Bible Commentary Theologians refer to this as creation ad extra W Graham Scroggie, Know Your Bible, 1:22 Oswald T Allis, The Five Books of Moses, p 288 Merrill F Unger, Introductory Guide to the Old Testament, p 274 This is the traditional view, strongly supported by both internal and external evidence There is archaeological evidence of the art of writing in the ancient Near East dated as early as the fourth millennium B.C., which was long before Moses’ time G T Manley, The New Bible Handbook, p 116 D A Hubbard, “Pentateuch,” in The New Bible Commentary, p 964 9 The rst forty years (1525-1485 B.C.) of Moses’ life were spent in Pharaoh’s court The next forty years (1485-1445 B.C.) saw him in exile in Midian (see Map F) 10 Dates are from John C Whitcomb’s chart, Old Testament Patriarchs and Judges 11 Each full chapter of Genesis is a study segment, with these exceptions: chapter 25 has two segments, 25:1-18 and 25:19-34 Also, the segment of chapter 37 begins at 37:20 Mark these in your Bible now 12 The word “generations” in this phrase signifies “that which is begotten.” 13 Manley, p 126 14 There is no way of knowing how long this interval was, even though the genealogical listings include time data 15 Latin for “let it be done.” 16 See Edward J Young, Introduction to the Old Testament, p 54 17 Cf John 8:44 18 The word Semitic is derived from the name Shem Some think the word Hebrew can be traced to Eber, great-grandson of Shem (Gen 11:14) 19 Merrill F Unger, Unger’s Bible Handbook, p 63 20 Steven Barabas, “Isaac,” in The Zondervan Pictorial Bible Dictionary, p 383 21 Paddan-Aram is either the region where Haran is located, or another name for Haran itself See Map A for the location of Haran 22 In the land allotments to the tribes, the sons of Levi (Levites) were given no land inheritance Also, Joseph was represented in two shares of territory by his sons, Ephraim and Manasseh 23 See John F Walvoord, Jesus Christ Our Lord, pp 62-78, for a good discussion of this subject 24 Scroggie, 1:22 4 ... Young, Introduction to the Old Testament, p 54 17 Cf John 8:44 18 The word Semitic is derived from the name Shem Some think the word Hebrew can be traced to Eber, great-grandson of Shem (Gen 11:14)... “Isaac,” in The Zondervan Pictorial Bible Dictionary, p 383 21 Paddan-Aram is either the region where Haran is located, or another name for Haran itself See Map A for the location of Haran 22 In the. .. chart, Old Testament Patriarchs and Judges 11 Each full chapter of Genesis is a study segment, with these exceptions: chapter 25 has two segments, 25:1-18 and 25:19-34 Also, the segment of chapter