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Score	Author	Title	Series	Year
90.810021	Wenham, Gordon J.	Genesis	WBC	1987
85.210012	Hamilton, Victor P.	The Book of Genesis	NICOT	1990
81.910010	Mathews, Kenneth A.	Genesis	NAC	1996
81.210013	Waltke, Bruce K.	Genesis: A Commentary		2001
78.210010	Walton, John H.	Genesis	NIVAC	2001
76.71006	Kidner, Derek	Genesis	TOTC	2008
76.11004	Currid, John D.	Genesis	EPSC	2003
75.61005	Sailhamer, John H.	Genesis	EBC	1990
75.41001	Calvin, John	Genesis	CCC	2001
75.21006	Ross, Allen	Creation and Blessing: A Guide to the Study and Exposition of Genesis		1997
75.11002	Davis, John J.	Paradise to Prison: Studies in Genesis		1975
74.81008	Brueggemann, Walter	Genesis	INT	1986
74.61002	Boice, James Montgomery	Genesis	JMB	2006
74.61001	Leupold, Herbert C.	Exposition of Genesis, Vol. 1		1984
74.61002	Collins, C. John	Genesis 1-4: A Linguistic, Literary, And Theological Commentary		2006
74.31002	Hughes, R. Kent	Genesis: Beginning and Blessing	PtW	2004
74.31001	Reid, Andrew	Salvation Begins: Reading Genesis Today		2000
74.31001	McKeown, James	Genesis	THOTC	2008
74.31003	Arnold, Bill T.	Genesis	NCBC	2009
74.01002	Cotter, David W.	Genesis: Studies in Hebrew Narrative and Poetry	BO	2003
73.81001	Bandstra, Barry	Genesis 1-11: A Handbook on the Hebrew Text	BHHB	2008
73.81001	Alter, Robert	Genesis: Translation and Commentary		1997
73.71003	Westermann, Claus	Genesis	CC	1994
73.51001	Fretheim, Terence E.	Genesis	NIB	1994
73.51001	Brayford, Susan	Genesis	LXX	2007
73.51001	Whitworth, Michael	The Epic of God: A Guide to Genesis		2012
73.51001	Candlish, Robert S.	Studies in Genesis		1868
73.01004	Sarna, Nahum M.	Genesis	JPSTBC	1989
72.61002	Atkinson, David	The Message of Genesis 1-11	BST	1990
72.31003	Sailhamer, John H.	Genesis	REBC	2008
72.21001	Von Rad, Gerhard	Genesis	OTL	1973
71.91001	Baldwin, Joyce	The Message of Genesis 12-50	BST	1986
71.41002	Morris, Henry M.	Genesis Record, The: A Scientific and Devotional Commentary on the Book of Beginnings		2009
71.41003	Ross, Allen	Genesis	CBC	2008
71.11000	Arnold, Bill T.	Encountering the Book of Genesis	EBS	2003
71.11001	Fretheim, Terence E.; Tucker, Gene M.; Cousar, Charles B.	The Pentateuch	IBT	1996
70.91001	Hartley, John E.	Genesis	UBOT	2000
70.91001	Cassuto, Umberto	Commentary on Genesis		1978
69.81002	Reno, R. R.	Genesis	BTC	2010
68.21001	Turner, Laurence A.	Genesis, Second Edition		2009
65.61001	Gibson, John C. L.	Genesis, Volume 1	DSB	2006
1000	Steinmann, Andrew E.	Genesis: An Introduction and Commentary	TOTC	2019
1000	Kuruvilla, Abraham	Genesis: A Theological Commentary for Preachers		2014
1000	Goldingay, John	Genesis for Everyone: Part 2: Chapters 17-50	OTE	2010
1000		Theology of Work Bible Commentary: Volume 1: Genesis through Deuteronomy	ToWBC	2015
1000	Aalder, G. Charles	Genesis: Volume II: Chapters 18–50	BSsC	1981
1000	Rogerson, John William	Genesis 1-11	TTCSG	2004
1000	Shelley, A. Carter	Preaching Genesis 12-36	PCT	2001
1000	Moore, Russell D.; Bethancourt, Phillip	Exalting Jesus in Genesis	CCE	2018
1000	Calvin, John	Genesis	GEN	1965
1000		Genesis	LBC	2012
1000	MacArthur, John	The Father of Israel: Trusting God's Promises	MacSG	2010
1000	Livingston, George Herbert	Genesis	BBC	1969
1000	Rosenberg, A. J.	The Book of Genesis: Volume 2 (Chayei Sarah, Toledoth, Vayetze and Vayishlach)	JP	1999
1000	Rosenberg, A. J.	The Book of Genesis: Volume 3 (Vayeshev, Mikeitz, Vayigash and Vayechi)	JP	1994
1000	Fox, Everett	The Five Books Of Moses (The Schocken Bible: Volume 1)	SB	1997
1000	Rosenberg, A. J.	The Book of Genesis: Volume 1 (Bereshith, Noach, Lech Lecha and Vayera)	JP	1993
1000	Grumet, Zvi	Genesis: From Creation to Covenant	MST	2017
1000	Provan, Iain W.	Discovering Genesis: Content, Interpretation, Reception	DBT	2016
1000	Mitch, Curtis; Hahn, Scott	The Book of Genesis: Commentary, Notes and Study Questions	ICSB	2010
1000	Belcher Jr., Richard P.	Genesis: The Beginning of God's Plan of Salvation	FB	2012
1000	Duguid, Iain M.; Harmon, Matthew S.	Living in the Light of Inextinguishable Hope: The Gospel According to Joseph	GOT	2013
1000		Genesis		2012
1000	Macleod, F. Wayne	Genesis	LMP	2012
1000	Jeske, John C.	Genesis	PBC	2008
1000	Schroeder, Joy A.	The Book of Genesis	BMT	2015
1000	Goldingay, John	Genesis for Everyone: Part 1: Chapters 1-16	OTE	2010
1000	Gibson, John C. L.	Genesis, Volume 2	DSB	1982
1000	Longman III, Tremper	Genesis	SoGBC	2016
1000	Walton, John H.	Genesis	ZIBBC	2013
1000		Genesis	ZIBBC	2009
1000	Moore, Phil	Straight to the Heart of Genesis: 60 bite-sized insights	SttHS	2010
1000	Wood, Leon J.	Genesis	BSC	1975
1000	Baker, David W.; Riley, Jason A.	Genesis 37-50: A Handbook on the Hebrew Text	BHHB	2014
1000	Abravanel, Don Yitzchak; Eitan, Zev Bar	Abravanel's World of Torah: A Structured Interpretation: Bereshit, theory of moral evolution		2012
1000	MacArthur, John	Before Abraham: Creation, Sin, and the Nature of God: Chapters 1-11	MacSG	2008
1000	MacArthur, John	Jacob and Egypt: The Sovereignty of God	MacSG	2012
1000	Rogerson, J.	Genesis 1-11	OTG
1000	Moberly, R. W. L.	Genesis 12-50	OTG
1000	O'Connor, Kathleen M.	Genesis 1-25A	SHBC	2018
1000	Cook, Joan E.	Genesis	NCBS	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	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	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	Phillips, John	Exploring Genesis	JPCS	2001
1000	Eveson, Philip H.	The Book of Origins: Genesis Simply Explained	WCS	2003
1000	Rosson, M. E.	Genesis	ABB	2006
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	Briscoe, D. Stuart	Genesis	TPC	2002
1000	Skinner, John	Genesis	ICC	1910
1000	Thompson, John A.	Genesis 1-11	RCS	2012
1000	De La Torre, Miguel A.	Genesis	Belief	2011
1000	Pink, Arthur W.	Gleanings in Genesis		2006
1000	Speiser, Ephraim A.	Genesis	AYB	1963
1000	Louth, Andrew	Genesis 1-11	ACCS	2001
1000	Sheridan, Mark	Genesis 12-20	ACCS	2002
1000	Coleson, Joseph	Genesis 1-11: A Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition	NBBC	2012
1000	Vo, Howard	Genesis	EvBC	1999
1000	Zlotowitz, Meir	Bereishis / Genesis	ART
1000	Kissling, Paul J.	Genesis, Volume 1	CPNIV	2004
1000	Reyburn, William D.; Fry, Euan McG	A Handbook on Genesis	UBS	1997
1000	Aalder, G. Charles	Genesis: Volume I: Chapters 1-17	BSsC	1981
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.	Genesis 1-11: From Eden to Babel	ITC	1988
1000	Amos, Clare	The Book of Genesis	ECS	2005
1000	Severian; Bede, Venerable	Commentaries on Genesis 1-3	ACT	2010
1000	Keil, C. F.; Delitzsch, Franz	Pentateuch	COT	2006
1000	Mills, Watson E.; Wilson, Richard F.	Pentateuch/Torah: Volume 1	MCB	1998
1000	Strassner, Kurt	Opening up Genesis	OUB	2009

Forthcoming Commentaries

2020	Goldingay, John	Genesis
?	Dempster, Stephen G.	Genesis: A Discourse Analysis of the Hebrew Bible
?	Römer, Thomas	Genesis 12–50
?	Dempster, Stephen G.	Genesis
?	Coleson, Joseph	Genesis 12-50
?	Hess, Richard S.	Genesis
?	Alexander, T. Desmond	Genesis
?	Clifford, Richard J.	Genesis 1-11
?	Blum, Erhard	Genesis
?	Garrett, Duane A.	Genesis
?	Petersen, David L.	Genesis
?	Blum, Erhard; Carr, David	Genesis 1-11
?	Schmid, Konrad	Genesis 12-50
?	Hiebert, Theodore	Genesis
?	Baker, David W.	Genesis
?	Mattox, Mickey L.	Genesis 12-50
?	Hendel, Ronald S.	Genesis
?	Andrews, Stephen J.	Genesis
2022	Barrick, William D.	Genesis

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