What are some of the indications of multiple sources in the Genesis Flood narrative? Which sources are represented, and what are the particular emphases for each source in the narrative? (The instructor might provide the Flood passage to the students for analysis.)

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The Answer is Students should point out doublets in the story (e.g., Noah enters the ark twice, receives instruction from the deity twice) and differences that present themselves, such as Noah taking a pair of each type of animal onto the ark (6:19) or two of each kind but seven pairs of each clean animal and a pair of every other (7:2). Students should note that the doublets and discrepancies use different names for the divinity and that concerns such as clean and unclean animals use Elohim while the more anthropomorphic descriptions of the interactions between the divinity and Noah use YHWH.

What Are Some of the Indications of Multiple Sources in the Genesis