In the Flood Account found in Genesis chapters six through nine, Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg found a marvelous Chiasm. The focal point of this Chiasm (X) in Genesis 8:1 is; God remembered Noah. The sequence of events leading to Noah and his family abiding in the Ark are then reversed as the flood subsides and life on earth begins again.
A – Noah (6:10a)
B – Shem, Ham, and Japheth (6:10b)
C – Ark to be built (6:14-16)
D – Flood announced (6:17)
E – Covenant with Noah (6:18-20)
F – Food in the ark (6:21)
G – Command to enter the ark (7:1-3)
H – 7 days waiting for flood (7:4-5)
I – 7 days waiting for flood (7:7-10)
J – Entry to ark (7:11-15)
K – The LORD shuts Noah in (7:16)
L – 40 days of flood (7:17a)
M – Waters increase (7:17b-18)
N – Mountains covered (7:19-20)
O – 150 days: water prevail (7:21-24)
X – GOD REMEMBERS NOAH (8:1)
O’ – 150 days: waters abate (8:3)
N’ – Mountain tops visible (8:4-5)
M’ – Waters abate (8:5)
L’ – 40 days (end of) (8:6a)
K’ – Noah opens window of ark (8:6b)
J’ – Raven and dove leave the ark (8:7-9)
I’ – 7 days waiting for waters to subside (8:10-11)
H’ – 7 days waiting for waters to subside (8:12-13)
G’ – Command to leave ark (8:15-17 [22])
F’ – Food outside ark (9:1-4)
E’ – Covenant with all flesh (9:8-10)
D’ – No flood in the future (9:11-17)
C’ – Ark left (9:18a)
B’ – Shem, Ham and Japheth (9:18b)
A’ – Noah (9:19)
There are alphabetic, numeric, Sabbatical, Menorah and Torah designs, encoded words and phrases, and literary devices throughout the Bible! There are probably more that I am not aware of. This wonderful book was written over a period of 1,600 years by about forty different men, and yet it is cohesive. Is it not amazing? May the Lord be praised forever for His wonderful Word!