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Genesis: Chapter-by-Chapter Commentary

Alastair Roberts

Genesis: Chapter-by-Chapter Commentary

February 13, 2022
Alastair Roberts
Alastair Roberts

*CONTENTS*

00:00:00 - Chapter 1: Creation

00:05:57 - Chapter 2: Eden

00:18:01 - Chapter 3: Fall

00:31:00 - Chapter 4: Cain and Abel

00:41:29 - Chapter 5: Adam to Noah

00:49:35 - Chapter 6: Noah

01:06:11 - Chapter 7: The Flood Comes

01:13:05 - Chapter 8: The Flood Subsides

01:21:12 - Chapter 9: The Noahic Covenant

01:33:16 - Chapter 10: Table of Nations

01:39:10 - Chapter 11: Babel

01:48:43 - Chapter 12: Call of Abram

01:58:33 - Chapter 13: Division from Lot

02:04:46 - Chapter 14: Victory over the Kings

02:16:34 - Chapter 15: God Makes a Covenant with Abram

02:30:21 - Chapter 16: Sarai and Hagar

02:43:06 - Chapter 17: Circumcision and the Covenant

02:59:00 - Chapter 18: The Visitation of the Angels

03:13:56 - Chapter 19: Destruction of Sodom

03:27:19 - Chapter 20: Abraham and Abimelech

03:40:59 - Chapter 21: Casting out Hagar and Ishmael

03:57:11 - Chapter 22: Binding of Isaac

04:17:47 - Chapter 23: Burial of Sarah

04:28:53 - Chapter 24: Rebekah

04:37:10 - Chapter 25: Esau and Jacob

04:46:10 - Chapter 26: Isaac and Abimelech

04:57:53 - Chapter 27: Deception of Isaac

05:14:33 - Chapter 28: Jacob at Bethel

05:23:28 - Chapter 29: Leah and Rachel

05:36:51 - Chapter 30: Jacob Prospers in Haran

05:51:43 - Chapter 31: Jacob Flees from Laban

05:59:54 - Chapter 32: Wrestling with the Angel

06:11:09 - Chapter 33: Jacob Meets Esau

06:22:30 - Chapter 34: Dinah

06:33:24 - Chapter 35: Death of Rachel and Birth of Benjamin

06:46:32 - Chapter 36: Esau's Descendants

06:58:53 - Chapter 37: Joseph Sold into Egypt

07:17:29 - Chapter 38: Judah and Tamar

07:35:28 - Chapter 39: Joseph in Potiphar's House

07:47:02 - Chapter 40: Baker and Cupbearer's Dreams

08:00:26 - Chapter 41: Joseph's Rise to Power

08:15:32 - Chapter 42: Joseph's Brothers First Visit to Egypt

08:26:14 - Chapter 43: Joseph's Brothers Return to Egypt

08:34:42 - Chapter 44: Judah Intercedes for Benjamin

08:43:05 - Chapter 45: Joseph Reveals Himself

08:51:00 - Chapter 46: Jacob's Family Goes to Egypt

09:00:55 - Chapter 47: The Famine

09:13:08 - Chapter 48: Jacob's Blessing of Ephraim and Manasseh

09:23:13 - Chapter 49: Jacob's Blessing of his Sons

09:41:25 - Chapter 50: Deaths and Burials of Jacob and Joseph

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