Wiseman tablets

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Tablets in Genesis

This is a breakdown of Genesis into 'tablets' delineated by colophons according to Wiseman's theory.Template:Sfn

Tablet	Genealogy	Narrative	Colophon	Holiness	Word	Desolation	From holiness	From the Word	From Desolation	Rest
1	Creation of Universe 1:1	1:2 to 2:3	"This is the account of the heavens and of the earth when they were created. And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and [there was] not a man to till the ground." 2:4-5	Light	Waters	Dry land	From light	From waters	from dry ground	Rest
2	Heavens and Earth 2:4	2:6 to 4:26	"This is the written account of Adam." 5:1		Mist	Dust	From Water & Dry ground
				Garden separated	from water (4 voices/heads)	From ground
				Tree separated	God spoke	beasts out of the ground
				Man separated from father	Serpent word	the lie of the flesh
				Separated from God	God called	nakedness of the flesh
				Man separated from woman	Beguiled	on belly eat dust
				Enmity	head	heel
				Skin like light	judgement	till the ground
3	Adam to Noah 5:1–32	6:1–8	"This is the account of Noah." 6:9
4	Noah to Shem, Ham, and Japeth 6:9–10	6:11 to 9:29	"This is the account of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, Noah's sons." 10:1
5	Descendants of Shem, Ham, and Japeth 10:1–32	11:1–9	"This is the account of Shem." 11:10
6	Shem to Terah 11:10–26	no narrative	"This is the account of Terah." 11:27
7	Terah to Abraham 11:27	11:28 to 25:11	"This is the account of Abraham's son Ishmael." 25:12 (eldest son)
8	Descendants of Ishmael 25:13–18	no narrative	"This is the account of Abraham's son Isaac." 25:19
9	Abraham to Isaac 25:19	25:20 to 35:29	"This is the account of Esau." 36:1 (eldest son)
10	Descendants of Esau 36:2–5	36:6–8	"This is the account of Esau." 36:9
11	Descendants of Esau 36:10 to 37:1	no narrative	"This is the account of Jacob." 37:2
	no genealogy	37:2 to 50:26	no colophon
The statements immediately following each colophon would be the beginning of the next tablet; for example, Genesis 2:4 reads "When the LORD God made the earth and the heavens…" beginning Adam’s story.