These commentaries on Genesis were written and compiled by Gary Kukis
Updated September 25, 2024.
I have done a considerable amount of writing on the book of Genesis, which includes 4 different exegetical studies of that book. The purpose of this document is to help you find the right study and links. So far, the chapter-by-chapter study is 13,206 pages.
I would like to move all of the chapter studies into the 4th stage (more or less) of rewrite, which will include the following: I will space out the translations from the commentary; I will add a chapter summary; I will add a review verse-by-verse exposition (5–15 pages); I will finish each verse or passage with the Kukis mostly literal translation and with the Kukis paraphrase; I will add a new set of document links and a set of verse or passage links; I will place two complete translations in the Addendum and check those translations; and I will make a word cloud from the Kukis paraphrase. So far, Genesis 1–50 are at that stage. Essentially, I am updating the formatting to make the document more easy to navigate; and I am added a summary of the chapter section.
Unless you know your way around this document, I would suggest checking the Available Studies in Genesis first.
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There are now 4 sets of studies of Genesis available at this website: |
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Revised Verse-by-verse Study of Genesis |
As I go back through the book of Genesis in 2024, I write a brief summary for each chapter (5–15 pages), commenting on every verse of every chapter. These brief summaries are placed at the end of each chapter study of Genesis and they are also gathered up and placed into this document. It should end up being about 400 pages long. In this document, there will actually be a section of titles or subheadings, two sets of chapter summaries; and finally a verse-by-verse examination of each chapter. |
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Original Study of Genesis |
This was a verse-by-verse study done in the 1990's; the entire book is studied in 531 pages. It is a single document. If this document were not regularly accessed each month, I would have removed it long ago. At some point, I will replace this document with all of the chapter summaries added and to be added to each and every chapter of Genesis. |
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Weekly lessons of Genesis |
These bite-sized lessons were originally sent out by email each week, as they were completed. There is no extensive study of the Hebrew; and it is very user-friendly, but not dumbed down. Each lesson is typically 4–5 typewritten pages, designed to be read in 10–15 minutes (longer if your Bible is open and you check the references). This study is designed for the average but serious student of the Bible. Links are to the introductory lessons, which provide links to all 491 lessons (a total of 6 documents—links go to the first document which links to the others). This study is complete. However, I am also adding chapter summaries to each chapter as I complete them. So there will be 50 additional lessons added to the previous 491 lessons. Those 50 lessons will be integrated into the 491 lessons and listed as addendums to the previous lesson. |
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Chapter by chapter Study |
Extensive word-by-word, verse-by-verse, chapter-by-chapter examination of each chapter in Genesis. Everything from the previous studies are included here, as well as a complete Hebrew exegesis (including morphology) of the entire book of Genesis, a collection of 30–50 translations for each passage (culled from about 90 English translations), along with additional commentary by me, additional doctrines, and some commentary by others. Each chapter is typically 200–400 pages long. This chapter study, when complete, provides the most thorough examination of the book of Genesis anywhere. This approach is designed for research and clergy. There are 51 documents in this study (an introduction and 50 chapters). Nearly any question you have ever had about Genesis will be answered in this study. |
The document that you now have open provides access to each chapter Or you may use the folder access instead (HTML) (PDF) (WPD) (Folder) |
This study is very nearly complete at 13,206 pages long.
The individual chapters in the chapter by chapter study are packed with information, yet do not represent the final product. I hope to go back and complete each chapter sometime in the future; and after that, edit it down somewhat. Since I have thrown 3 sets of notes together, there may be unnecessary repetition and even, from time to time, some minor contradictions. Sometimes, the transition from paragraph to paragraph might not be very smooth. Nevertheless, as they stand now, these are the most thorough exegetical studies of Genesis found anywhere. At this point in time, Genesis is complete to Genesis 39 and partially complete to Genesis 50; with a total of 13,206 pages of commentary. The final commentary (if I ever complete it) will easily exceed 15,000 pages.
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Each chapter hyperlinked below will have the complete word-by-word exegesis of the chapter in the original Hebrew with 3 original translations (an ultra-literal translation; a reasonably literal translation; and a more dynamic translation). Also included in the chapter exegesis will be the weekly studies which have been e-mailed out on Genesis and portions of the information found in the original Genesis study (which was so brief, all chapters were included in one document).
The WordPerfect documents directly above ⇑ will open on your computer in WordPerfect or in Word. Some of them will be zip files. |
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Some of these can only be found in their most up-to-date form as zipped documents (right now, my website will no longer allow me to upload wpd documents). |
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Navigating Genesis Links Document |
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Navigating Genesis Links |
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Chapters and Stage of Completeness
There are some recently discovered commentaries which should be integrated into the Genesis chapters. Most of them can be found in Genesis 25 and forward. |
A completed chapter has been exegeted word-by-word in the Hebrew; has 3 original translations; has much of the text from 90+ translations; the notes from my original Genesis study and the Basic Exegesis series has been transferred over; and 50+ commentaries have been consulted and quoted from. Also, appropriate artwork and graphics have been added. |
The chapters marked with Exegesis, 3 original translations, 90+ translations, notes from Genesis & Basic Exegesis actually have original notes from 3 sources: (1) from my first exegesis of the book of Genesis; (2) notes written when doing the Hebrew exegesis of this chapter; and (3) notes from the basic exegesis series which I sent out weekly. Although some care is exercised, some of these notes might be repetitive and sometimes they may seem out of order. At some point in the future, I need to re-examine these chapters in particular, better edit the material in them, and include observations and information from other commentators and pastors. |
By the 4th rewrite, I will have spaced out the translations from the commentary; added a chapter summary; added a verse-by-verse exposition (10–15 pages); finishing each verse or passage with the Kukis mostly literal translation and with the Kukis paraphrase; added a set of document links and a set of verse or passage links; put two complete translations in the Addendum and check those translations; and make a word cloud from the Kukis paraphrase. Most of the changes, apart from the chapter summary, are primarily a matter of consistent formatting. |
I still need to proof the commentary; add a vocabulary section; and add some additional translations. |
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Completeness |
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# of pages |
Genesis Intro |
The Book of Beginnings |
Very incomplete |
(HTML) (PDF) (WPD-zipped) |
46 |
Genesis 1 |
God Restores the Earth and Creates Man |
4th rewrite; still incomplete |
272 |
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Genesis 2 |
God Makes the Man and the Woman |
4th rewrite; still incomplete |
179 |
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Genesis 3 |
The Temptation, the Fall and God’s Judgement |
4th rewrite; still incomplete |
243 |
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Genesis 4 |
Cain and Abel |
4th rewrite; still incomplete |
198 |
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Genesis 5 |
The Genealogy from Adam to Noah |
4th rewrite; still incomplete |
144 |
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Genesis 6 |
Mankind is Corrupted by Fallen Angels |
4th rewrite; still incomplete |
213 |
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Genesis 7 |
The Historical Record of the Great Flood |
4th rewrite; still incomplete |
155 |
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Genesis 8 |
The Deluge Begins to Subside |
4th rewrite; still incomplete |
148 |
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Genesis 9 |
God’s Post-Deluvian Covenant/Noah’s Nakedness |
4th rewrite; still incomplete |
172 |
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Genesis 10 |
Noah’s Descendants |
4th rewrite; still incomplete |
165 |
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Genesis 11 |
The Tower of Babel/The Line of Shem |
4th rewrite; still incomplete |
199 |
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Genesis 12 |
God Directs Abram to the Land of Promise |
4th rewrite; still incomplete |
182 |
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Genesis 13 |
Abram and Lot Separate |
4th rewrite; still incomplete |
190 |
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Genesis 14 |
War of the Kings/Abraham and Melchizedek |
4th rewrite; still incomplete |
221 |
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Genesis 15 |
Abram Has a Vision of God/A Solemn Covenant |
4th rewrite; still incomplete |
170 |
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Genesis 16 |
Abram Fathers a Son by Hagar, Sarai’s Slave Girl |
4th rewrite; still incomplete |
147 |
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Genesis 17 |
God Requires Circumcision as a Sign of the Covenant |
4th rewrite; still incomplete |
244 |
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Genesis 18 |
God Visits Abraham before the Birth of His Son; Abraham Bargains with God about the Judgment of Sodom |
4th rewrite; still incomplete |
316 |
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Genesis 19 |
The Judgment of Sodom/Perpetuation of Lot’s Line |
4th rewrite; still incomplete |
401 |
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Genesis 20 |
Abraham Deceives Abimelech |
4th rewrite; still incomplete; although some more work could be done on v. 16 |
205 |
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Genesis 21 |
Birth of Isaac; Ishmael Cast out; Abimelech and Abraham |
4th rewrite; still incomplete |
287 |
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Genesis 22 |
God directs Abraham to offer up his son, Isaac, as a sacrifice |
4th rewrite; still incomplete |
275 |
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Genesis 23 |
Abraham Purchases a Burial Plot for Sarah |
4th rewrite; still incomplete |
150 |
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Genesis 24 |
Abraham Sends His Servant to Fetch a Wife for Isaac |
4th rewrite; still incomplete |
453 |
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Genesis 25 |
Abraham and Keturah/Abraham’s Death/Ishmael’s Sons/ Jacob and Esau |
4th rewrite; still incomplete |
414 |
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Genesis 26 |
Isaac and Abimelech; God Speaks to Isaac |
4th rewrite; still incomplete |
358 |
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Genesis 27 |
Jacob Deceives his Father |
4th rewrite; still incomplete |
517 |
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Genesis 28 |
Isaac Sends Jacob to the East/Jacob’s Ladder |
4th rewrite; still incomplete |
374 |
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Genesis 29 |
Jacob Marries Both Leah and Rachel, and Sires Four Sons |
4th rewrite; still incomplete. |
414 |
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Genesis 30 |
Jacob Sires More Children/An Agreement with Laban |
4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above) |
452 |
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Genesis 31 |
Jacob Leaves Laban’s Compound |
4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above) |
627 |
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Genesis 32 |
Two Camps/Jacob Returns to Canaan/ He Wrestles with God |
4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above) |
407 |
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Genesis 33 |
Jacob and his Family Return to Canaan/Jacob Meets Esau |
4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above) |
268 |
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Genesis 34 |
The Rape of Dinah/The Slaughter of Shechem |
4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above) |
223 |
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Genesis 35 |
Jacob’s Sons/The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac |
4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above) |
223 |
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Genesis 36 |
Nation Esau (Edom) |
4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above) |
198 |
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Genesis 37 |
Joseph and His Brothers |
4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above) |
278 |
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Genesis 38 |
Judah and Tamar |
4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above) |
239 |
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Genesis 39 |
Joseph and Potiphar |
4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above) |
186 |
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Genesis 40 |
Joseph, the Chief Baker and the Chief Cupbearer |
4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above) |
159 |
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Genesis 41 |
Pharaoh’s Dream and the Famine of Egypt |
4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above) |
361 |
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Genesis 42 |
Joseph’s Brothers Come to Egypt to Buy Grain |
4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above) |
286 |
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Genesis 43 |
Jacob’s Sons Return to Egypt with Benjamin |
4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above) |
252 |
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Genesis 44 |
Judah Offers to Be Benjamin’s Substitute for Punishment |
4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above). |
226 |
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Genesis 45 |
Joseph Makes Himself Known to His Brothers |
4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above). |
212 |
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Genesis 46 |
Jacob’s Entire Family Moves to Egypt |
4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above). |
225 |
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Genesis 47 |
Pharaoh Welcomes Joseph’s Family/The Famine Continues |
4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above). |
261 |
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Genesis 48 |
Jacob Blesses the Sons of Joseph |
4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above). |
190 |
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Genesis 49 |
Jacob’s Last Words to His Sons |
4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above). |
279 |
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Genesis 50 |
Jacob’s Burial; Joseph Reassures His Brothers; Joseph’s Death |
4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above). |
202 |
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Total # of pages: |
13,206 |
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Navigating Genesis Links |
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The Basic Exegesis Series: These are lessons sent out weekly, still in progress, as a study of the book of Genesis. These lessons lack the word-by-word exegesis; and everything found in these lessons is also found in the individual chapters listed above.
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What each set of 100 lessons covers is included in the index which begins each group of lessons.
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The original Genesis exegesis, which covers the entire book of Genesis, and was done about 1995, and contains perhaps 600 pages total. (HTML) (PDF) (WPD).
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Notes on Genesis from Robert Dean
Robert Dean’s Notes on Genesis:
http://phrasearch.com/Trans/DBM/Genesis.html
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Genesis an expositional Bible study by Pastor William E. Wenstrom, Jr. edited by Warren Doud (PDF) (About 900 pages)
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So-so notes and translation of Genesis, from Syndein’s website; mostly taken from R. B. Thieme, Jr.’s teaching.
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Benjamin Brodie’s translation of Gen. 1:1–2:4
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Genesis commentaries at Precept Austin.
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Bible Commentaries on Study Light.org
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Navigating Genesis Links |
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