sons, Judah is elected to be the line of
the Messiah (chapter xlix. 10). Beneath
and behind the historic redemption is the
eternal election (italics added).24
VII. FURTHER STUDY
Subjects suggested for extended study are:
1. The length of the days of Genesis 1.
2. The antiquity of the earth and man.
3. The origin of Satan.
4. Extent of the Noahic Flood: universal or
local.
5. Messianic passages of Genesis.
6. Types of Christ in Genesis.
7. Names of God in these chapters: 1, 2,
14, 17, 31, 48, 49.
8. Character studies of the key persons of
Genesis (a Bible dictionary is a good source
book for this).
VIII. SELECTED READING
GENESIS AND SCIENCE
American Scientific Affiliation Symposium.
Modern Science and Christian Faith, pp. 1195.
Frair, Wayne, and Davis, P. William. The
Case for Creation.
Harris, R. Laird. Man: God’s Eternal Creation.
Kelso, James L. Archaeology and the Ancient
Testament, pp. 20-32.
Lammerts, Walter E., ed. Scientific Studies in
Special Creation.
Marsh, Frank Lewis. Life, Man and Time.
Whitcomb, John C. The Early Earth.
Whitcomb, John C., and Morris, Henry M.
The Genesis Flood.
HISTORICAL SURVEYS AND BACKGROUNDS
Archer, Gleason L. A Survey of Old Testament
Introduction, pp. 169-208.
Baumann, Hans. In the Land of Ur.
Edersheim, Alfred. The Bible History, 1: 17190.
Kelso, James L. Archaeology and the Ancient
Testament, pp. 28-76.
Kitchen, K. A. Ancient Orient and Old
Testament, pp. 35-111.
Livingston, G. Herbert. The Pentateuch in Its
Cultural Environment.
Payne, J. Barton. An Outline of Hebrew
History, pp. 33-48.
Pfeiffer, Charles F. Patriarchal Age.
Sampey, J. R. The Heart of the Old Testament,
pp. 15-41.
Unger, Merrill F. Unger’s Bible Handbook, pp.
36-82.
Walvoord, John F. Jesus Christ Our Lord, pp.
36-95. Three chapters are about Christ
in Old Testament history, typology, and
prophecy.
Wood, Leon J. A Survey of Israel’s History,
pp. 27-82.
Young, Edward J. An Introduction to the Old
Testament, pp. 47-66.
COMMENTARIES
Carroll, B. H. Genesis.
Davis, John J. Paradise to Prison.
DeHaan, M. R. Portraits of Christ in Genesis.
Driver, S. R. The Book of Genesis.
Westminster Commentary.
Erdman, Charles R. The Book of Genesis.
Pfeiffer, Charles F. The Book of Genesis.
Pieters, Albertus. Notes on Genesis.
Ryle, H. E. The Book of Genesis.
Yates, Kyle M. “Genesis.” In The Wycliffe