Interpreting the Bible
Scripture study and interpretation
The Discourse of the Biblical Text
Title and closure in reports and descriptions
Creation Story - main text. Genesis 1: 1 to 2: 4.
Title - Genesis 1: 1
In the beginning God created heaven and earth
Closing - Genesis 2: 4
These are the origins of heaven and earth, when they were created; on the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
Description of the genealogy of Ishmael, son of Abraham. Genesis 25:12 to 25:16.
Title - Genesis 25:12
12 These, however, are the generations of Ishmael the son of Abraham, which Sarah's handmaid, Hagar, Egyptian, gave to Abraham.
Closing - Genesis 25:16
16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names by their villages and by their castles: twelve princes according to their families.
Description of the genealogy of Esau, son of Isaac. Genesis 36: 1 to 36:19.
Title - Gen 36: 1
1 And these are the generations of Esau (who is Edom).
Closing - Gen 36:19
19 These are the sons of Esau, and these are his princes; he is Edom.
Leviticus. Leviticus 27:34 (closing at the end of the book)
Closing - Leviticus 27:34
34 These are the commandments that the Lord commanded Moses, for the children of Israel, on Mount Sinai.
Law on leprosy. Leviticus 14: 2 to 14:32.
Title - Leviticus 14: 2
2 This will be the law of the leper on the day of his cleansing
Leviticus Closing - 14:32
32 This is the law of the one in whom the plague of leprosy is, whose hand cannot reach what is necessary for its purification.
Description and record of the count of the sons of Kohath before the people left Sinai. Numbers 4: 1 to 4:37.
Title - Numbers 4: 1-3
1 And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
2 Take the sum of the children of Kohath, among the children of Levi, for their generations, according to their parents' house;
3 from thirty years old and up to fifty years old, whoever enters this army, will do the work in the tent of meeting.
Closing - Numbers 4:37
37 These are the ones that were numbered from the generations of the Kohathites, from everyone who ministered in the tent of meeting, who were numbered by Moses and Aaron, according to the command of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
Analepses
Creation Story - main text. Genesis 1: 1 to 2: 4.
Title - Genesis 1: 1
In the beginning God created heaven and earth
Closing - Genesis 2: 4
These are the origins of heaven and earth, when they were created; on the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
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