The Great Flood

DAY 14 (Genesis 5-8): In composing Genesis, Moses edited together text from multiple written sources. One way to differentiate these sources from each other is to pay careful attention to which words were used to describe God, since not all sources knew of God's personal covenant name "Yahweh". However, when we reach this account of Noah's Ark and the Great Flood, Moses begins to weave together these different accounts with greater intricacy. Because many details of the story are mentioned multiple times, it quickly takes on a disorienting, dream-like quality.