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Genesis 1:1-2:3 – Chiasm
A – INTRODUCTION: God/Elohim creates, and the beginning is chaotic, or for the theme of the text, without form or purpose.
B1 – Day 1 – Elohim separates (1:3-5)
1 – light
2 – dark
B2 – Day 2 – Elohim separates (1:6-8)
1 – water
2 – sky
B3 – Day 3 – Elohim separates (1:9-13)
1 – land
2 – plants spring up from the land
B1’ – Day 4 – Elohim fills (1:14 to 1:19)
1 – the light with the sun
2 – the dark with the moon
B2’ – Day 5 – Elohim fills (1:20 to 1:23)
1 – fills the water with fish
2 – fills the sky with birds
B3’ – Day 6 – Elohim fills (1:24 to 1:31)
1 – the land with animals and man
2 – plants are given as food
A’ – CONCLUSION: God/Elohim Finishes his separating and filling of the sky and the land and respects the seventh day because in it he did his occupation (2:1 to 2:3, Day seven)
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