Genesis: Revelations Commentary

By Warren Sherwood Bennett

This is the thirteenth volume completing the Bible set to rhyme, which is believed to be unique all over the world.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Dec 6, 2018
• ISBN: 9781546266402

Warren Sherwood Bennett

As said in the prophecy, God is the source of all knowledge and life-giving breath. These matters of the fact lead the way to all forces on Earth and all unto death. This author has visualized and realized how his life has been blessed with the verse to feel with his zeal just how he could be prized with some wisdom of God’s universe. They recently had a great-grandchild, a boy, as their twenty-fifth one, and somehow, they also just had their first great-great-grandchild. This makes them great-great-grandparents now.

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Contents

Chapter I.

     The formation of God Himself

          His Word & His Spirit are first He creates

               All non-life are next, & then living things

                    Of life came the plants, animals, & humans

Chapter II.

     The rest for the Lord & the Sabbath

          The Garden of Eden & plants & a river

               The forbidden tree of knowledge

                    The creation of woman & marriage

Chapter III.

     Eve is deceived by the serpent

          Adam’s fall by God’s arraignment

               The curse of the serpent & evil

                    Adam & Eve cast from Eden

Chapter IV.

     Cain & Abel, their birth & their lives

          Adam & Eve have a child, Cain, his curse

               Lamech & his two wives

                    Enoch & Seth are born

Chapter V.

     The Patriarchs, life & death

          Complete genealogy of ancients

               From Adam to Noah, their Godliness

                    Enoch’s translation

Chapter VI.

     The world’s sinfulness

          God’s wrath is provoked

               The flood over the earth

                    The function of Noah’s ark

Chapter VII.

     Noah & family enter the ark

          The sorting of all things to board

               The flood begins

                    Life aboard the ark

Chapter VIII.

     Assuage of rising waters

          The epic of living with animals

               The raven & the dove

                    Resting on Ararat

Chapter IX.

     The blessing of Noah

          God’s first covenant

               Noah’s family life while planting the earth

                    The blessings of Noah’s sons

Chapter X.

     Noah’s lineage

          Japhath’s lineage

               Ham’s lineage

                    Nimrod, first monarch

Chapter XI.

     Only one language throughout

          The building of Babel

               Confusion of tongues

                    Generations of Abram

Chapter XII.

     God blesses the people with a Messiah

          Lot journeys through Canaan

               Lot feigns his wife to be his sister

                    Pharaoh restores her proper status

Chapter XIII.

     Abram & Lot return but disagree

          Lot goes to wicked Sodom

               God renews His promise to Abram

                    Abram builds an altar to God

Chapter XIV.

     The battle of kings

          Lot is captured

               Lot is rescued

                    The spoils of war

Chapter XV.

     God helps Abram

          Abram complains for his seed

               God promises Abram a son

                    By faith, Abram is justified

Chapter XVI.

     Sarai & Hagar dispute

          Hagar despised her mistress

               An angel dismisses Hagar

                    Hagar makes public her child

Chapter XVII.

     God’s covenant reviewed

          Abram’s name is changed by God

               Sarai’s name is changed by God

                    Abraham & Ishmael are circumcised

Chapter XVIII.

     Abraham & three angels

          Sarah is criticized for her ridicule

               Sodom is destroyed

                    Intercession for the men

Chapter XIX.

     Two angels & Lot

          Blindness is stricken in Sodom

               Sodom & Gomorrah are destroyed

                    The incest of Moab & Ammon

Chapter XX.

     Abraham loses his wife

          Abimelech reproved

               Abraham heals by prayer

                    Abraham restores Sarah

Chapter XXI.

     New-born Isaac is circumcised

          Hagar & Ishmael are cast out

               Distressed Hagar is comforted

                    Abimelech & Abraham’s covenant

Chapter XXII.

     Abraham offers his son on an altar

          An angel stops the action

               His son is exchanged for a ram

                    The blessing of Abraham

Chapter XXIII.

     Sarah’s death

          The place of her burial bought

               A sojourning stranger

                    Discussing & arguing money

Chapter XXIV.

     The swearing in of a servant

          Rebekah meets Abraham

               The servant blesses God

                    Isaac meets Rebekah

Chapter XXV.

     The death of Abraham

          Rebekah is barren

               The birth of Esau & Jacob

                    Esau sells his birthright to Jacob

Chapter XXVI.

     God blesses & teaches Isaac

          He’s reproved for denying his wife

               Abimelech makes up a covenant

                    Concerning Esau’s wives

Chapter XXVII.

     Isaac sends Esau for deer

          Rebekah instructs Jacob

               Isaac gives Jacob the blessing

                    Esau threatens Jacob

Chapter XXVIII.

     Isaac blesses Jacob

          Esau marries Mahalath

               Jacob’s ladder

                    Bethel’s stone

Chapter XXIX.

     The well of Haran

          Jacob meets Rachel

               Jacob is deceived

                    Leah bares four

Chapter XXX.

     Rachel is grieved for her barrenness

          Reuben finds mandrakes

               The baring of many

                    Jacob’s jewelry

Chapter XXXI.

     The secret departure of Jacob

          Rachel steals her father’s images

               Jacob’s complaint of Laban

                    Laban’s covenant

Chapter XXXII.

     The vision of Jacob

          Jacob’s fear of Esau

               Jacob wrestled with an angel

                    In peace, Jacob gives Esau a gift

Chapter XXXIII.

     Jacob & Esau greet

          The journey to Succoth

               At Shalem he buys a field

                    He builds an altar

Chapter XXXIV.

     Shalem ravishes Dinah

          The conditions of circumcision

               Shalem persuades the acceptance

                    Levi & Simeon are reproved

Chapter XXXV.

     Jacob goes to Bethel

          Jacob rids his idols

               Rachel dies in travail

                    Synopsis of Isaac’s life

Chapter XXXVI.

     Esau’s three wives & sons

          The sons & dukes of Seir

               The kings of Edom

                    The Esau dukes

Chapter XXXVII.

     Joseph is hated by his brothers

          Jacob sends Joseph to visit his brethren

               The brethren conspire Joseph’s death

                    The father is deceived by the bloody coat

Chapter XXXVIII.

     Judah begets three sons

          Er marries Tamar

               Tamar deceives Judah

                    Tamar bears twins, Pharez & Zarah

Chapter XXXIX.

     Potiphar advances Joseph in his house

          Joseph resists Tamar’s temptation

               Joseph is falsely accused

                    God is with Joseph in prison

Chapter XL.

     Pharaoh sends two servants to prison

          Joseph is placed over them in prison

               Joseph interprets their dreams

                    The butler disregards the interpretation

Chapter XLI.

     The two dreams of Pharaoh

          Joseph interprets the dreams & gives counsel

               Joseph is given a higher stature of service

                    The famine begins

Chapter XLII.

     Jacob sends his ten sons to Egypt

          Joseph imprisons his brethren

               Simeon is kept for a pledge

                    The return with the corn & money

Chapter XLIII.

     Jacob is somewhat reluctant to send Benjamin

          Joseph is happy to be by his brethren

               He makes them a feast to show acceptance

                    He continues his friendship & pleasure

Chapter XLIV.

     Family policy of Joseph

          His brethren’s safe being

               Judah’s humbleness

                    Supplication of Judah to Joseph

Chapter XLV.

     Joseph shows who he is to his brethren

          He announces God’s providence

               Pha`-raoh vouches Joseph’s relationships

                    Joseph sends provisions to Jacob

Chapter XLVI.

     God comforts Jacob

          The whole company goes to Egypt

               Joseph meets Jacob

                    Joseph instructs his brethren about Pharaoh

Chapter XLVII.

     The brothers & father & Pharaoh meet

          Joseph gives his people Egyptian money

               The priests land was not bought

                    Jacob swears Joseph to bury him with his father

Chapter XLVIII.

     Joseph & sons visit Jacob when