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This volume in the Belief series provides a new and interesting theological interpretation of Genesis through the themes of liberation and the concerns of the poor and marginalized. De La Torre remembers Jacob’s wrestling at Peniel (Gen. 32:24–32), and finds that “there are consequences when we truly wrestle with the biblical text, struggling to see the face of God.” This commentary provides...

to the text of Genesis, I will briefly introduce the book to the reader and explain how I will approach the text in this commentary. The Greek translation of the first words of the Hebrew Scriptures, bere’shit (in the beginning), provides the name for the first book of the Bible—Genesis. The first five books of the Bible, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, are usually referred to within Christian tradition as the Pentateuch. These five books are bound together as a
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