Genesis : beginning and blessing /
R. Kent Hughes.
- Wheaton, Ill. : Crossway Books, c2004.
- 702p. ; 24 cm.
- Preaching the Word .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [625]-670) and indexes.
Beginning -- Forming the earth -- Filling the earth -- God rests -- East, in Eden -- Man and woman -- Paradise lost : the fall -- Paradise lost : the confrontation -- Paradise lost : curse and judgment -- Paradise lost : judgment and sin -- The way of Cain -- The song of Lamech -- He was no more -- Great sin, greater grace -- De-creation : the biblical flood -- Re-creation : the world restored -- Noah : curse and blessing -- Hope for the nations -- All man's Babylons -- From Shem to Abraham -- Life of Abraham : faith answers the call -- Starting and stumbling -- Magnanimous faith -- Magnanimous living -- Melchizedek the priest king -- Faith and righteousness -- God's covenant with Abram -- Short-cutting faith -- Covenant confirmed -- Is anything too hard for the Lord? -- God, righteous and just -- Molten rain -- Finishing un-well -- Old sins -- Two laughters -- The Lord will provide -- Promise and purchase -- Faith and providence -- Death of Abraham -- Infamous grace -- Weakness, God's presence, blessing -- Pilfered blessing -- An angel-freighted ladder -- Deceiver deceived -- Birth wars! -- The greening of Jacob -- Mesopotamian Exodus -- Jacob becomes Israel -- Brothers reconciled -- Fierce grace -- Residuals -- The generations of Esau -- Joseph's call -- Sold into slavery -- Tamar and Judah -- Succeeding in Egypt -- Preparation for greatness -- Pit to pinnacle -- Life at the top -- Guilt and grace -- Mercy in Egypt -- Transformation in Egypt -- Reconciliation in Egypt -- Preservation in Egypt -- Prospering in Egypt -- Faith and blessing -- The testament of Jacob -- The testament of Jacob, II -- Jacob's exodus -- Good providence -- Man and sin in Genesis -- Faith and righteousness in Genesis -- Grace in Genesis -- Messiah in Genesis -- God in Genesis.