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The primaeval blessing, 'Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth,' first announced to humankind in Genesis 1.28 is renewed to Noah and his sons after the flood in Genesis 9.1. There is widespread scholarly consensus that the ensuing dispersion in Genesis 10.1-32 and 11.1-9 is the means by which the creation blessing is fulfilled. Kaminski argues that the primeval blessing is not fulfilled in the Table of Nations and that Yahweh's scattering Noah's descendants in the Babel story does not contribute positively to the creation theme. Rather, the creation blessing is being taken up in the primary line of Shem (Genesis 11.10-26), which leads directly to Abraham. She further suggests that divine grace is not absent after the Babel judgment, as is commonly assumed, but is at work in the Shemite genealogy. She argues that the primeval blessing, which is unfulfilled in the primaeval history, is taken up by Abraham and his descendants by means of a divine promise. While the blessing is in the process of being realised in the patriarchal narratives, it is not fulfilled. The multiplication theme is resumed, however, in Exodus 1.7, which describes Israel's proliferation in Egypt. This is the first indication that the creation blessing is fulfilled. Realisation of the primaeval blessing progresses after the flood, therefore, from Noah to Israel. Yet God's blessing on Israel is not for their sake alone - it is the means through which the divine intention for creation will be restored to the world. JSOTS413

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Methodology
2. The Import of the Primeval Blessing
Chapter 1
Is The Dispersal In Gen. 9:19 To Be Interpreted Positively? 1. Introduction
2. The Meaning of the Command to "Fill the Earth"
2.1 Gen. 1:28 In its Literary Context
2.2 The Repetition of the Primeval Blessing in Gen. 9:1 and 9:7
3. Language used in Gen. 9:19
4. The Meaning of the Verb Jpn in Gen. 9:19
5. Early and More Recent Translations of Jpn in Gen. 9:19
6. Translations of Gen. 9:19 in Commentaries
7. Conclusion
Chapter 2
Are The Babelites Rejecting The Command To Fill The Earth? 1. Scholarly Views Regarding the Actions of the Babelites
2. The Meaning and Import of the Conjunction /P# in Gen. 11:4
3. Are the Builders Fearful of the Primeval Commands? 3.1 The Primeval Commands are God's Blessing
3.2 Did the Babelites Perceive God's Blessing in a Negative Light? 4. Is the Scattering Motif to be Identified with Filling the Earth? 5. Conclusion
Chapter 3
Does YHWH's Scattering Noah's Descendants Fulfil The Primeval Blessing? 1. Scholarly Views of YHWH's Scattering Noah's Descendants
2. Scattering and the Curses of the Mosaic Covenant
3. Scattering and Judgment
3.1 Jacob's "Scattering" Simeon and Levi in Gen. 49:7
4. Lack of Attention to the Language of "Scattering"
5. Is Scattering to be Understood Positively because of the Positive Context? 5.1 Does Jpn in Gen. 9:19 have "Positive" Connotations? 5.2 Is Jpn in Gen. 9:19 a Leitwort? 5.3 Does Jwp in Gen. 10:18 have "Positive" Connotations? 6. YHWH's Scattering the Babelites and the Primeval Blessing
6.1 The Babel Story and the Exite
7. Conclusion
Chapter 4
Is The Primeval Blessing Fulfilled In The Table Of Nations? 1. Scholarly Views of the Primeval Blessing in Relation to the Table
2. Is Language from the Primeval Blessing used in the Table of Nations? 3. The Meaning of drp in Gen. 10:5 and 10:32,
4. Translations of drp in Gen. 10:5 and Gen. 10:32
5. Translations of drp in Commentaries
6. James Moffatt's Translation of Gen. 10:5 and 10:32
7. Gen. 10:5 and 10:32 in An American Translation
8. Leupold's Genesis Commentary and Translation of Gen. 10:5 and 10:32
9. Implications of English Translations for Interpretation
10. Support for the Meaning of drp as "Separate" or "Divide"
11. Conclusion
Chapter 5
The Primeval Blessing And The Shemite Genealogy
1. The Placement of Shem's Genealogy in the Table of Nations
2. Is the Reversal of Order in Gen. 10:1-32 Theologically Significant? 3. Presentation of the Secondary Lines First and the Main Line Last
4. Presentation of Genealogies from Genesis in 1 Chron. 1
5. The Main Line of Shem and the Primeval Blessing
6. Identification of the Table
7. Steinberg's Assessment of Gen. 11:10-26
8. The Shemite Genealogy (Gen. 11:10-26) and the Primeval Blessing
9. Structural Analysis: the Relationship of Gen. 5:1-32 and 11:10-26
10. Conclusion
Chapter 6
Does The Primeval History End On A Note Of Judgment? 1. Introduction
2. Chronological Considerations: Gen. 10:1-32 and 11:1-9
2.1 Gen. 11:1-9 in Its Literary Context
2.2 Are the Two Texts Reconcilable? 2.3 Is the "Dischronology" of Gen. 10:1-32 and 11:1-9 Problematic? 2.4 Divine Providence
3. Does Gen. 10:1-32 Contribute to the Judgment-Grace Schema? 4. How Does the Primeval History Conclude? 5. Conclusion
Chapter 7
Does The Promise Of Increase To The Patriarchs Contribute To The Realisation Of The Primeval Blessing After The Flood? 1. Abram as the Goal of the Shemite Genealogy (Gen. 11:10-26)
2. The Primeval Blessing is Reaffirmed to Abraham's Progeny
3. What is the Significance of the Promise of Increase Given to the Patriarchs? 3.1 Weimar's Approach
3.2 Approaches of Scharbert and Harland
3.3 God's Blessing on the Nations and His Blessing on Israel through Abraham
3.4 The Outworking of the Primeval Blessing in Gen. 1-11
4. The Promise of Increase to the Patriarchs Has the Divine Guarantee
4.1 The Promise of Increase under Threat
4.2 Does Sin Pose a Threat to the Realisation of the Promise of Increase? 4.3 God's Faithfulness to his Promise of Increase in spite of the Patriarchs
5. God's Intention in Creation Advances through the Divine Promise
6. Conclusion
Chapter 8
Realisation Of The Primeval Blessing Through Israel
1. The Twelve Sons of Jacob as Recipients of the Promise of Increase
2. Jacob's Twelve Sons: the Culmination of the Genealogical Schema
3. Realisation of the Promise of Increase through Jacob's Twelve Sons
4. The Primeval Blessing and Israel
4.1 Reaffirmation of the Primeval Commands to Israel in Gen. 35:11
4.2 Reissuing of the Primeval Commands to Noah (9:1) and Israel (35:11)
5. The Seventy Descendants of Israel (Gen. 46:8-27) and the Promise of Increase
6. Initial Fulfillment of the Blessing to Israel in Gen. 47:27
7. Conclusion
Chapter 9
Fulfilment Of The Primeval Blessing Through Israel (Exod. 1:1-7)
1. The Book of Exodus as the Continuation of Genesis
2. Does Exod. 1:7 Introduce a New Section or Does It Belong to Exod. 1:1-6? 3. Exod. 1:7 and the Promise of Increase to the Patriarchs
4. The Import of Creation Language in Exodus 1:7
5. Exodus 1:7 and the Primeval Blessing
6. Exod. 1:7: Fulfilment of the Primeval Blessing in Microcosm
7. One or Two Fulfilments of the Primeval Blessing? 8. Execution of the Primeval Commands-through Scattering or a Promise? 9. Redemption Ensures that God's Creational Work Will Advance
10. Blessing to the Macrocosmic World through Israel
11. Conclusion
Conclusion
1. Summary of Argument
2. Implications for Further Study in Genesis

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