This past Sunday I preached on the flood narrative, and among the things I dicussed was how the primary point of the narrative can be seen through an examination fo a particular literary feature that Moses employed in his composition of the flood story. Here are the two chiasms that I referenced for your own edification! Be amazed at not only the literary genius of the Scriptures, but at the truth the center of these chiasms remind us of -- The Lord remembered Noah. And he remembers us too. (UPDATE: For some reason this doesn't show up formatted correctly, so I've attached the chiasms in a Word document as well).
A Noah and his sons 6:9a
B Noah and the world before the flood 6:9b-12
C Divine announcement and covenant 6:13-22
D Enters the ark 7:1-5
E Beginning of the flood 7:6-16
F The flood prevails 7:17-24
G God remembers Noah 8:1a
F’ The flood recedes 8:1b-5
E’ Ending of the flood 8:6-14
D’ Exits the ark 8:15-19
C’ Divine announcement and covenant 8:20-22
B’ Noah and the world after the flood 9:1-17
A’ Noah and his son 9:18-19
A 7 days waiting for the flood 7:4
B 7 days waiting for the flood 7:10
C 40 days of flooding 7:17
D 150 days of flood prevailing 7:24
E God remembers Noah 8:1
D’ 150 days of flood receding 8:3
C’ 40 days of waiting 8:6
B’ 7 days of waiting 8:10
A’ 7 days of waiting 8:12
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