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The four narrative blocks which comprise Genesis are prefaced by statements (“Announcements”) which suggest ways in which the ensuing stories are likely to develop. The author concludes that the announcements influence their narratives in many different ways and that they are misleading indicators of how plots will develop. Genesis is more concerned to present the ironies of human motive and...

3:14–19; 8:21–9:7) and also incidentally in other pericopes (e.g. 4:1ff.). On the other hand, chs. 1–11 tend to be more fragmented than chs. 12–50, and as a result the plot Announcement appears to be less well integrated than is the case with the respective Announcements in chs. 12–50. Nevertheless, while there may not be so many smooth transitions in the plot of the primaeval history, every episode can be related to the Announcement of 1:28 in one way or another, without any special pleading. As
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