According to the author, his purpose is to "help the reader appreciate the major literary and theological motifs that form the theological ideas in the narratives, and to demonstrate how these theological ideas can be developed into clear and accurate expository ideas." To accomplish this goal, he divides Genesis into more than sixty units, discussing each unit's theological ideas, describing its structure, and synthesizing its message, as well as providing an exegetical outline, an expository out line, and a bibliography.

In the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, reviewer Van Campbell noted that "the quality of Creation and Blessing seems to require superlatives, It models the kind of writing that those who teach must give to those who preach to facilitate accurate and rich exposi tion. Indeed, reading the book is an excellent course in studying and expounding narrative literature."