Documentary Sources in Genesis

according to Eugene H. Maly

Eugene H. Maly provides this outline of Genesis with tentative ascription to the Yahwist, Elohist, and Priestly sources. (The Jerome Biblical Commentary, pp. 9-10)

• Primitive History (1-11)
  • Creation of World and Man (1:1-2:4a) (P)
  • Creation of Man and Woman (2:4b-25) (J)
  • The Fall (3:1-24) (J)
  • Cain and Abel (4:1-16) (J)
  • Genealogy of Cain (4:17-26) (J)
  • Genealogy of Adam to Noah (5:1-32) (P)
  • Prologue to the Flood (6:1-22) (J and P)
  • The Flood (7:1-8:22) (J and P)
  • The Covenant with Noah (9:1-17) (P)
  • The Sons of Noah (9:18-27) (J)
  • The Peopling of the Earth (10:1-32) (P and J)
  • The Tower of Babel (11:1-9) (J)
  • Concluding Genealogies (11:10-32) (P and J)
• The Patriarch Abraham (12:1-25:18)
  • The Call of Abram (12:1-9) (J, P)
  • Abram and Sarai in Egypt (12:10-20) (J)
  • The Separation of Abram and Lot (13:1-18) (J, P)
  • Abram and the Four Kings (14:1-24) (?)
  • Promises Renewed (15:1-20) (J, E?)
  • Hagar's Flight (16:1-16) (J, P)
  • The Covenant of Circumcision (17:1-27) (P)
  • Promise of a Son; Sodom and Gomorrah (18:1-19:38) (J)
  • Abraham and Sarah in Gerar (20:1-18) (E)
  • Isaac and Ishmael (21:1-21) (J and P)
  • Abraham and Abimelech (21:22-34) (E)
  • The Sacrifice of Isaac (22:1-24) (E, J)
  • The Purchase of the Cave of Machpelah (23:1-20) (P)
  • The Wife of Isaac (24:1-67) (J)
  • Abraham's Descendants (25:1-18) (P and J)
• The Patriarchs Isaac and Jacob (25:19-36:43)
  • The Birth of Esau and Jacob (25:19-34) (J, P)
  • Isaac in Gerar and Beer-sheba (26:1-35) (J, P)
  • Isaac's Blessing of Jacob (27:1-45) (J)
  • Jacob's Departure for Paddan-aram (27:46-28:9) (P)
  • Vision at Bethel (28:10-22) (J and E)
  • Jacob's Marriages (29:1-30) (J, E?)
  • Jacob's Children (29:31-30:24) (J and E)
  • Jacob Outwits Laban (30:25-43) (J, E)
  • Jacob's Departure (31:1-21) (E, J)
  • Laban's Pursuit (31:22-42) (E, J)
  • The Contract Between Jacob and Laban (31:43-32:3) (J and E)
  • Preparation for the Meeting with Esau (32:4-22) (J and E)
  • Jacob's Struggle with God (32:23-33) (J)
  • Jacob's Meeting with Esau (33:1-20) (J, E?)
  • The Rape of Dinah (34:1-31) (J and E)
  • Jacob at Bethel (35:1-29) (E and P)
  • The Descendants of Esau (36:1-43) (P?)
• The History of Joseph (37:1-50:26)
  • Joseph Sold into Egypt (37:1-36) (J and E)
  • Judah and Tamar (38:1-30) (J)
  • Joseph's Temptations (39:1-23) (J)
  • Joseph Interprets the Prisoners' Dreams (40:1-23) (E)
  • Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dreams (41:1-57) (E, J)
  • First Encounter of Joseph with His Brothers (42:1-38) (E, J)
  • Second Journey to Egypt (43:1-34) (J, E)
  • Judah's Plea for Benjamin (44:1-34) (J)
  • The Recognition of Joseph (45:1-28) (J and E)
  • Jacob's Journey to Egypt (46:1-34) (J, E, and P)
  • The Hebrews in Egypt (47:1-31) (J and P)
  • Jacob Adopts Joseph's Sons (48:1-22) (J and E, P)
  • Jacob's Blessings (49:1-33) (J?)
  • The Burial of Jacob and the Final Acts of Joseph (50:1-26) (J, E, and P)