One of the most common ways of structuring a narrative for the author of Genesis was to use a chiastic structure. We saw this earlier in the story of the flood. As a reminder, in a chiastic structure, the author creates parallel points arranged in…
Summary Chart of Genesis 1-11 Creation Destruction - Flood Recreation 1:1 darkness was over the deep, 1:2 God blessed [the animals]: be fru…
Different types of literature demand different structures. We write novels differently than blog posts, and short stories differently from e-mail messages. The literary culture of the Bible was no different, except that the literary forms come from …
The genealogy of Adam-Noah in Genesis 5 Generation Name Years 1 Adam 130+800=930 2 Seth 105+807=912 3 Enosh 90+815=905 4 Kenan 70+840=910 5 Mahalalel 65+830=895 6 Jared 16…
The opening overture to the book of Genesis (1:1-2:3) is presented in a parallel structure. The vertical relationships point to the two great creative acts of God, forming and filling. The horizontal relationships represent three areas of ac…