A chiasm is a literary structure where the words or themes of parallel passages are repeated in reverse order. Typically whatever is at the center is what is being emphasized. In the chiasm of Genesis 2:4, the emphasis is on the Lord God as the creator.
The Chiasm of Genesis 2:4
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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