There is a very close accord between different authorities as to the way in which Genesis, chapters vi.-ix., should be allotted to these two sources. The following is Dr. Driver's arrangement:-- PRIESTLY NARRATIVE. | JEHOVISTIC NARRATIVE. | Chap. Verse. | Chap. Verse. Genesis vi. 9-22. |Genesis vii. 1-5. vii. 6. | 7-10. 11. | 12. 13-16a. | 16b. 17a. | 17b. 18-21. | 22-23. 24. | viii. 2b-3a. viii. 1-2a. | 6-12. 3b-5. | 13b. 13a. | 20-22. 14-19. | ix. 1-17. | The Priestly narrative therefore tells us the cause of the Flood--that is to say, the corruption of mankind; describes the dimensions of the ark, and instructs Noah to bring "of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female." It further supplies the dates of the chief occurrences during the Flood, states that the waters prevailed above the tops of the mountains, that when the Flood diminished the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat; and gives the account of Noah and his family going forth from the ark, and of the covenant which God made with them, of which the token was to be the bow seen in the cloud. The most striking notes of the Jehovistic narrative are,--the incident of the sending out of the raven and the dove; the account of Noah's sacrifice; and the distinction made between clean beasts and beasts that are not clean--the command to Noah being, "Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female." The significant points of distinction between the two accounts are that the Priestly writer gives the description of the ark, the Flood prevailing above the mountains, the grounding on Mount Ararat, and the bow in the cloud; the Jehovistic gives the sending out of the raven and the dove, and the account of Noah's sacrifice, which involves the recognition of the distinction between the clean and unclean beasts and the more abundant provision of the former. He also lays emphasis on the Lord's "smelling a sweet savour" and promising never again to smite everything living, "for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth." The chief features of the Babylonian story of the Deluge are as follows:--The God Ae spoke to Pir-napistim, the Babylonian Noah--