A chiasm is a literary structure where the words or themes of the first section of a passage are repeated in reverse order in the second. Typically whatever is in the center of the chiasm is what is being emphasized. In the chiasm of Genesis 6:5-8 the emphasis is on God’s determination to blot out not only sinful man from the earth but also animals, creeping things and birds (Gen 6:7a-b).
The Chiasm of Genesis 6:5-8
About the Author: Mike Rusten
Mike Rusten grew up in Plymouth, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. God drew him to himself at a Billy Graham crusade when Mike was a junior high boy, and life was never to be the same. He graduated from Princeton University where he was president of the Princeton Evangelical Fellowship. Read More ...
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