GENESIS MAKES SENSE: INTRO

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For the internet posted commentary: Scroll below this Introduction to select the commentaries and Topical notes.  Authorship, post date, and contact email appear after each section. Posted commentaries and Topical notes have been updated as recently as July 2026.   

INTRODUCTION to the COMMENTARIES and TOPICAL NOTES

Genesis Makes Sense is a series of well-referenced commentaries and Topical notes that explain the accounts in Genesis chapters 1-11 from a factual scientific and historical perspective. Nearly all other internet commentaries for these early chapters of Genesis instead discuss their religious content.

The Genesis chapter 1-3 commentaries explain these accounts verse-by-verse and use proper Hebrew word translations into English from reliable cited references so they may be correctly understood.

The Genesis chapter 4 and 5 highlighted commentaries for these accounts cover the lives of the early descendants of Adam and Eve. Where Cain got his wife is also explained.

Genesis chapters 6-9 about Noah's Flood are covered in Topical note 4.  It properly describes the Ark and explains the geology of the Flood and Earth's plate tectonics that it caused. Extra-biblical historical evidence for the Ark and Noah and his family is presented.  Worldwide animal migration after the Flood is explained in Topical note 3C. Also, the ancient Mesopotamian creation and flood epics are paraphrased and their relevance to the biblical accounts are explained.

Genesis chapters 10-11 are covered in Topical note 3B. It presents scientific and historical evidence about human migration to their first settlement in Mesopotamia, and then worldwide after their dispersal by God. Topical note 4 continues coverage of worldwide human migration to fill the earth by describing their progress from extra-biblical sources.

There are three commentaries for Genesis 1 that explain each- its Origin and Authorship, Creation: The Beginning (verse 1) when the heavens and the earth were created, and Creation: The Six Days (verses 2-31) when the earth was made into a habitat with a surface ocean and living creatures and humans. 

A brief technical (scientific) summary of the Genesis 1 account introduces the commentary, Genesis 1 Creation- the Beginning.  It inserts explanatory scientific descriptions into the bible text inside of bold braces {} so this carefully researched science is clearly separated from the bible text. This science is seen to be completely consistent with the biblical account that confirms its validity. Adding technical descriptions to this otherwise unscientific bible account explains the "how" of what God did, and makes the meaning of Genesis 1 in English bibles clearly understandable for modern readers!       

The Authorship of the Hebrew Law commentary provides convincing archeological, historical, and linguistic evidence that Moses was the original writer of the books of the Hebrew Law during their Exodus from Egypt about 1450 BCE, and why later explanatory “editorial updating” by others didn’t change his message. It explains where and when the Book of Genesis was written.  A short commentary of the Book of Job ends the main commentary and provides evidence for when Job lived, how this ancient Middle Eastern epic became a book in the bible, and some of its life lessons.  

The commentaries and Topical notes provide evidence for the reality of these accounts using recent discoveries in astronomy, archaeology, Hebrew linguistics, character analysis, and ancient history.

The commentaries and notes are written in plain English and don’t assume readers have a thorough understanding of the bible or the scientific disciplines involved. The thought progression of the material was carefully organized for easy reading. Although the material was prepared for those with a Judeo-Christian background it welcomes those who have other faiths, or those with a secular world view as well.  

Unfortunately, today the early accounts in Genesis are viewed by many as “myths and legends” of dubious value for today, or “fables” (fictional stories) that teach spiritual lessons, or even a "code" to guide readers to a fortune!  Genesis is the foundational book of the Bible so it contains the early accounts that originated the concepts taught in the rest of the bible. Life lessons that have eternal value are included in the commentaries that illustrate these accounts still have application for today- because human nature hasn’t changed since they were written.

Contents of the Topical notes: 

Topical note 1 covers scientific bias against the bible. Topical note 2 critiques alternate views of the life creation account described in Genesis 1- theistic evolution, the gap theory, and day-age interpretation. Topical note 3A explains how fossil humans fit into the Genesis accounts, 3B describes how humans migrated to fill the earth after Noah’s Flood, how the earliest nations originated, and how today’s human races began, and 3C covers worldwide animal migration after the Flood. This includes why the unusual marsupial mammals including kangaroos inhabit Australia, how penguins reached Antarctica, and New World monkeys reached the tropical parts of the Americas after Noah’s Flood. Topical note 4 explains the historical evidence that Noah and his family were real people, geological and historical evidence for Noah’s Flood and how it originated Earth’s plate tectonics and continental drift several thousand years ago, and why human life spans dramatically decreased after the Flood. It also explains the paraphrased ancient Mesopotamian creation and flood epics and surveys the worldwide cultural creation and flood traditions, then covers their relevance to the Genesis creation and flood accounts.  Topical note 5 explains the worldwide pre-Flood tropical climate and why it no longer exists. Topical note 6 critiques evolutionary speciation theory and its promotion by conventional scientists as a fact. The section on micro-evolution within species introduces recent discoveries in molecular genetics. The newly described adaptive process of continuous environmental tracking (known as CET) by organisms to climate change in their environment is covered. Their biochemical sensing is directly coupled to epigenetic modification of their genomes and RNA editing that allows organisms to continuously adapt to climate change and pass these changes to their progeny. This process was recently documented for birds including “Darwin’s finches” in conventional scientific journal articles quoted. CET obsoletes the older and much slower theoretical process of "evolutionary speciation' with “natural selection” by the environment as the selective agent for organisms to adapt to climate change.  Origin of flightless birds is studied. Topical note 7 covers radiometric dating, why it is used by conventional scientists instead of other methods, and exposes its flaws. Topical note 8 explains how distant galaxies can be millions of light years away in a universe that is only thousands of years old! It also provides up-to-date information about the cosmological redshift and stellar accretion disks. Topical note 9 explores requirements for habitable exoplanets and evaluates scientific and biblical evidence for extra-terrestrial life. Topical note 10 explains why God created the universe with intelligent life. Topical note 11 describes the information trail of the early Genesis accounts from their originators into modern bibles.

The following popular bible "mysteries" are explained in the commentaries and Topical notes:

Where is ancient Eden today? How could eating from the "tree of life" in the Garden of Eden let people live forever? (Genesis 2 commentary). Was the Garden’s serpent a snake or something else? Did he really speak to the woman? Why did the serpent tempt the woman instead of the man? (Genesis 3 commentary). Where did Cain’s wife come from? (Highlights of Genesis 4). How do fossil humans fit into the creation accounts? (Topical note 3A). Did humans ever meet T.rex dinosaurs? (Genesis 1 commentary and Topical note 3A). The following five mysteries are covered in the Authorship of the Hebrew Law commentary: Who was the pharaoh of the Exodus? Have any solid archaeological discoveries been made in Egypt from the original Passover?...Yes! What was the name of pharaoh’s daughter who adopted Moses and later became a ruling queen of Egypt? Which pharaoh ruled Egypt who appointed Jacob’s son, Joseph as prime minister? Who wrote the Book of Job, and when did Job live? Did fire-breathing dragons described in The Book of Job really exist? (Genesis 3 commentary). If the biblical God created everything why and when did pagan gods originate? (Genesis 1: Origin and Authorship). How were so many big animals kept on Noah’s ark?  Was the ark the same as a boat? (Topical note 4). How can distant galaxies be millions of light years away in a universe that is only thousands of years old?...special relativity! (Topical note 8).  Are UFOs real? Do they confirm that extra-terrestrial life exists? (Topical note 9). Why did God create the universe with intelligent life? (Topical note 10).Are UFOs real? Do they confirm that extra-terrestrial life exists? (Topical note 9). Why did God create the universe with intelligent life? (Topical note 10).

These commentaries and notes consistently provides authentic answers to searching questions that are presented with supporting scientific and historical evidence.

Many carefully selected science and history articles from reputable websites, books, technical periodicals, and videos were used as source material for the commentaries and topical notes. These cited references show the content are not merely the author’s asserted opinions! Numbered cited references that appear in bold braces {} are listed at the end of each section. When scripture is referenced the verses are conveniently cited to find them in a bible.  Internet references may be accessed by clicking on their live web links.  Use of the cited references does not imply their

endorsement.

Chapter and verse designations and scripture wording refer to the New International Version (©1984 NIV), unless otherwise stated and are noted in brackets [].  Originally each book of the bible was written as continuous text without chapter or verse numbers.  These were added much later during the medieval period in Europe to assist referring to parts of the text.  

Bible Notation:

"Genesis 1:1" means Genesis chapter 1 verse 1 (or v1), plural for verse is vv, "Genesis 1-3" means Genesis chapters 1 through 3, and a verse reference to "v6c" (or :6c) means the third sentence in verse 6.

Text emphasis: Use of bold, underlined, and italicized text is intended to assist faster reading:  Bold font indicates major concepts.  Underlined and italicized text indicate important topics or details.           

W. Cook

Independent researcher July 2026

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