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A Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Genesis is unavailable, but you can change that!

Lange’s Commentary on the Holy Scriptures has served as a standard reference for more than a century. The subtitle “Critical, Doctrinal, and Homiletical” aptly describes the three-pronged approach to the biblical text. This translated version of the German text is often considered by many to be superior to the original.

Ch. 14. Melchisedek is a priest of El Elion, and blesses Abraham in this name. But Abraham speaks in the name of Jehovah El Elion. Ch. 20. Elohim punishes Abimelech. The latter addresses him as Adonai. Ch. 20:1–19. Also Abraham speaks of the fear of God (Elohim). He prays to Elohim for Abimelech’s house; for Jehovah, the protecting God of Abraham, has closed up the wombs of the mothers. Ch. 27. The words of Isaac as reported by Rebecca: to bless before Jehovah. Jacob: Jehovah, thy God. Ver. 27 and
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