Genesis Flood Narrative - Comparative ANE Texts, Covenant, and Typology

# The Genesis Flood Narrative: Comparative ANE Texts, Covenant, and Typology

The Genesis flood narrative (Gen 6-9) stands as a foundational text depicting a cataclysmic divine judgment followed by recreation and a new covenantal order.

## Structure of Genesis 6-9

The literary structure is a chiastic (palindromic) arrangement:
- A. God resolves to destroy humanity (6:5-8)
- B. Noah commanded to build the ark (6:9-22)
- C. Entrance into the ark (7:1-10)