I want to make it clear right away that this commentary series is not necessarily for Bible scholars, pastors, or anyone else who is well versed in the Hebrew and Greek of the Bible. Although, I do think they can benefit from it as well.

Instead, this commentary series is for everyone else who does not fit into that group of scholars. I wrote this commentary series for those of you who would like to study the Bible with the knowledge of what the significant Hebrew and Greek words mean and how they fit into the context of each verse, chapter, and book that you may be studying.

As a pastor and Bible teacher, I have watched many Christians (not just new Christians either) struggle to better understand what God is saying to them through His Word.

I started doing this process more than twenty years ago when I was teaching a new member class at my church. As it turned out, I started with eight adults who were all either totally new to studying the Bible or they were not the strongest readers. Therefore, both groups were having a difficult time understanding the Bible.

So, I began by taking the Hebrew or Greek words and defined them so they could better understand the different meanings that each Hebrew or Greek word could have when translated into English.

The result was that the class soon became the largest class in the church, and we all (especially me) learned a great deal about God’s Word in the process.

Therefore, this is the approach I have taken with this new Bible commentary series. I will show you how this is done with the example provided below.

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The Easy Study Bible Commentary takes The Easy Study Bible© and examines, describes and expounds upon each Bible book, chapter by chapter, paragraph by paragraph, verse by verse, phrase by phrase and finally, word by word.

In my many years of Bible study and teaching, I have found this arrangement to be the easiest to follow and understand.

I have done my best to write this commentary with the idea in mind of making it easier for you to understand and, therefore, apply the great teachings that God gave to each of us through the various books of the Bible.

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Genesis is the book of beginnings in more than one way. The word itself is a Greek word which means ‘In the beginning.’ It was first used when the Greek translation of the Old Testament, the Septuagint, was finished somewhere around 247BC.

There are fifty chapters that range from creation to Joseph’s death.

The book is, of course, attributed to Moses, as are all the first five books also called the Pentateuch. It is estimated that he wrote it around 1500BC.

Genesis Outline

I. History of Humanity in General (1-11)

A. Creation of the heavens and earth (1-2)

B. Adam and his family (3-5)

1. The Fall of Man (3:1-24)

C. Noah and his family (6-11)

1. The Flood (6-10)

2. The Babel Rebellion (11:1-32)

II. History of Israel in Particular (12-50)

A. Abraham – The father who gave his son (12:1-25-18)

B. Isaac – The son who took a bride (25:19 - 26:35)

C. Joseph – The providence of God (37:1-60:26

Notice that the outline breaks Genesis into two parts. The first part is the history of man before God called Israel into being, and the second part is all about Israel after that.

The reason for that is very clear. After what God had to deal with in the first half, He gave mankind another chance to do it right. He gave them all the things they needed and even told them they were His chosen children.

But as we all know, they blew it!