Westminster Bible Companion: Genesis
Overview
Not only does the book of Genesis begin our Bible, but it also can serve to begin the discussion of a variety of important topics as well: the question of origins, tensions between genders and between siblings, the reality of sin, the saga of human family, and the promise of God's covenant. In this perceptive and helpful commentary, W. Sibley Towner relates the theological issues in Genesis to faith issues in the church today.
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- Relates the theological issues in Genesis to faith issues in the church today
- Discusses a variety of important topics such as the reality of sin and the saga of human family
- Provides readers with a helpful interpretation of Genesis
- Creation by God’s Word
- Creation from the Dust
- Humanity Goes Awry
- The Family Goes Awry
- The Human Family before the Flood
- Genetics Goes Awry
- The Human Family after the Flood
- Human Solidarity Gone Awry
- From Human Family to One Family
- The Saga of Abraham and Sarah
- The Saga of Isaac and Rebekah
- The Saga of Jacob and Rachel
- The Story of Joseph and His Brothers
Top Highlights
“It is neither through passive waiting and inaction (‘be blessed’) nor through the muttering of formulas or formalized approaches and petitions to Israel (‘bless themselves’). Instead, it is through a mature discovery of what God intends to do for humankind through the life and teachings of Abraham/Israel and all their sons and daughters that leads the families of the earth to say, ‘We see in the faith of Israel the possibility of overcoming the curse of Babel, the possibility of reconciliation, for which we have been seeking. We experience blessing from Israel and we find our own blessing there.’” (Pages 135–136)
“God has an audacious plan to bless all human communities quite apart from their worthiness or obedience. God will use one little Mesopotamian and his progeny as the instruments of this blessing, and through them will reunite the nations in reconciliation and peace.” (Page 136)
“Only Israel in Goshen was spared these indignities (v. 27). Perhaps the narrator wishes to suggest that the ruthlessness that Egyptians of a later generation will show toward the enslaved Hebrews (Ex. 1:13) is payback for the serfdom to which the Egyptians are reduced by Joseph.” (Page 274)
“Ten generations separate Noah from Abraham, the father of Israel, just as ten generations separate Noah from Adam, the first father of humankind.” (Page 85)
“Second, the fact is that even after the Flood is over, God recognizes that ‘the inclination of the human heart is evil from youth’” (Page 84)
- Title: Genesis
- Author: W. Sibley Towner
- Series: Westminster Bible Companion
- Publisher: Westminster John Knox
- Print Publication Date: 2001
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Pages: 308
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible. O.T. Genesis › Commentaries
- Resource ID: LLS:WBCS01GE
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-08T01:13:58Z