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Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 2: Genesis 16–50 is unavailable, but you can change that!

Examine the compositional sources, textual witnesses, chronology, and theological significance of Genesis with Pentateuch expert Gordon J. Wenham. Review and evaluate modern critical perspectives on Genesis, and consider the legacy of nineteenth-century “higher critical” understanding of Genesis as an evolutionary document, and its relationship to other ancient Near Eastern creation stories such...

“My lord knows that the children are weak and the herds and flocks are givinga suck, so that if b they are drivenb hard for just one day all the flock will die. 14 a Let my lord go on ahead of your servant, and I shall journeyb ona slowly at the pace of the property ahead of me and at the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir.” 15 So Esau said, “Please let me stationa with you some of the people who are with me.” He replied, “Whyb should it be? Let me find