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Score	Author	Title	Series	Year
89.710012	Wenham, Gordon J.	Genesis	WBC	1987
84.81008	Hamilton, Victor P.	The Book of Genesis	NICOT	1990
81.61007	Mathews, Kenneth A.	Genesis	NAC	1996
81.41008	Waltke, Bruce K.	Genesis: A Commentary		2001
79.11006	Walton, John H.	Genesis	NIVAC	2001
77.11002	Currid, John D.	Genesis	EPSC	2003
76.91006	Ross, Allen	Creation and Blessing: A Guide to the Study and Exposition of Genesis		1997
76.81002	Davis, John J.	Paradise to Prison: Studies in Genesis		1975
76.61004	Sailhamer, John H.	Genesis	EBC	1990
76.21002	Boice, James Montgomery	Genesis	JMB	2006
76.21002	Collins, C. John	Genesis 1-4: A Linguistic, Literary, And Theological Commentary		2006
76.21000	Kidner, Derek	Genesis	TOTC	2008
75.91002	Hughes, R. Kent	Genesis: Beginning and Blessing	PtW	2004
75.91001	Reid, Andrew	Salvation Begins: Reading Genesis Today		2000
75.61002	Arnold, Bill T.	Genesis	NCBC	2009
75.61002	Cotter, David W.	Genesis	BO	2003
75.01001	Bandstra, Barry	Genesis 1-11: A Handbook on the Hebrew Text	BHHB	2008
75.01001	Candlish, Robert	Studies in Genesis		1868
75.01001	Whitworth, Michael	The Epic of God: A Guide to Genesis		2012
75.01001	Brayford, Susan	Genesis	LXX	2007
74.11004	Brueggemann, Walter	Genesis	INT	1986
74.01002	Atkinson, David	The Message of Genesis 1-11	BST	1990
73.81002	Sarna, Nahum M.	Genesis	JPSTC	1989
73.81000	Arnold, Bill T.	Encountering the Book of Genesis	EBS	2003
73.21001	Von Rad, Gerhard	Genesis	OTL	1973
72.71001	Westermann, Claus	Genesis	CC	1994
72.71001	Baldwin, Joyce	The Message of Genesis 12-50	BST	1986
72.71003	Ross, Allen	Genesis	CBC	2008
72.41002	Sailhamer, John H.	Genesis	REBC	2008
72.11001	Cassuto, Umberto	Commentary on Genesis		1978
72.11001	Fretheim, Terence E.; Tucker, Gene M.; Cousar, Charles B.	The Pentateuch	IBT	1996
71.81001	Hartley, John E.	Genesis	UBOT	2000
66.21001	Gibson, John C.	Genesis, Volume 1	DSB	2006
1000	Morris, Henry M.	Genesis Record, The: A Scientific and Devotional Commentary on the Book of Beginnings		2009
1000	Walton, John H.	Genesis	ZIBBC	2013
1000	Phillips, John	Exploring Genesis	JP	2001
1000	Eveson, Philip H.	The Book of Origins: Genesis Simply Explained	WCS	2003
1000	Rosson, M. E.	Genesis	ABB	2006
1000	Alter, Robert	Genesis: Translation and Commentary		1997
1000	William, Wilbur Glenn	Genesis : A Bible Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition	WesBC	2000
1000	Haines, Lee	Genesis	WesBC	1967
1000	Cohen, Abraham; Rosenberg, A. J.; Oratz, E.	The Soncino Chumash	SBB	1983
1000	Livingston, George Herbert	Genesis	BBC	1969
1000	Davidson, Robert	Genesis 12-50	CBCOT	1979
1000	Davidson, Robert	Genesis 1-11	CBCOT	1973
1000	Ross, Allen	Genesis		1985
1000	Gunkel, Hermann	Genesis		1997
1000	Cook, Joan E.	Genesi	NCBC	2011
1000	Utley, Bob	Genesis	FBC
1000	Duguid, Iain M.	Living in the Grip of Relentless Grace: The Gospel in the Lives of Isaac & Jacob	GOT	2002
1000	Duguid, Iain M.	Living in the Gap Between Promise and Reality: The Gospel According to Abraham	GOT	1999
1000	Coats, George W.; Knierim, Rolf P.	Genesis, with an Introduction to Narrative Literature	FOTL	1984
1000	Towner, W. Sibley	Genesis	WeBC	2007
1000	Gangel, Kenneth O.; Bramer, Stephen J.	Genesis	HOTC	2003
1000	Roop, Eugene F.	Genesis	BCBC	1987
1000	Shelley, A. Carter	Preaching Genesis 12-36	PCT	2001
1000	McKeown, James	Genesis	THOTC	2008
1000	Briscoe, D. Stuart	Genesis	TPC	2002
1000	Reyburn, William D.; Fry, Euan McG	A Handbook on Genesis	UBS	1997
1000	Skinner, John	Genesis	ICC	1910
1000	Calvin, John	Genesis	CCC	2001
1000	Aalder, G. Charles	Bible Student's Commentary: Genesis		1981
1000	Fretheim, Terence E.	Genesis	NIB	1994
1000	Kissling, Paul J.	Genesis, Volume 1	CPNIV	2004
1000	Vo, Howard	Genesis	EvBC	1999
1000	Leupold, Herbert C.	Exposition of Genesis, Vol. 1		1984
1000	Zlotowitz, Meir	Bereishis / Genesis	ART
1000	Turner, Laurence A.	Genesis, Second Edition		2009
1000	Coleson, Joseph	Genesis	NBBC
1000	De La Torre, Miguel A.	Genesis: Belief: a Theological Commentary on the Bible	Belief	2011
1000	Pink, Arthur W.	Gleanings in Genesis		2006
1000	Speiser, Ephraim A.	Genesis	AB	1963
1000	Louth, Andrew	Genesis 1-11	ACCS	2001
1000	Sheridan, Mark	Genesis 12-20	ACCS	2002
1000	Fruchtenbaum, Arnold G.; Lipsey, Matthew	The Book of Genesis	ABCS	2009
1000	Kissling, Paul J.	Genesis, Volume 2	CPNIV	2009
1000	Wiersbe, Warren W.	Be Authentic (Genesis 25-50): Exhibiting Real Faith in the Real World (The BE Series Commentary)	BE	2010
1000	Wiersbe, Warren W.	Be Basic (Genesis 1-11): Believing the Simple Truth of God's Word (The BE Series Commentary)	BE	2010
1000	Wiersbe, Warren W.	Be Obedient (Genesis 12-25): Learning the Secret of Living by Faith (The BE Series Commentary)	BE	2010
1000	Janzen, J. Gerald	Genesis 12-25: Abraham and All the Families of the Earth	ITC	1993
1000	Gowan, Donald E.	From Eden to Babel: A Commentary on the Book of Genesis 1-11 - ITC	ITC	1988
1000	Amos, Clare	The Book of Genesis	ECS	2005
1000	Keil, C. F.; Delitzsch, Franz	Pentateuch	COT	2006
1000	Mills, Watson E.; Wilson, Richard F.	Pentateuch/Torah	MCB	1998
1000	Strassner, Kurt	Opening Up Genesis	OUB	2009

Forthcoming Commentaries

?	Moore, Russell D.	Genesis
?	Hess, Richard S.	Genesis
?	Hiebert, Theodore	Genesis
?	Baker, David W.	Genesis
?	Reno, R. R.	Genesis
?	Clifford, Richard J.	Genesis
?	O'Connor, Kathleen M.	Genesis
?	Blum, Erhard	Genesis
?	Garrett, Duane A.	Genesis
?	Petersen, David L.	Genesis
?	Blum, Erhard; Carr, David	Genesis 1-11
?	Schmid, Konrad	Genesis 12-50
?	Mattox, Mickey	Genesis 12-50
?	Hendel, Ronald S.	Genesis
?	Andrews, Stephen J.	Genesis
?	Thompson, John A.	Genesis 1-11
?	de la Torre, Miguel	Genesis
2016	Barrick, William	Genesis
?	Severian; Bede	Commentaries on Genesis

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