The Geneva Bible was designed for individual use and is considered the first English study Bible because it includes book introductions and explanatory notes and references.

It is generally accepted that the first English study Bible was the 16th-century Geneva Bible. Early in the 20th century came the Scofield Reference Bible, followed by the Oxford Annotated Bible ...

Gordon Campbell – a historian for the Museum of the Bible, which is expected to open in 2017 – said the Geneva Bible was widely read in England; he called it “really kind of a study Bible ...