Genesis: An Expositional Commentary, Vol. 1

What can we gain from studying the book of Genesis? According to James Montgomery Boice, starting at the beginning of everything causes us to think about God and to understand ourselves as fallen yet redeemable. This knowledge not only deepens our understanding of the Christian faith but also enhances our ability to impart the gospel’s truth to a world desperately in need of it.

This first volume on the book of Genesis, exploring chapters 1–11, shows how the story of redemption—essentially all of Scripture—has no significance apart from the story of creation and fall. These first eleven chapters of Genesis establish the relationship of God to the cosmos and to all peoples of the earth.

Topics covered in Volume 1 include:

In the Beginning (1:1) Is the Fall a Fact? (3:1–6) Only Evil All the Time (6:5–8) The God Who Remembers (8:1–19) The Test of Human Government (9:1–7) The Tower of Babel (11:1–9)

1. Opening
2. One - In The Beginning
3. Roots
4. All Things Wise And Wonderful
5. Back And Forward
6. Two - Fact Or Fiction
7. All Scripture From God
8. The Assumption Of Scripture
9. The Teaching Of Jesus
10. The Ancient Cosmologies
11. Three - In The Beginning God
12. An Objection
13. A Set Of Denials
14. The Bible's God
15. The God Who Is There
16. Four - God The Creator
17. The Christian Answer
18. God's Creation
19. To God Be The Glory
20. Five - Views Of Creation - Evolution
21. The Evolutionary Theory
22. The Fossil Record
23. Mutations
24. The Crucial Areas
25. Why Evolution
26. Six - Views Of Creation - Theistic Evolution
27. A Possibility
28. Points In Favor
29. A House On Sand
30. Death Of Biblical Religion
31. Sevenn - Views Of Creation - The Gap Theory
32. A Popular Viewpoint
33. Exegetical Strength
34. When Did Satan Fall
35. Some Ligering Difficulties
36. Eight - Views Of Creation - Six Day Creationism
37. The Creationist's Message
38. A Detailed Message
39. How Old Is The Earth
40. Remaining Problems
41. What About Science
42. Nine - Views Of Creation - Progressive Creationism
43. A Possible Interpretation
44. What Are The Problems
45. A Framework
46. Ten - The First Five Days
47. In The Beginning
48. An Orderly Unfolding
49. A Moral Pronouncement
50. Eleven - The Sixth Day
51. How Old Is Man
52. In God's Image
53. A Shattered Image
54. Twelve - Man, God's Regent
55. Created By God
56. Male And Female
57. Body And Soul
58. Dominion Over The Animals
59. Holy And Still Is Not
60. Thirteen - The Seventh Day
61. Rest And Restlessness
62. Sabbath Rest
63. Holiness And Sin
64. To The Work
65. Fourteen - Are There Two Creations
66. Critical Problems
67. Account Of Creation
68. God And Man
69. Shadows Over Eden
70. Fifteen - Dust And Glory
71. Formed From The Dust
72. The Breath Of Life
73. A Living Being
74. Sixteen - East, In Eden
75. Names And Places
76. God's Garden
77. Two Gardens
78. Seventeen - A Wife For Adam
79. Preparation Of Adam
80. What A Woman
81. Made For Adam
82. Flesh Of My Flesh
83. Eighteen - The First Wedding
84. Four-Pronged Attack
85. Can We Recover
86. God's Glory
87. Nineteen - Camelot, O Camelot
88. Sin And Nakedness
89. Before Both God And Man
90. Naked, Yet Clothed
91. Twenty - The Snake In The Garden
92. Who Is Satan
93. Like The Most High
94. Reading The Book
95. Twenty-One - Is The Fall A Fact
96. Fables, Legends, Myths, Parables
97. Guilt By Imputation
98. God's Grace
99. Twenty-Two - The Fall
100. Has God Said
101. Outright Rebellion
102. Pride
103. Twenty-Three - The Results Of The Fall
104. How Bad Is It
105. Dead To God
106. Soul And Body
107. Robes Of Righteousness
108. Twenty-Four - Carnal Knowledge
109. Guilt And Guilt Feelings
110. Naked And Ashamed
111. Fear And Flight
112. Twenty-Five - Hiding From Thee
113. No Escape
114. Increase Our Misery
115. Even When We Run
116. Twenty-Six - God In The Garden
117. The Arraignment
118. The Examination
119. The Verdict
120. The Passing Of Sentence
121. Twenty-Seven - The First Messianic Prophecy
122. God Of Conflict
123. The Two Humanities
124. Christ Vs Satan
125. Two Victories
126. Twenty-Eight - Christ And Adam
127. What Adam Did
128. The Second Adam
129. God's Grace
130. Twenty-Nine - Grace Abounding
131. The Life Of God
132. Gift Of Justification
133. Joint Heirs With Christ
134. Exceeding Great Joy
135. Thirty - The Curse Of God
136. The Woman's Desire
137. The Man's Judgement
138. God Of All Grace
139. Thirty-One - Living By Faith
140. He Called Them Adam
141. Adam Called Her Eve
142. Abram And Abraham
143. Faith In God
144. Thirty-Two - Skin Or Fig Leaves
145. Need For Clothing
146. Fig Leaves
147. Covering Of Skins
148. Death For Life
149. Two Religions
150. Thirty-Three - The Way To Life
151. Loss Of Life
152. Life Without God
153. Ark Of Mercy
154. Grace For Adam
155. Thirty-Four - The Story Of Two Brothers
156. Christ Or Killer
157. Beauty Or Blood
158. Master Or Mastered
159. The Way Of Cain
160. Thirty-Five - Cain's Curse
161. Less Than He Deserved
162. More Than He Can Bear
163. In Harm's Way
164. Thirty-Six - Civilization Without God
165. Loss Of Roots
166. Closeness Without Community
167. The Cult Of Beauty
168. Pride In Passion
169. Thirty-Seven - The Two Humanities
170. The Two Cities
171. The Godly Line
172. God In Man
173. Dependence On God
174. Thirty-Eight - Like Father Like Son
175. A History Of Persons
176. A Remnant
177. A Family Relationship
178. Our Faithful God
179. Thirty-Nine - God's Enoch
180. Seventh From Adam
181. Preacher Of Righteousness
182. He Walked With God
183. Enoch Pleased God
184. Forty - The Oldest Man Alive
185. Biblical Chronology
186. God Of Patience
187. An Application
188. Forty-One - The Reign Of Death
189. All Must Die
190. The Wages Of Sin
191. Death Transformed
192. Two Deaths
193. Forty-Two - Sons Of God Dauthers Of Men
194. The Godly And The Ungodly
195. The Spirits In Prison
196. Strange Flesh
197. Back At The Ranch
198. Forty-Three - Only Evil All The Time
199. A Lesser View
200. How Bad Can It Be
201. Noah Found Favor
202. Forty-Four - Noah
203. A Solitary Saint
204. All Of Grace
205. Walking With God
206. The Name Of Noah
207. Forty-Five - Noah's Ark
208. An Impossible Story
209. Is The Ark On Ararat
210. Faith And Obedience
211. Forty-Six - God Of The Covenant
212. Many Covenants
213. Promise To Preserve
214. A New Covenant
215. Forty-Sven - Johova Shut Him In
216. Source Theory Of Genesis
217. Creator And Redeemer
218. Three Lessons
219. Forty-Eight - Was Noah's Flood A World Flood
220. A Local Flood
221. The Language Of Scripture
222. The Total Picture
223. Jesus And The Ark
224. Forty-Nine - The Evidence Of Flood Traditions
225. World Traditions
226. Flood Traditions Table
227. Willful Ignorance
228. Fifty - Geological Evidence For The Flood
229. Flood Geology
230. Types Of Evidence
231. The Rising Sea
232. Fifty-One - The God Who Remembers
233. Alone On The Deep
234. God Remembers
235. Noah Remembered
236. Fifty-Two - Never Again Never Again
237. God's Covenant
238. Original Sin
239. From Fear To Favor
240. Fifty-Three - The Test Of Human Government
241. Submit To The Authorities
242. No King But Caesar
243. Fifty-Four - Sign Of The Covenant
244. Healing For The Scarred
245. A Sign For The Lonely
246. A Bride For The Fugitive
247. A Courage For The Defeated
248. Rest For The Weary
249. Salvation For Those Left Out
250. Fifty-Five - The Fall Of Noah
251. All Fall Short
252. The Curse Of Canaan
253. Curse And Blessing
254. Fifty-Six - The First Table Of Nations
255. Indo-Europeans
256. The Sons Of Japheth
257. Fifty-Seven - The Warrior States
258. South And East
259. Facing The Curse
260. Fifty-Eight - Noah's Second Son
261. The Sons Of Shem
262. The Earth Divided
263. The Sons Of Joktan
264. Our Wretched State
265. Fifty-Nine - The Tower Of Babel
266. The First Come
267. Reaching For The Stars
268. The Second Come
269. Invitations To Come
270. Sixty - An End And A Beginning
271. The Account Of Shem
272. End Of World History
273. Flow Of History