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title: "Commentary on Genesis, Volume 1"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "John King"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Commentaries"
section: 1 of 29
url: https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-genesis-volume-1/1/
cite: "John Calvin, tr. John King, Commentary on Genesis, Volume 1, section 1. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-genesis-volume-1/1/"
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# Commentary on Genesis, Volume 1

*John Calvin, tr. John King*

Calvin on Genesis 1–23: creation, the fall, the flood and Abraham.

## 1. Commentary on Genesis 1-23

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[¶0] COMMENTARIES ON THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES

[¶1] CALLED

[¶2] GENESIS

[¶3] BY JOHN CALVIN

[¶4] TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL LATIN, AND COMPARED WITH THE FRENCH EDITION,

[¶5] BY THE REV. JOHN KING, M.A.,

[¶6] OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, INCUMBENT OF CHRIST'S CHURCH, HULL

[¶7] VOLUME FIRST

[¶8] CHRISTIAN CLASSICS ETHEREAL LIBRARY GRAND RAPIDS, MI

[¶9] http://www.ccel.org