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Title: Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II
Luther on Sin and the Flood

Author: Martin Luther

Translator: John Nicholas Lenker

Release Date: February 3, 2009 [EBook #27978]

Language: English

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LUTHER ON SIN AND THE FLOOD
COMMENTARY ON GENESIS

BY

JOHN NICHOLAS LENKER, D.D.

TRANSLATOR OF LUTHER'S WORKS INTO ENGLISH;
AUTHOR OF "LUTHERANS IN ALL LANDS"

VOL. II
SECOND THOUSAND

The Luther Press
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., U.S.A.
1910

_DEDICATION_.

To all interested in studying the Christian Missionary problems of
"the last times" of the modern world, this volume is dedicated.

Copyright, 1910, by J. N. LENKER.

_FOREWORD_.

The first volumes of the "American Luther" we selected for publication
were his best commentaries, then eight volumes of his Gospel and
Epistle sermons and one volume of his best catechetical writings.
These rich evangelical works introduced us to the real Luther, not the
polemical, but the Gospel Luther. They contain the leaven of the
faith, life and spirit of Protestantism. We now return to his
spiritual commentaries on the Bible which are the foundation of all
his writings. The more one reads Luther the greater he becomes as a
student of the One Book.

Contents of This Volume.

This, the second volume of Luther's great commentary on Genesis,
appears now in English for the first time.

It covers chapters four to nine inclusive of Genesis. The subjects
discussed are: Cain's murder, his punishment, Cain's sons, Seth and
his sons, the wickedness of the old world, the ark, Noah's obedience,
the universal destruction, the salvation of Noah's family, his
sacrifice, his blessing, the rainbow covenant, Noah's fall, Ham cursed
and Shem and Japheth blessed. These great themes are discussed by
Moses and Luther. They have vital relations to problems pertaining to
the end of the modern world. Our hope and prayer are that God may use
this volume to make the book of Genesis and the whole