But God established His plan for redemption and blessing through covenants, first with Abraham (Genesis 12:1–5), reaffirmed with Isaac (26:1–35), then with Jacob (28:1–22). Sin broke the perfect peace between God and humanity (Genesis 3) and instead of enjoying the blessing God intended, humanity was burdened with the curse. The book might esily have begun with Abraham if the purpose had been to record the ordinary history of an ordinary people yet inasmuch as Israel was not an ordinary people, but charged with God’s purposes for the whole of mankind, it was necessary to show – at least in brief from – the connection between the progenitor of the human race and Abraham, in whom and in whose descendants the Divine purpose was to be realized.Ĭhuck Swindoll: Covenants figure prominently into the story of Genesis, for they help define God’s relationship with His people at various times. It is history written with a special purpose. that there was no intention of writing an universal history of man, but only of recording the development of the Divine will and purpose for and through Abraham. It has been truly said that “the roots of all subsequent revelation are planted deep in Genesis, and whoever would truly comprehend that revelation must begin here.” Here we have in germ all that is later developed. Or, to use an equally appropriate figure, as the massive trunk and widespreading branches of the oak are in the acorn, so, by implication and anticipation, all Scripture is in Genesis. The major themes of Scripture may be compared to great rivers, ever deepening and broadening as the flow and it is true to say that all these rivers have their rise in the watershed of Genesis. The other writings of the Bible are inseparably bound up with it inasmuch as it gives us the origin and initial explanation of all that follows. Sidlow Baxter: Besides being introductory, Genesis is explanatory. Significant because it shows how man is accountable to His creator.
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