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Commentary on Genesis, Vol. 1

by Martin Luther (1483–1546)

Portrait of Martin Luther
Lucas Cranach the Elder · Public domain

33 chapters, about 172,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

  1. LUTHER'S WORKS IN ENGLISH. 100 words
  2. THE PROGRESS OF THE MOVEMENT. 100 words
  3. LUTHER ON THE OLD TESTAMENT NEEDED FIRST. 300 words
  4. LUTHER'S WORDS ON PUBLIC LIBRARIES. 1,700 words
  5. LUTHER THE FATHER OF MODERN LIBRARIES. 800 words
  6. READ LUTHER! READ LUTHER!! READ LUTHER!!! 800 words
  7. THE GREEK, LATIN AND TEUTON CHURCH FATHERS. 1,300 words
  8. HIS "SWAN SONG" AND HIS "IT IS FINISHED." 400 words
  9. DEDICATION OF VEIT DIETRICH. 5,600 words
  10. DEDICATION OF BASIL FABER. 1,100 words
  11. PREFACE OF DR. JOHN GEORGE WALCH. 2,800 words
  12. A TRIBUTE OF A THEOLOGIAN OF ENGLAND. 400 words
  13. A TRIBUTE OF A CHRISTIAN LADY IN SCOTLAND. 400 words
  14. DR. MARTIN LUTHER TO THE CHRISTIAN READER. 1,100 words
  15. I. INTRODUCTION. 1,200 words
  16. PART I. GOD'S WORK ON THE FIRST DAY. 7,200 words
  17. PART II. GOD'S WORK ON THE SECOND DAY. 5,500 words
  18. PART III. GOD'S WORK ON THE THIRD DAY. 3,500 words
  19. PART IV. GOD'S WORK ON THE FOURTH DAY. 4,000 words
  20. PART V. GOD'S WORK ON THE FIFTH DAY. 3,200 words
  21. PART VI. GOD'S WORK ON THE SIXTH DAY. 9,800 words
  22. PART I. GOD'S REST, SANCTIFICATION OF THE SABBATH AND CREATION OF ADAM. 7,200 words
  23. PART II. PARADISE. 14,900 words
  24. PART IV. THE CREATION OF EVE. 8,500 words
  25. PART V. THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY. 5,100 words
  26. PART I. THE TEMPTATION TO FALL. 10,400 words
  27. PART II. THE AWFUL FALL BY SINNING. 12,200 words
  28. PART IV. THE SERPENT AND SATAN CURSED. THE FIRST PROMISE. 8,600 words
  29. PART V. THE PUNISHMENT INFLICTED ON OUR FIRST PARENTS. 19,300 words
  30. PART I. GENERATION, MARRIAGE, BIRTH AND EDUCATION OF CAIN AND ABEL. 5,300 words
  31. PART II. OFFERINGS IN GENERAL, OF OUR FIRST PARENTS, AND OF CAIN AND ABEL. 19,300 words
  32. PART V. HOW CAIN WAS PUNISHED FOR HIS MURDER. 6,700 words
  33. PART VI. CAIN'S CONDUCT UPON BEING PUNISHED. 2,800 words

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