Topics  Poetry in the Hebrew Bible
The Chiastic Structure of Genesis 1:1 to 2:3
By Jeff A. Benner
| A. | Elohiym filled the sky and the land because it was empty and it was all in chaos so the wind of Elohiym settled upon the water (1:1 to 1:2) |
| A1. | Day 1 - Elohiym separates (1:3 to 1:5, Day one) |
| A2. | Day 2 - Elohiym separates (1:6 to 1:8, Day two) |
| A3. | Day 3 - Elohiym separates (1:9 to 1:13, Day three |
| b. Plants spring up from the land |
| B1. | Day 4 - Elohiym fills (1:14 to 1:19, Day four) |
| a. the light with the sun |
| b. the dark with the moon |
| B2. | Day 5 - Elohiym fills (1:20 to 1:23, Day five) |
| a. fills the water with fish |
| b. fills the sky with birds |
| B3. | Day 6 - Elohiym fills (1:24 to 1:31, Day six) |
| a. the land with animals and man |
| b. Plants are given as food |
| B. | Elohiym 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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