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Table 1.4 Parallel Structure of Genesis 1-11

Creation to Noah
(10 Generations)
Flood to Abram
(10 Generations)
A. Creation (1-2) A. Re-creation (8:1-9:17)
        1. Deeps (1:2)         1. Deeps (8:2)
        2. Blessing (1:22)         2. Blessing (8:17)
        3. Mandate (1:28)         3. Mandate (9:1-2,7)
        4. Food (1:29-30)         4. Food (9:3)
        5. Adam worked the ground (2:15)         5. Noah worked the ground (9:20)
B. Adam and Eve ate fruit of the tree (3) B. Noah drank fruit of the vine (9:18-28)
        1. Fruit of the tree (1-7)         1. Wine (20-21)
        2. Nakedness exposed (3:7)         2. Nakedness viewed (9:21-23)
C. Cain sinned and was cursed (4) C. Ham sinned and Canaan was cursed (9:25-27)
D. Genealogy: Adam to Noah (5) D. Genealogy: Sons of Noah (10)
E. Sons of God (6:1-4) E. Tower of Babel (11:1-9)
        1. Divine-human mix (6:1-2)         1. Reach heaven (11:4)
        2. Men of a name [Heb. shem] (6:4)         2. Make a name [Heb. shem] (11:4)
F. Flood (6:5-7:24) F. Genealogy of Shem (11:10-26)
Result: Undoing of creation Result: God focuses on Abram and makes his name [Heb. shem] great (12:2)

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