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Genesis—Beginning and Blessing is unavailable, but you can change that!

R. Kent Hughes, respected pastor and author of many other commentaries in the Preaching the Word series, takes readers back to the beginning of the Bible and moves through Genesis with careful exegesis. He explores the superbly crafted structure of the book as well as the weighty themes it contains. For those who preach, teach, and study God’s Word, this exceptionally detailed work will reveal...

the provision of the Lord. Her inexact, unenthusiastic rendition of God’s word discounted his generosity. She was in tacit agreement with the serpent. Something bad was happening in her heart. Eve’s subtle shift in heart was further revealed in her telltale addition to God’s word: “But God [Elohim] said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it’ ” (v. 3a, italics added). God never said, “neither shall you touch it”! Eve magnified God’s
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