Ariel’s Bible
Commentary

The Book of Genesis

Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum

Th.M., Ph.D.

Copyright © 2008 by Ariel Ministries

Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum, author

All rights reserved. No part of this book study may be reproduced in any form, except in brief quotations in a review or professional work, without permission from the publisher.

Hard cover

Library of Congress Control Number: 2008938376

ISBN 978-1-935174-00-4

First Edition

REL006060 RELIGION / Biblical Commentary / Old Testament

REL006030 RELIGION / Biblical Biography / Old Testament

REL006210 RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament

Artwork and design on cover created by Matthew Lipsey.

All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise noted, are from the 1901 American Standard Version available from The World English Bible (WEB), a Public Domain (no copyright) resource published by Rainbow Missions, Inc., and available at www.ebible.org or the 1901 American Standard Version (Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 1994). These two versions of the ASV vary only slightly, mainly in punctuation.

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Dedication

The Book of Genesis is the Book of Beginnings. The beginning of Ariel Ministry was made possible because of a gifted and spiritual woman who served Ariel Ministries for the first seven years of its existence in San Antonio, Texas:

Charmaine O’Neill

She was Ariel Ministries’ first secretary, whose skill, faithfulness, and organizational abilities played a major role in getting the ministry off the ground at the time of our beginnings. To her is this volume affectionately dedicated.

Acknowledgements

This work would not have been possible without the aid of others, and now it is a joy to thank certain ones who have been so helpful:

Archie and Jo Ann Jones, for editing, proofing, and overseeing the production work;

Cleo M. Johnson, for transcribing the Book of Genesis from the tapes;

Matthew Lipsey, who designed the cover for the book;

Pauline Ilsen, who aided in the editing and proofing process;
and,

Joni Prinjinski, who did the final editing of the manuscript and prepared it for publication.

To each of these, please accept my most grateful thanks.

The translation used is that of the American Standard Version (ASV); however, the archaic English forms have been modernized. Nevertheless, the ye (second person plural) form has been maintained, since the difference between the singular and plural forms is often important in determining the meaning of the texts. In an attempt to make the exegesis of Scripture quoted within the text more readable, capitalization and punctuation have been modified to accommodate sentence structure. The Scripture block quotes are provided to give the reader an accurate point of reference.