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I have chosen chapter one and chapter two for this task. In chapter one the first sentence singles Genesis out as a narrative of authority “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” (1:1) This statement shows in the beginning there was only word, so the world began through linguistics. We see the amount of power and control God has, it is unquestionable, showing how feeble our powers are compared to Gods. However, “God moved upon the face of the waters” (1:2) could be showing a resemblance of the Earth to God.
Throughout this chapter we see God creates through words “God said” (1:3) the word comes first then reality, however, the words are transparent. Before things are created they already have names which could mean we create our lives through language. The repetition of “And” at the beginning of most of the sentences creates a story telling feel. It shows the rhythmic flow of the creation with no cause and effect. We see every action just is and this is the truth, we are compelled not to question it.
In lines 11-12 we see the plan of God, it shows do not deviate from the rules and only do what is appropriate, “the earth brought forth grass (….) and God saw that it was good”(1:12) the Bible is becoming a command already. In line 16 we see a hierarchy created already by the use of the words “greater” and “lesser” (1:16). We are shown that the sun is more valuable than the moon which is carried on through: man/woman and mankind/animals. “greater” shows positive and “lesser” shows negative, there are no grey areas yet.
There is a significant change of language in the second chapter as we see the first “But” (2:6). This is the moment of mystery as God forms man himself, rather than just saying man and it becoming reality “And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground” (2:7) Also when we see Adam naming all the animals “whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof” (2:19) it gives him power....