Fall
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| Fall | |
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| Genesis 3:1 - 24 | |
| Super-section | Genealogy of Heaven and Earth |
| Contrasts | Creation of Man and Woman |
| Form | chiasm, 13-parts |
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- Intro: The Subtle Snake (3:1-3)
- A. surely die (4)
- B. You will be like God, knowing good and evil (5,6)
- C. They made coverings of fig leaves (7)
- D. Man and Wife estranged (8)
- E. Adam questioned (9-11)
- F. Eve accused and questioned (12,13)
- G. Serpent accused and Messiah promised (14,15)
- F' Eve's curse (16)
- F. Eve accused and questioned (12,13)
- E' Adam's curse (17-19)
- E. Adam questioned (9-11)
- D' Man and Wife reunited (20)
- D. Man and Wife estranged (8)
- C' The LORD God made them tunics of skin and clothed them. (21)
- C. They made coverings of fig leaves (7)
- B' like one of Us, to know good and evil. (22a)
- B. You will be like God, knowing good and evil (5,6)
- A' live forever (22b)
- Epilogue: The disastrous end (23,24)
Sub-chiasm
- A. craftiest beast of the field (1)
- B. Snake deceives the woman (2-5)
- C. She gives, he eats (6)
- D. They realized they were naked. (7)
- E. Adam and Eve hid themselves. (8)
- F. "Where are you?" (9)
- E' "I hid myself." (10)
- E. Adam and Eve hid themselves. (8)
- D' "Who told you that you were naked?" (11a)
- D. They realized they were naked. (7)
- C' She gave it to me, and I ate (12)
- C. She gives, he eats (6)
- B' "the snake deceived me" (13)
- B. Snake deceives the woman (2-5)
- A' Cursed above all beasts of the field (14a)
