Creation and blessing : a guide to the study and exposition of Genesis

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Approaches to Genesis -- Method for studying Genesis -- The nature of Genesis -- The composition of Genesis -- The creation of the universe by the Word of God -- The creation of man and woman in the garden -- The temptation and the fall -- The oracles of God at the fall -- The story of Cain and Abel -- The beginning of civilization -- The outworking of the curse in the human race -- God's grief over the wickedness of humankind -- The judgment of the flood -- The covenant of God through Noah -- The oracle of Noah : the curse of Canaan -- The table of nations -- The dispersion of the nations at Babel -- The genealogy of Shem -- The record of Terah and Abram's obedience -- The promised blessing jeopardized -- Faith's solution to strife -- The blessing of victory for God's people -- The trustworthiness of the Lord's promises -- Ishmael : the rebuke of weak faith -- The pledge of the promise and the sign of the covenant -- God's marvelous work for his covenant people -- The justice of the righteous judge -- The judgment of Sodom -- The preservation of the purity of the marriage -- The fulfillment of the promise and the removal of the threat -- The covenant at Beersheba -- The sacrifice of Isaac -- The descendants of Nahor -- The purchase of the cave of Machpelah -- The choosing of a bride for Isaac -- Abraham's death and Isaac's inheritance -- The record of Ishmael -- The creation and election of the seed -- The sale of the birthright -- The preservation of the faith -- The blessing of water in the wilderness -- The deception for the blessing -- Jacob's vision : the founding of Bethel -- Jacob's marriages and Laban's deception -- The mishandling of God's blessing -- The blessing of prosperity -- Jacob's flight from Laban and God's protection -- A gift from the camp : an unnecessary attempt at appeasement -- Jacob at the Jabbok, Israel at Peniel -- Reconciliation -- Defilement from the pagans -- The return to Bethel -- The extensive prosperity of the world -- The sovereign choice of the wise leader -- The selling of the chosen into bondage -- The triumph of a just cause in a corrupt family -- How the wise man resists temptation -- Joseph in prison : an unwavering faith -- How God controls nations to accomplish his program -- The awakening of conscience -- The testing for jealousy -- The testing for loyalty -- The reconciliation of brothers -- The moving of Israel to Egypt -- By wisdom kings reign -- Faith that has learned the ways of God -- The shaping of destiny -- Deaths and unfulfilled promises.