The book of Genesis.by Victor P. Hamilton.

The creation of the world (1:1-2:3) -- The garden of Eden and its first occupants (2:4-25) -- The temptation in the garden (3:1-24) -- Fraternal strife (4:1-26) -- From Adam to Noah : ten generations (5:1-32) -- The sons of God and the daughters of humankind : illicit relationships (6:1-4) -- The great flood (6:5-9:29) -- The table of nations (10:1-32) -- Shinarites and Shemites (11:1-32) -- The emergence of Abram (12:1-20) -- The separation of Lot and Abram (13:1-18) -- Militant Abram and the kings (14:1-24) -- The convenant with Abram (15:1-21) -- Hagar and Ishmael (16:1-16) -- The reaffirmation of the covenant (17:1-27).

Yahweh's visit to Sodom (18:1-33) -- Annihilation of Sodom and Gomorrah (19:1-38) -- Abraham and Sarah in Gerar (20:1-18) -- Isaac and Ishmael (21:1-34) -- Binding of Isaac (22:1-24) -- Abraham's purchase of a family burial plot (23:1-20) -- Finding a wife for Isaac (24:1-67) -- End of the Abraham cycle (25:1-18) -- Birth of Esau and Jacob (25:19-26) -- Esau surrenders his birthright (25:27-34) -- Isaac and Abimelech (26:1-35) -- Jacob receives blessing through deception (27:1-45) -- Jacob meets God at Bethel (27:46-28:22) -- Jacob meets Laban and Rachel (29:1-35) -- Jacob gains children and flocks (30:1-43) -- Jacob's flight from Laban (31:1-54) -- Encounters, human and divine (32:1-33) -- Jacob is reconciled with Esau (33:1-20) -- Humbling of Dinah (34:1-31) -- From Shechem to Mamre via Bethel (35:1-29) -- Esauites and Edomites (36:1-43) -- Joseph is sold into slavery (37:1-36) -- Judah and Tamar (38:1-30) -- Joseph in Potiphar's house (39:1-23) -- Joseph interprets his jailmates' dreams (40:1-23) -- Joseph assumes high office in Egypt (41:1-57) -- Joseph's brothers journey to Egypt (42:1-38) -- Brothers return to Egypt with Benjamin (43:1-34) -- Benjamin-a thief? (44:1-34) -- Joseph reveals himself to his brothers (45:1-28) -- Jacob and his family settle in Egypt (46:1-34) -- Jacob and pharaoh become landowners (47:1-26) -- Jacob blesses a son and grandsons (47:27-48:22) -- Testament of Jacob (49:1-33) -- Death of Jacob and Joseph (50:1-26).

The second of Victor P. Hamilton's two-volume study of Genesis for the NICOT series, this prodigious and scholarly work provides linguistic, literary, and theological commentary on Genesis 18-50. Beginning with Abraham's reception of the three visitors and his intercession before Yahweh on behalf of Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen. 18) and continuing through the end of the Joseph story (Gen. 50), the overarching theme of Hamilton's commentary is Yahweh's faithfulness to his promised word and his covenant commitments to those whom he has chosen to receive that promised word. Special features of this commentary include its serious attention to important matters of biblical translation from the Hebrew language into English, copious footnotes that direct readers to further and more extensive sources of information, and frequent references to the New Testament writers' reading of Genesis. Hamilton's work will greatly benefit scholars, seminarians, and pastors who seek solid exegesis of the Bible's foundational book.

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