There are two kinds of paragraph divisions in the Hebrew text given by the inspiration of the Spirit. A p’tuchah marker {p} is a strong division and indicates completion of a topic or theme. A stumah marker {s} is a weak division and indicates a new facet of the same topic or theme. The Hebrew Bible in English includes the paragraph divisions which the English translators have discarded.
The topic themes following the divisions are my own; your study may come up with something different.
1:1-5 {p} First day of Creation
1:6-8 {p} Second day of Creation
1:9-13 {p} Third day of Creation
1:14-19 {p} Fourth day of Creation
1:20-23 {p} Fifth day of Creation
1:24-31 {p} Sixth day of Creation
2:1-3 {p} Seventh day of Creation
1:1-2:3 Strong theme {px7} God is our Creator
2:4-3:15 {s} Disobedience to YHVH’s command is sin
3:16 {s} Consequences for the woman (painful toil)
3:17-21 {p} Consequences for the man (painful toil)
2:4-3:21 Strong theme {s+s+p} Disobedience is sin with consequence of painful toil and death
3:22-24 {s} Exile from YHVH’s presence is a consequence of sin
4:1-26 {s} Exile from family is the consequence of sin
5:1-5 {s} Mortality of Adam
5:6-8 {s} Mortality of Seth
5:9-11 {s} Mortality of Enosh
5:12-14 {s} Mortality of Kenan
5:15-17 {s} Mortality of Mahalalel
5:18-20 {s} Mortality of Jared
5:21-24 {s} Enoch walked with God and did not die
5:25-27 {s} Mortality of Methuselah
5:28-31 {s} Mortality of Lamech
5:32-6:4 {p} Holy Spirit will not strive with flesh forever
3:22-6:4 Strong theme {sx11+p} Exile, death follows from sin; life follows from walking with YHVH
6:5-8 {p} Exile is a consequence of sin, but Noah found grace in the eyes of YHVH
6:9-12 {s} Contrast of righteous Noah with the corrupt earth
6:13-8:14 {s} Righteous preserved through the judgment of the wicked
8:15-9:7 {s} Blessing on the righteous, be fruitful and multiply
9:8-17 {p} God’s everlasting covenant with the earth
6:9-9:17 {sx3+p} God preserves the righteous and destroys the wicked
9:18-29 {p} Shem and Japheth blessed, and Canaan cursed
5:32-9:29 Strong theme {p+p+sx3+p+p} The life of Noah
10:1-14 {s} The sons of Japheth and Ham
10:15-20 {s} The sons of Canaan
10:21-32 {p} The sons of Shem
10:1-32 Strong theme {s+s+p} Seventy descendants of Noah, the fathers of the nations
11:1-9 {p} The tower of Babel rebellion against God
10:1-11:9 Strong theme {s+s+p+p} The nations build the tower of Babel in rebellion against God
11:10-11 {s} Shem the father of Arphaxad
11:12-13 {s} Arphaxad the father of Shelah
11:14-15 {s} Shelah the father of Eber
11:16-17 {s} Eber the father of Peleg
11:18-19 {s} Peleg the father of Reu
11:20-21 {s} Reu the father of Serug
11:22-23 {s} Serug the father of Nahor
11:24-25 {s} Nahor the father of Terah
11:26-32 {p} Terah the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran
11:10-32 Strong theme {sx8+p} The seed of Shem
12:1-9 {p} Promise of land and descendants
12:10-13:18 {p} Abram’s faith in the promise tested, promise reaffirmed
12:1-13:18 Strong theme {p+p} Promise of land, descendants given, tested, confirmed
14:1-24 {s} Signs of Messiah: victory over death, Melchizedek, bread and wine
15:1-21 {s} Promise reaffirmed by covenant
16:1-16 {s} Abram’s faith in the promise tested (Ishmael)
17:1-14 {s} Circumcision, sign of the covenant, given
17:15-27 {p} Promised seed through Sarah (Isaac)
14:1-17:27 Strong theme {sx4+p} The promised seed is Abram’s heir, not his father’s house (Lot), his house (Eliezer) nor his flesh (Ishmael)
18:1-19:38 {s} Abraham’s intercession and the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah
20:1-18 {s} Abimelech takes but then restores Sarah, Abraham’s wife
21:1-21 {p} Isaac becomes Abraham’s heir when he is weaned
18:1-21:21 Strong theme {s+s+p} The promised seed prophesied, opposed, realized
21:22-34 {p} Abimelech and Abraham make a covenant of peace
22:1-19 {p} Abraham and the offering of Isaac
22:20-24 {p} The seed of Nahor
23:1-20 {s} Heth gives Abraham a possession in Canaan
24:1-67 {p} The servant finds a bride for Isaac, the promised seed
23:1-24:67 Strong theme {s+p} YHVH has not forsaken His lovingkindness or truth toward Abraham
25:1-11 {p} The seed of Abraham by Keturah
25:12-18 {p} The seed of Abraham by Hagar (Ishmael)
25:19-34 {p} The seed of Abraham by Sarah (Isaac)
25:1-34 Strong theme {px3} The seed of Abraham
26:1-33 {s} Life of Isaac repeats events from the life of Abraham
26:34-35 {s} Esau’s wives
27:1-28:9 {s} Jacob receives the blessing / Jacob’s wife (Life of Jacob repeats events from the life of Isaac)
28:10-32:2 {p} God fulfills His promise to Jacob (wives + children + flocks)
26:1-32:2 Strong theme {sx3+p} Transfer of the blessing, covenant, promises from Abraham to Isaac to Jacob
32:3-33:17 {s} Jacob renamed Israel, “Upright of El”
33:18-20 {s} Jacob acquires property in Canaan/ altar of God
34:1-31 {p} Defilement with Canaanites/ plunder and rebuke
32:3-34:31 Strong theme {s+s+p} Jacob’s faith in the promise tested (Esau and Shechem)
35:1-8 {p} Repentance and return to the house of God (Bethel)
35:9-22a {p} Renewal of the covenant
35:22b-29 {p} The seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
35:1-29 Strong theme {px3} Repentance, return, renewal of the covenant defines the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
36:1-19 {s} The seed of Esau
36:20-30 {p} The seed of Seir
36:1-30 Strong theme {s+p} The seed of Esau and Seir
36:31-43 {p} The kings of Edom
37:1-36 {p} Joseph’s advancement and enslavement
36:31-37:36 Strong theme {p+p} The seed of Edom and Jacob
38:1-30 {s} Judah and Tamar
39:1-23 {p} Joseph in Egypt
38:1-39:23 Strong theme {s+p} Judah, Joseph departed from their brothers to live among the pagans
40:1-23 {p} Joseph in prison
41:1-44:17 {s} Joseph the overseer
44:18-46:7 {s} Joseph revealed to his brothers and father
46:8-27 {s} Seventy persons of Israel went down to Egypt
46:28-47:31 {p} Joseph the provider/ Jacob came down, his request to be brought back up
41:1-47:31 Strong theme {sx3+p} Joseph raised to overseer to provide for his father and brothers
48:1-22 {p} Jacob blesses Ephraim and Manasseh
49:1-4 {p} Reuben’s blessing
49:5-7 {p} Simeon and Levi’s blessing
49:8-12 {p} Judah’s blessing
49:13 {p} Zebulun’s blessing
48:1-49:13 Strong theme {px5} Jacob blesses his sons: the sons of Joseph, and Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Zebulun
49:14-15 {s} Issachar’s blessing
49:16-18 {s} Dan’s blessing
49:19 {s} Gad’s blessing
49:20 {s} Asher’s blessing
49:21 {s} Naphtali’s blessing
49:22-26 {p} Joseph’s blessing
49:14-26 Strong theme {sx5+p} Jacob blesses his sons: Issachar, Dan, Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Joseph
49:27-50:26 {p} Benjamin’s blessing/ death, burial of Jacob, death of Joseph
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