Parallelism in Genesis 12-14


  • 12:1-2 – Promise of land and descendants
    • 12:4 – Abram commanded to move
      • 12:6 – Abram went to the oak of Moreh at Shechem
        • 12:7 – Built an altar
          • 12:11-20 – Conflict with a king, Sarai taken and returned, wealth obtained
  • 13:14-16 – Promise of land and descendants
    • 13:17 – Abram commanded to move
      • 13:18 – Abram went to the oaks of Mamre at Hebron
        • 13:18 – Built an altar
          • 14:1-24 – Conflict with kings, Lot taken and returned, wealth refused
Interestingly, this parallelism overlaps a chiasm in Genesis 12:6-13:18. See here.

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