Genesis-Tyndale commentary
The Tyndale commentary on Genesis, by Derek Kidner, is an oldie but a goodie. He consigns any discussion of the chronology of Genesis to an “additional note”, and saves the bulk of his attention for the matters he considers to be crucial to understanding these early chapters. What matters? Glad you asked. Three things: God, man and salvation.
God
Says Kidner,
From the outset, Genesis confronts us with the Living God, unmistakably personal ... He is the only God, the Creator and Sovereign of all that is ... His ways are perfect ... He is self-revealed. God's unity is not monolithic ... ‘the Angel of the Lord’ as a term for the Lord Himself, becomes meaningful only in the light of ‘him whom the Father ... sent into the world’, the pre-existent Son.
Man
Kidner points us to his place before God—man's constitution, his calling, his fall, and his plight. He speaks of Man in society—his relation to ‘things’ and persons, and his authority.
Salvation
This is the key third theme that Kidner draws attention to. In Genesis, says Kidner, we find Grace, Election, and the Sinner's Reclamation. In Genesis, in other words, we anticipate Christ.
Kidner's commentary is still worth having and using.