections to this interpretation, including the Framework Hypothesis.
This article focuses on the days of creation in Genesis 1:3-Genesis 2:3, reflecting on whether there is a chronological order to the days.
What was Augustine's view of the creation days in Genesis 1? This essay considers Augustine's views in the context of his broader view of creation.
How should the days of Genesis 1 be understood? Lewis presents a historical survey of how these days have been interpreted in Scripture, early Jewish interpretations, early Christian interpreters, allegorical interpretation, literal interpretation, rabbinic interpretation, etc.
Chapter 1 gives an overview of theological motifs in Genesis 2 and Genesis 3: man as image of God, sacred space, the Garden of Eden, evil, and sin. A text to be noted in particular is Ezekiel 31:8. The chapter ends with questions for further reflection.
This article will argue that when we read Genesis 1 in its context, it should be understood as a historical account that teaches that God created everything in six 24-hour days. It also argues that the grammatical-historical interpretation should be the principle of interpretation on the creation account.
How should Genesis 1-Genesis 2 be interpreted? This article evaluates four approaches to the interpretation of these chapters: the gap theory, theistic evolution, old earth creationism, and young earth creationism.
What kind of literature is Genesis 1-11? This question is crucial for the interpretation of Genesis 1-11. Therefore to answer the question one must ask: how did the biblical authors treat this? This article concludes that we should take Genesis 1–11 as straightforward, accurate, literal history because Jesus, the apostles, and all the other biblical writers did so.
Chapter 1 reads Genesis from a biblical-theological perspective demonstrating what it means to read the Bible to ascertain the main themes and theology of each book while also demonstrating that the Old Testament has a covenantal framework, a kingdom perspective, and Christ at its centre. The author notes the literary structure of Genesis and the importance of the covenants, and conducts a literary analysis to determine the leading theme or motif of Genesis.
The significance of the Semitic poetry and literary style in which Genesis 1-Genesis 11 is written is considered.
This article gives a historical overview of how the church answered the question of the nature of the creation days as recorded in Genesis 1. It looks at four interpretations from throughout church history and seeks to guide Christians in their thinking about these days.
This article offers an exposition of Genesis 1:1-2.
Did the Old Testament make use of imagery found in other ancient Near Eastern texts and portray creation as God’s victory over, and transformation of chaos. The article indicates that this understanding is often associated with the expression "tohu wabohu" (Hebr. in Gen. 1:2), translated as"formless and empty," and that many interpretations of Genesis 1:1-2 imply that this chaos existed before God began his work as Creator.
The relationship of structure to meaning is to be recognized as important in any theory of interpretation. This paper reflects on the use of structure in Genesis 1-Genesis 11 to determine the purpose of the passage.
The question of origins is important for the identity of man and his worldview. The creation account as recorded in Genesis 1:1-3 has been challenged from three perspectives. This article examines these three challenges. It also evaluates the restitution theory, which tries to explain the chaos of Genesis 1:1-3. It shows the importance of the Genesis account by pointing to the theology of creation.
This article is an exposition of Genesis 1:3-13.
This article starts by considering the Sabbath rest instituted in Genesis 2:1-3, moves to considering its use in the Old Testament, and discusses the change of the day of rest from the seventh to the first, concluding with reasons to keep the Sabbath day today.
This article considers the best translation and interpretation of Genesis 2:5-6. The discussion revolves around whether these verses describe a dry or a wet world.
This article is an exegetical consideration of Genesis 2:6.
This article interprets Genesis 2:8-17, the record of pre-fall life in the Garden of Eden.
In this study the story of the temptation of Adam and Eve is placed in the wider context as a prelude to the Pentateuch. The article wants to demonstrate its significance for Israel as the people of God. It sees the two trees in the Garden of Eden as part of retribution theology functioning in the same way as the blessing and curse of Moses.
This article is an exposition of Genesis 3:1-7.
This article is an exposition of Genesis 3:8-19, which includes the mother promise, or protevangelium.
How was Genesis 3:15 interpreted throughout history? Does this verse contain a promise or does it actually form part of the curse on the serpent? Lewis gives an overview of the history of exegesis of this passage starting with the Scriptures, early Jewish writers, and the early church fathers, and continues until the Reformation and modern commentaries.
This article draws the line from Genesis 3:15 to the birth of Christ, showing that the promised seed was Christ.
This article is an exposition of Genesis 3:22-24, which tells of man's banishment from the garden of Eden.
From Genesis 4 this article traces the development of Cain’s generation. It points to the development of heathenism and how it spreads.