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From Eden to Egypt: Exploring the Genesis Themes is unavailable, but you can change that!

Genesis comes first in the biblical canon and arguably forms the foundation for understanding the rest of the Bible. Its great narratives of the patriarchs and exciting stories capture the imagination of the youngest reader, and its great themes, like creation, the fall, and the flood help answer many questions. Important issues are all dealt with ably, but this is not a technical commentary; the...

existence; including the formation of man and woman and the planting of the Garden of Eden. But first, we have the institution of the Sabbath. The Sabbath Day “By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done” (Genesis 2:2–3). When we are told that God rested on the seventh day it doesn’t mean that He was no longer
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