Genesis 1 Flashcards
What is the arrangement of Gen 1-5?
Gen 1:1-2:3
Gen 2:4-25
Gen 3:1-13
Gen 3:14-19
Gen 3:20-24
Gen 4
Gen 5
What is the arrangement of Gen 6-11?
Gen 6:1-4
Gen 6:5-9:27
Gen 9:28-29
Gen 10
Gen 11:1-9
Gen 11:10-32
What is Merism?
a figure of speech in which a totality is expressed by means of contrasting parts
“I am wet from head to toe”
contrasting parts–heads to toe
expressing totality–the whole body
What is the skeletal Structure of Gen 1?
1) and God said…
2) Let there be…
3) and there was…
4) and God saw…
5) it was good…
6) and God called…
7) and there was evening and there was morning, … day …
what does the narratives of the days express in their structure?
a crescendo effect in the size and amount of material resulting in a sense of importance.
Through the narrative Symmetry, what does God do in days 1-3?
He separates
What does God separate in day 1?
light from darkness
What does God separate in day 2?
seas from the sky
What does God separate in day 3?
earth from the sky
Through the narrative Symmetry, what does God do in days 4-6?
He puts in
What does God put in on day 4?
Bring the luminaries to govern the day and night
What does God put in on day 5?
Brings forth fish and fowl
What does God put in on day 6?
creates land animals and man/woman
What 10 factors accent the sixth day?
1) the number of words allowed to this day
2) “very good” instead of just “good”
3) poetry in the middle of day 6
4) the term “create” 3x in vs 27, and 4x in the rest of the chapter to add to 7x
5) word play between “bless/create”
6) not the impersonal “let there be” but rather 1st person deliberation in the Godhead
7) not made “After its kind” but rather in the image of God
8) given dominion over all others
9) Gender is a first time issue
10) God spoke “to them” for the first time.
