The Book of Genesis, Chapters 18-50In the Old Testament we read God s word as it was spoken to his people Israel. Today, thousands of years later, we hear in these thirty-nine books his inspired and authoritative message for us. These twin convictions, shared by all of the contributors to The New International Commentary on the Old Testament, define the goal of this ambitious series of commentaries. For those many modern readers who find the Old Testament to be strange and foreign soil, the NICOT series serves as an authoritative guide bridging the cultural gap between today s world and the world of ancient Israel. Each NICOT volume aims to help us hear God s word as clearly as possible. Scholars, pastors, and serious Bible students will welcome the fresh light that this commentary series casts on ancient yet familiar biblical texts. The contributors apply their proven scholarly expertise and wide experience as teachers to illumine our understanding of the Old Testament. As gifted writers, they present the results of the best recent research in an interesting manner. Each commentary opens with an introduction to the biblical book, looking especially at questions concerning its background, authorship, date, purpose, structure, and theology. A select bibliography also points readers to resources for their own study. The author s own translation from the original Hebrew forms the basis of the commentary proper. Verse-by-verse comments nicely balance in-depth discussions of technical matters textual criticism, critical problems, and so on with exposition of the biblical writer s theology and its implications for the life of faith today. |
Contents
IV | 3 |
V | 14 |
VI | 28 |
VII | 39 |
VIII | 41 |
IX | 45 |
X | 49 |
XI | 57 |
LXXVIII | 401 |
LXXIX | 403 |
LXXXI | 412 |
LXXXII | 415 |
LXXXIII | 419 |
LXXXIV | 425 |
LXXXV | 429 |
LXXXVI | 437 |
XII | 64 |
XIII | 71 |
XIV | 75 |
XV | 86 |
XVI | 97 |
XVII | 117 |
XVIII | 123 |
XIX | 132 |
XX | 136 |
XXI | 142 |
XXII | 149 |
XXIII | 155 |
XXIV | 160 |
XXV | 164 |
XXVI | 169 |
XXVII | 173 |
XXVIII | 179 |
XXIX | 189 |
XXX | 198 |
XXXI | 202 |
XXXII | 210 |
XXXIII | 211 |
XXXV | 214 |
XXXVI | 217 |
XXXVII | 223 |
XXXVIII | 229 |
XXXIX | 232 |
XL | 236 |
XLI | 251 |
XLII | 254 |
XLIII | 257 |
XLIV | 260 |
XLV | 265 |
XLVI | 269 |
XLVII | 272 |
XLVIII | 274 |
XLIX | 276 |
L | 278 |
LI | 285 |
LIII | 290 |
LIV | 296 |
LV | 304 |
LVI | 310 |
LVII | 316 |
LIX | 318 |
LX | 324 |
LXI | 326 |
LXII | 339 |
LXIII | 351 |
LXIV | 357 |
LXV | 361 |
LXVI | 364 |
LXVII | 367 |
LXVIII | 373 |
LXIX | 376 |
LXX | 379 |
LXXI | 382 |
LXXII | 388 |
LXXIII | 390 |
LXXIV | 393 |
LXXV | 395 |
LXXVI | 396 |
LXXVII | 398 |
LXXXVII | 445 |
LXXXVIII | 451 |
LXXXIX | 456 |
XC | 461 |
XCI | 466 |
XCII | 469 |
XCIII | 473 |
XCIV | 477 |
XCV | 481 |
XCVI | 484 |
XCVII | 489 |
XCVIII | 491 |
XCIX | 492 |
C | 494 |
CI | 498 |
CII | 501 |
CIII | 509 |
CIV | 514 |
CV | 517 |
CVI | 523 |
CVII | 529 |
CVIII | 537 |
CIX | 543 |
CX | 546 |
CXI | 551 |
CXII | 556 |
CXIII | 560 |
CXIV | 567 |
CXV | 571 |
CXVII | 578 |
CXVIII | 582 |
CXIX | 584 |
CXX | 588 |
CXXI | 593 |
CXXII | 600 |
CXXIII | 604 |
CXXIV | 609 |
CXXV | 613 |
CXXVI | 621 |
CXXVIII | 626 |
CXXIX | 631 |
CXXX | 639 |
CXXXI | 644 |
CXXXII | 648 |
CXXXIII | 653 |
CXXXIV | 663 |
CXXXV | 664 |
CXXXVI | 668 |
CXXXVII | 672 |
CXXXVIII | 673 |
CXXXIX | 675 |
CXL | 678 |
CXLI | 686 |
CXLII | 687 |
CXLIII | 690 |
CXLIV | 694 |
CXLV | 699 |
CXLVI | 707 |
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Common terms and phrases
Abimelech Abraham Ancient Andersen Beer-sheba Benjamin Bethel Bible Biblical Hebrew Biblical Hebrew Syntax Biblical Narrative Bilhah blessing brothers Canaan Canaanite clause covenant daughters Deut Dinah divine Doubleday dream earlier Egypt Egyptian Esau Esau's Exod expression Ezek famine father Garden City Genesis Gerar God's Hagar hapax legomenon Hiphil Hittite idem instances interpretation Isaac Ishmael Israel Israelite Jacob Joseph story Josh Judah Judg king Laban land Leah M. J. Dahood meaning narrator Niphal Note noun Old Testament Onqelos parallel participle patriarchs Pentateuch Pesh Pharaoh phrase Piel Potiphar Potiphar's preposition Rachel Rebekah reference renders Reuben Sarah says Scholars Sentence in Biblical servant Shechem Simeon Sodom sons Speiser suggests Tamar Targ translation Ugaritic verb verse Vulg Waltke and O'Connor Westermann wife word Yahweh