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Genesis, Volume 2: A New Beginning (Genesis 12–36): An Expositional Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

In this commentary on Genesis 12–36, Boice traces the “new beginning” of God’s plan of redemption, which arose out of God’s relationship with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. By delving into the patriarchs’ lives, Boice demonstrates how much they are like us and how easily we relate to them, both in triumphs and failures. The second of three volumes on the Book of Genesis, A New Beginning shows how...

In Genesis 34, God is not mentioned once. The years that chapter covers were filled with lust, deceit, murder, and fear of possible reprisals. In Genesis 35, God is everywhere. The name “God” appears eleven times. It is also present eleven more times in the names Israel, Bethel, and El Bethel; and another time in the name El-Shaddai (“God Almighty”). As a result, this chapter (although replete with the many problems of old age) is a high point in Jacob’s history. In all, Jacob lived perhaps 30 or
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