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There are three places of emphasis in this IMPERFECT CHIASM:
1) The OPENING SUMMARY establishes the covenant: all flesh shall never again be cut off by the water of the flood, neither shall there again be a flood to destroy the earth. As one of the covenants that the Lord made with mankind, it is clearly emphatic.
2) The X CENTER POINT, verse 15B, states: Never again shall a flood destroy all flesh. That repeats a portion of the emphasis in the opening summary.
3) The lack of text in the B′ element points to the importance of the EXTRA B element, verse 13. B identifies that the bow in the cloud shall be the sign of the covenant.
CHIASM (IMPERFECT):
... the Noahic covenant ...
a divine oracle
BEGINNING MARKER: ____ ___ _____ __ ____ ___ __ ___ ____ ____ ____ _______ ____ _______ (v8,9A)
OPENING SUMMARY: the covenant promise
SUM
_ ______ __ _________ __ ________ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ ___________ _____ ____ ___ ____ _____ ______ ________ ____ __ ____ ____ ___ ______ ___ _______ ___ _____ _____ __ ___ _____ ____ ____ __ ___ ____ _____ ___ __ ___ ____ ____ _____ _____ __ ___ ______ _ _________ __ ________ ____ ____ ___ ___ _____ _____ _____ _____ __ ___ ___ __ ___ _____ __ ___ ______ _______ _____ _____ _____ __ _ _____ __ _______ ___ _______ (v9B-11)
the sign of the covenant with you all
A
___ _____ _____ __ ___ ____ __ ___ ________ _____ _ __ ______ _______ __ ___ ___ ___ _____ ______ ________ ____ __ ____ ____ ___ ___ __________ ____________ (v12)
EXTRA: My bow shall be a sign of that covenant
B
_ ___ __ ___ __ ___ ______ ___ __ _____ __ ___ _ ____ __ _ ________ _______ __ ___ ___ ______ (v13)
when I see the bow, I will remember My covenant
C
___ _____ ____ ______ ____ _ _____ _ _____ ____ ___ ______ ____ ___ ___ ____ __ ____ __ ___ ______ ___ _ ____ ________ __ _________ _____ __ _______ __ ___ ___ ___ _____ ______ ________ __ ___ ______ (v14,15A)
the water shall never become a flood to destroy all flesh
X
___ _____ _____ _____ ___ _____ ______ _ _____ __ _______ ___ ______ (v15B)
when I see the bow, I will remember My covenant
C′
_____ ___ ___ __ __ ___ ______ ____ _ ____ ____ ____ ___ __ ________ ___ ___________ ________ _______ ___ ___ _____ ______ ________ __ ___ _____ ____ __ __ ___ _______ (v16)
no text
B′
the sign of the covenant with you all
A′
___ ___ ____ __ _____ _____ __ ___ ____ __ ___ ________ _____ _ ____ ___________ _______ __ ___ ___ _____ ____ __ __ ___ _______ (v17)