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Genesis chapters 37–50

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Section Title: Genesis chapters 37–50
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Who's Speaking?	In Primeval History	In Patriarchal Narrative	In the Joseph Story

Genesis 1–11	Genesis 12–36	Genesis 37–50

The Narrator	74%	56%	53%

Human Speech	5%	34%	47%

Divine Speech	21%	10%	0%

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The Joseph story in Genesis 37–50 contains substantially more direct human speech but markedly less direct divine speech than the Primeval history in Genesis 1–11 and the Patriarchal narrative in Genesis 12–36.

final_sentence: The Joseph story in Genesis 37–50 contains substantially more direct human speech but markedly less direct divine speech than the Primeval history in Genesis 1–11 and the Patriarchal narrative in Genesis 12–36.