The Crown of Creation in Genesis 1

Genesis 1 exhibits various examples of linguistic repetition across the first days of creation that imply a compositional purpose. They include similar third person jussive verbal forms, identical verbal clauses and prepositional phrases. The series of closely similar forms repeat up until the middle of the sixth day, whereupon a significant change occurs to all three of these linguistic forms. This paper will analyze the latter variations found in the second half of the sixth day and their implications for interpretation. Furthermore, the content of the second chapter of Genesis will be briefly discussed in light of these conclusions.