Genesis, The Book of Beginnings: Volume Two

Rendered from the Hebrew and the Greek with Covenant Context

The promise Yahweh Elohim swore to Abraham did not die with him. It passed to a son, then to a grandson, then to twelve tribes, carried through famine, deception, exile, and grief by a family that often did not deserve it.

Volume Two picks up where Volume One ended. Isaac digs again the wells his father dug and hears the oath renewed at Beersheba. Jacob takes the blessing by deception and flees for his life. At Bethel he sees a ladder reaching into heaven and sets up a stone. Twenty years in Laban's house bring two wives, eleven sons, and a bridal week that shows what a shavua means. At Peniel he wrestles through the night, prevails, and walks away limping with a new name: Israel.

Then the story turns to Joseph. Sold by his brothers, falsely accused, forgotten in prison, and raised to rule Egypt, he learns that Elohim can do His work without appearing at all. When famine drives his brothers to his door, he tests them, weeps over them, and forgives them. Jacob goes down to Egypt with seventy souls, blesses the sons of Joseph, and speaks over each of the twelve the words that will shape the tribes. The book closes with a promise and a coffin, Joseph's bones waiting for the day Elohim would visit His people and bring them up out of Egypt.

Each chapter is rendered verse by verse from the Hebrew, with the Septuagint alongside, and set in its covenant context. Key Term boxes explain the Hebrew plainly, and a full-page plate opens every chapter. A short recap brings new readers up to date, and two appendices, Where Readers Differ and Word of First Mention, precede the glossary.

This is the second book in the Ten Words Press Bible.