The Very Best Commentary on the Book of Beginnings

Henry Morris is a gifted writer, researcher, and scientist and all of these God-given attributes come out beautifully in his classic commentary on Genesis. I often preach, teach, and write, so anytime the subject is in the first book of the Old Testmant, I immediately reach for my copy of The Genesis Record. It is a thoughtful, accurate guide written from the Creationist Perspective.

Analyzing the Genesis Record

When my instructor told me to read the Genesis Record, I became very excited as I thought I would read about early Phil Collins music. Then I realized, I was actually supposed to read a book by Henry M. Morris. If Biblical scholars were sold at K-Mart, K-Mart would have shelves full of Morris. This guy is an engineer who thinks he can interpret the first and most important book of the Bible. He believes in literal interpretation of the Bible. He takes the big risk of discussing only the obvious passages of the Bible. As if those passages needed interpretation.

Very enlightening commentary on the ENTIRE book of Genesis

You'd think that this book only covered the first 2 chapters of Genesis from reading the reviews. Debating aside, I think everyone ought to read the book of Genesis all the way through. It is truly a book of beginnings, and the human experience. There are many interesting explanations presented here, such as the "closing signatures" of each section "these are the generations of <>" fill in the person who wrote that portion. There is the novel explanation of Abraham and Sarah's bodies being miraculously rejuvenated back to youth to have Isaac, instead of the usual picture of two elderly parents. Then there is a long section on Jacob and an attempt at a scientific explanation of the spotted/speckled recessive traits and the striped rods being some kind of cattle and sheep aphrodisiac. The section on Joseph is rich and full of interest, with a detailed analysis of the brothers' two trips to Egypt and how Joseph's harsh questioning and tests brings them to repentance and finally reconciliation. So there is a lot to this book than just the 6 days of creation, if people would read further, they'd find many interesting interpretations to help them gain a better understanding of the events in Genesis and hence the Bible.