Many interpreters have placed the date of composition of Genesis much later than Moses' lifetime. I shall discuss the question of how we should interpret the genealogies in the exposition of the chapters where they occur. This leads them to date the creation of the world and man about 6,000 years ago. "The history of man on the earth may easily be more than the supposed six thousand years and with no violence to the testimony of the Sacred Text." Īnother group of evangelicals believes that these genealogies are either "closed" (i.e., complete) or very close to complete. Evangelicals usually hold to a more recent date for man's creation-more recent than the millions of years that evolutionists postulate-for the same reason. 5 10 11 et al.), which they understand to be "open" (i.e., not complete). They base this on the genealogies in Scripture (Gen. Many evangelicals believe that the earth is not much older than 10,000 years. Likewise, many Christians believe that the human race began hundreds of thousands of years ago for the same reason. They usually base this belief on the statements of scientists and understand Scripture in the light of these statements. Many Christians believe the earth is millions of years old. The events recorded date back to the creation of the world. This Hebrew word is the key word in identifying the structure of Genesis, and the English translators have usually rendered it "account" or "generations" or "history" or "records" (2:4 5:1 6:9 10:1 11:10, 27 25:12, 19 36:1, 9 37:2). "Genesis" is a transliteration of the Greek word geneseos, the Greek word that translates the Hebrew toledot. The Latin title came from the Septuagint translation. The English title "Genesis" has come to us from the Latin Vulgate translation ( Liber Genesis) made by the early church father Jerome (ca. The Jews regarded the stories in the Torah as divine instruction for them, as well as the commandments and sermons, since they too teach theology and ethics. 250 B.C.) divided it into the five books that we have. The Torah was originally one book, but the translators of the Septuagint (Greek) version (ca. There are three divisions in the Hebrew Bible: The Law (Torah), The Prophets, and The Writings (cf. 160, called "The Torah" by the Jews), originally received its title in the Hebrew Bible from the first word or words in the book. Deaths and a promise yet to be fulfilled 49:29-50:26Įach book of the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Old Testament, called "The Pentateuch" since about A.D. Joseph's reconciliation with his brothers 45:1-15 Joseph's brothers' second journey into Egypt ch. Joseph's brothers' first journey into Egypt ch. Pharaoh's dreams and Joseph's interpretations ch. The prisoners' dreams and Joseph's interpretations ch. The rape of Dinah and the revenge of Simeon and Levi ch. Jacob's meeting with Esau and his return to Canaan ch. Jacob's mishandling of God's blessing 29:31-30:24 Jacob's marriages and Laban's deception 29:1-30 Jacob's deception for Isaac's blessing 26:34-28:9 The spread of civilization and sin 4:17-26
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