6. Genealogies, Floods

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6. Genealogies, Floods a City with a Tower Gen
5-11

• BOT630/BHE630 Exegesis of Genesis

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Genesis 5.1-6.8

• The book of Genealogies

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Outline of Genesis 5.1-6.8

• 5132Genealogy of Adam to Noah
• 614The angel marriages
• 658Gods plan to destroy mankind except for
  Noah

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Issues in Genesis 5.1-32

• 5.1-5 Adam
• 5.21-24 Enoch
• 5.25-27 Methuselah
• 5.28-31 Lamech
• 5.32 Noah

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Supernatural Evil Gen 6.1-4

• "Early Jewish authors considered it to be more
  important than the story of the sin of Adam and
  Eve, for this passage was retold many times while
  the Eden story is only occasionally alluded to.
  For several authors this was the true 'Fall
  story,' the account of how evil came into the
  world by means of the descent of certain
  rebellious angels (e.g., Jub 5.1-11 1 En 6-10,
  86-33 2 En 18 T.Reuben 5.6).

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Supernatural Evil Gen 6.1-4

• For these earliest extant interpretations there
  was no question about the identity of the 'sons
  of God' they were fallen angels. Later Jewish
  and Christian authors 'demythologized' the
  passage, however. Among Jewish writers the sons
  of God were identified as members of the nobility
  who married beneath them.

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Supernatural Evil Gen 6.1-4

• Christian authors insisted that the sons of God
  were the descendants of Seth, while the daughters
  of men were from the line of Cain." Gowan, ITC
  Genesis 1-11, 82

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Problem with Genesis 6.1-4

• MATTHEW 22.30
• MARK 12.25
• LUKE 20.35-36

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NOAH AND THE FLOOD

• SOURCE CRITICAL DIVISIONS
• Topic J P
• God's Decision 6.5-8 6.9-13
• Construction of the Ark 6.14-22
• Entry into the Ark 7.1-5, 7-8, 10 7.6, 9
• The Flood 7.12, 16b, 17, 22-23 7.11,
  13-16a, 18-21, 24

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NOAH AND THE FLOOD

• SOURCE CRITICAL DIVISIONS
• Topic J P
• The End of the Flood 8.2b, 3a, 6-12
• 8.1-2a, 3b-5, 13a
• Exit from the Ark 8.13b 8.14-19
• Sacrifice and Promise 8.20-22 9.1-17

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NOAH AND THE FLOOD

• A Noah (6.10a)
• B Shem, Ham, and Japheth (6.10b)
• C Ark to be built (6.14-16)
• D Flood announced (7.17)
• E Covenant with Noah (6.18-20)
• F Food in the ark (6.21)
• G Command to enter the ark (7.1-3)

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NOAH AND THE FLOOD

• H 7 days waiting for flood (7.4-5)
• I 7 days waiting for flood (7.7-10)
• J Entry to ark (7.11-15)
• K Yahweh shuts Noah in (7.16)
• L 40 days flood (7.17a)
• M Waters increase (7.17b-18)
• N Mountains covered (7.19-20)

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NOAH AND THE FLOOD

• O 150 days water prevail (7.21-24)
• P GOD REMEMBERS NOAH (8.1)
• O 150 days waters abate (8.3)
• N' Mountain tops visible (8.4-5)
• M' Waters abate (8.5)
• L' 40 days (end of) (8.6a)
• K' Noah opens window of ark (8.6b)

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NOAH AND THE FLOOD

• J' Raven and dove leave ark (8.7-9)
• I' 7 days waiting for waters to subside
  (8.10-11)
• H' 7 days waiting for waters to subside (8.12-13)
• G' Command to leave ark (8.15-17 22)
• F' Food outside ark (9.1-4)
• E' Covenant with all flesh (9.8-10)

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NOAH AND THE FLOOD

• D' No flood in the future (9.11-17)
• C' Ark (9.18a)
• B' Shem, Ham, and Japheth (9.18b)
• A' Noah (9.19)
• Wenham, "Coherence of the Flood Narrative," VT 28
  (1978), 338.

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NOAH AND THE FLOOD

• Transitional introduction (6.9-10)
• 1. Violence in God's creation (6.11-12)
• 2. First divine address resolution to destroy
  (6.13-22)
• 3. Second divine address command to enter the
  ark (7.1-10)
• 4. Beginning of the flood (7.11-16)
• 5. The rising flood waters (7.17-24)

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NOAH AND THE FLOOD

• GOD'S REMEMBRANCE OF NOAH
• Anderson, B., "From Analysis to Synthesis The
  Interpretation of Genesis 1-11," JBL 97 (1978).

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NOAH AND THE FLOOD

• 6. The receding flood waters (8.1-5)
• 7. The drying of the earth (8.6-14)
• 8. Third divine address command to leave the ark
  (8.15-19)
• 9. God's resolution to preserve order (8.20-22)
• 10. Fourth divine address covenant blessing and
  peace (9.1-17)
• Transitional conclusion (9.18-19)

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Conclusion of the Flood Narrative

• 9.1-7 Renewal of the Blessing
• 9.8-17 The Covenant with Noah
• 9.18-29 Ham's Sin and the Curse of Canaan

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