Genesis Chapter Links

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.

Navigating Genesis Links
Top of Page	The Four Documents
Chapter Links by Format:
Genesis HTML Format	Genesis PDF Format	Genesis WordPerfect Format
Additional links in document:
Chapter Summaries (These have been moved to another document)	Chapters and Stage of Completeness	Additional links to other Genesis studies

There are now 4 sets of studies of Genesis available at this website:
The Four Documents
Available Studies in Genesis	Extent of Study	Location
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.	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)
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.	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)
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.	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)

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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.

Navigating Genesis Links
Top of Page	Available Studies in Genesis
Chapter Links by Format:
Genesis HTML Format	Genesis PDF Format	Genesis WordPerfect Format
Additional links in document:
Chapter Summaries	Chapters and Stage of Completeness	Additional links to other Genesis studies

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).

Genesis HTML Format
Genesis Introduction
Genesis 1	Genesis 2	Genesis 3	Genesis 4	Genesis 5	Genesis 6	Genesis 7	Genesis 8	Genesis 9	Genesis 10
Genesis 11	Genesis 12	Genesis 13	Genesis 14	Genesis 15	Genesis 16	Genesis 17	Genesis 18	Genesis 19	Genesis 20
Genesis 21	Genesis 22	Genesis 23	Genesis 24	Genesis 25	Genesis 26	Genesis 27	Genesis 28	Genesis 29	Genesis 30
Genesis 31	Genesis 32	Genesis 33	Genesis 34	Genesis 35	Genesis 36	Genesis 37	Genesis 38	Genesis 39	Genesis 40
Genesis 41	Genesis 42	Genesis 43	Genesis 44	Genesis 45	Genesis 46	Genesis 47	Genesis 48	Genesis 49	Genesis 50

Genesis PDF Format
Genesis Introduction
Genesis 1	Genesis 2	Genesis 3	Genesis 4	Genesis 5	Genesis 6	Genesis 7	Genesis 8	Genesis 9	Genesis 10
Genesis 11	Genesis 12	Genesis 13	Genesis 14	Genesis 15	Genesis 16	Genesis 17	Genesis 18	Genesis 19	Genesis 20
Genesis 21	Genesis 22	Genesis 23	Genesis 24	Genesis 25	Genesis 26	Genesis 27	Genesis 28	Genesis 29	Genesis 30
Genesis 31	Genesis 32	Genesis 33	Genesis 34	Genesis 35	Genesis 36	Genesis 37	Genesis 38	Genesis 39	Genesis 40
Genesis 41	Genesis 42	Genesis 43	Genesis 44	Genesis 45	Genesis 46	Genesis 47	Genesis 48	Genesis 49	Genesis 50

Genesis WordPerfect Format
Genesis Introduction
Genesis 1	Genesis 2	Genesis 3	Genesis 4	Genesis 5	Genesis 6	Genesis 7	Genesis 8	Genesis 9	Genesis 10
Genesis 11	Genesis 12	Genesis 13	Genesis 14	Genesis 15	Genesis 16	Genesis 17	Genesis 18	Genesis 19	Genesis 20
Genesis 21	Genesis 22	Genesis 23	Genesis 24	Genesis 25	Genesis 26	Genesis 27	Genesis 28	Genesis 29	Genesis 30
Genesis 31	Genesis 32	Genesis 33	Genesis 34	Genesis 35	Genesis 36	Genesis 37	Genesis 38	Genesis 39	Genesis 40
Genesis 41	Genesis 42	Genesis 43	Genesis 44	Genesis 45	Genesis 46	Genesis 47	Genesis 48	Genesis 49	Genesis 50
The WordPerfect documents directly above will open on your computer in WordPerfect or in Word. Some of them will be zip files.
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).

Navigating Genesis Links Document
Top of Page
Genesis HTML Format	Genesis PDF Format	Genesis WordPerfect Format
Chapter Summaries	Chapters and Stage of Completeness	Additional links to other Genesis studies

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Navigating Genesis Links
Top of Page
Genesis HTML Format	Genesis PDF Format	Genesis WordPerfect Format
Chapter Summaries	Chapters and Stage of Completeness	Additional links to other Genesis studies

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,1 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.
Chapter	Title	Completeness	Links	# 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 incomplete2	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	272
Genesis 2	God Makes the Man and the Woman	4th rewrite; still incomplete	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	179
Genesis 3	The Temptation, the Fall and God's Judgement	4th rewrite; still incomplete	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	243
Genesis 4	Cain and Abel	4th rewrite; still incomplete	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	198
Genesis 5	The Genealogy from Adam to Noah	4th rewrite; still incomplete	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	144
Genesis 6	Mankind is Corrupted by Fallen Angels	4th rewrite; still incomplete	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	213
Genesis 7	The Historical Record of the Great Flood	4th rewrite; still incomplete	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	155
Genesis 8	The Deluge Begins to Subside	4th rewrite; still incomplete	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	148
Genesis 9	God's Post-Deluvian Covenant/Noah's Nakedness	4th rewrite; still incomplete	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	172
Genesis 10	Noah's Descendants	4th rewrite; still incomplete	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	165
Genesis 11	The Tower of Babel/The Line of Shem	4th rewrite; still incomplete	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	199
Genesis 12	God Directs Abram to the Land of Promise	4th rewrite; still incomplete	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	182
Genesis 13	Abram and Lot Separate	4th rewrite; still incomplete	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	190
Genesis 14	War of the Kings/Abraham and Melchizedek	4th rewrite; still incomplete	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	221
Genesis 15	Abram Has a Vision of God/A Solemn Covenant	4th rewrite; still incomplete	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	170
Genesis 16	Abram Fathers a Son by Hagar, Sarai's Slave Girl	4th rewrite; still incomplete	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	147
Genesis 17	God Requires Circumcision as a Sign of the Covenant	4th rewrite; still incomplete	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	244
Genesis 18	God Visits Abraham before the Birth of His Son;

Abraham Bargains with God about the Judgment of Sodom	4th rewrite; still incomplete	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	316
Genesis 19	The Judgment of Sodom/Perpetuation of Lot's Line	4th rewrite; still incomplete	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	401
Genesis 20	Abraham Deceives Abimelech	4th rewrite; still incomplete; although some more work could be done on v. 16	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	205
Genesis 21	Birth of Isaac; Ishmael Cast out; Abimelech and Abraham	4th rewrite; still incomplete	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	287
Genesis 22	God directs Abraham to offer up his son, Isaac, as a sacrifice	4th rewrite; still incomplete	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	275
Genesis 23	Abraham Purchases a Burial Plot for Sarah	4th rewrite; still incomplete	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	150
Genesis 24	Abraham Sends His Servant to Fetch a Wife for Isaac	4th rewrite; still incomplete	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	453
Genesis 25	Abraham and Keturah/Abraham's Death/Ishmael's Sons/ Jacob and Esau	4th rewrite; still incomplete	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	414
Genesis 26	Isaac and Abimelech; God Speaks to Isaac	4th rewrite; still incomplete	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	358
Genesis 27	Jacob Deceives his Father	4th rewrite; still incomplete	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	517
Genesis 28	Isaac Sends Jacob to the East/Jacob's Ladder	4th rewrite; still incomplete3	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	374
Genesis 29	Jacob Marries Both Leah and Rachel, and Sires Four Sons	4th rewrite; still incomplete.4	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	414
Genesis 30	Jacob Sires More Children/An Agreement with Laban	4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above)	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	452
Genesis 31	Jacob Leaves Laban's Compound	4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above)	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	627
Genesis 32	Two Camps/Jacob Returns to Canaan/

He Wrestles with God	4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above)	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	407
Genesis 33	Jacob and his Family Return to Canaan/Jacob Meets Esau	4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above)	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	268
Genesis 34	The Rape of Dinah/The Slaughter of Shechem	4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above)	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	223
Genesis 35	Jacob's Sons/The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac	4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above)	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	223
Genesis 36	Nation Esau (Edom)	4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above)	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	198
Genesis 37	Joseph and His Brothers	4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above)	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	278
Genesis 38	Judah and Tamar	4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above)	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	239
Genesis 39	Joseph and Potiphar	4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above)	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	186
Genesis 40	Joseph, the Chief Baker and the Chief Cupbearer	4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above)	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	159
Genesis 41	Pharaoh's Dream and the Famine of Egypt	4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above)	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	361
Genesis 42	Joseph's Brothers Come to Egypt to Buy Grain	4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above)	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	286
Genesis 43	Jacob's Sons Return to Egypt with Benjamin	4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above)	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	252
Genesis 44	Judah Offers to Be Benjamin's Substitute for Punishment	4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above).	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	226
Genesis 45	Joseph Makes Himself Known to His Brothers	4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above).	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	212
Genesis 46	Jacob's Entire Family Moves to Egypt	4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above).	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	225
Genesis 47	Pharaoh Welcomes Joseph's Family/The Famine Continues	4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above).	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	261
Genesis 48	Jacob Blesses the Sons of Joseph	4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above).	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	190
Genesis 49	Jacob's Last Words to His Sons	4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above).	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	279
Genesis 50	Jacob's Burial; Joseph Reassures His Brothers; Joseph's Death	4th rewrite; still incomplete (as above).	(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)	202
Total # of pages:	13,206

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(More links below)

Other Genesis References:

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.

External Links
Introductory Lessons

HTML	Introductory Lessons

PDF	Introductory Lessons

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Genesis Lessons 1–100

HTML	Genesis Lessons 1–100

PDF	Genesis Lessons 1–100

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Genesis Lessons 101–200

HTML	Genesis Lessons 101–200

PDF	Genesis Lessons 101–200

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Genesis Lessons 201–300

HTML	Genesis Lessons 201–300

PDF	Genesis Lessons 201–300

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Genesis Lessons 301–400

HTML	Genesis Lessons 301–400

PDF	Genesis Lessons 301–400

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Kukis Homepage	Exegesis	Doctrines

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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Genesis HTML Format	Genesis PDF Format	Genesis WordPerfect Format
Chapter Summaries	Chapters and Stage of Completeness	Additional links to other Genesis studies