The Defeat of Rahab/ in the Context of the Creation Account of Genesis 1 The defeat of Rahab/ Leviathan is seen in the context of Genesis 1 in Psalm 89:9-12, 25:7-13, and Psalm 7412:17.

Genesis 1 Psalm 89 Job 26 Psalm 74 vs 1 In the beginning God created the heavens vs 7 "He stretches out the north over empty space vs 12 Yet God is my king from of old, and the earth. And hangs the earth on nothing. Who works deeds of deliverance in the midst of the earth. vs 2 ...and darkness was over the surface of the deep, vs 9 You rule the swelling of the sea; vs 12a "He quieted the sea with His power, vs 13 You divided the sea by Your strength1; and the Spirit of God was moving vs 10 "He has inscribed a circle over (Hebrew: 'al) the surface of the waters. When its waves rise, You still them. on (Hebrew: 'al) the surface of the waters You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters. vs 14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan…. vs 3 Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. vs 16b You have prepared the light vs 4 ...God separated the light from the darkness. At the boundary of light and darkness. vs 5 God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. vs 16a Yours is the day, Yours also is the night; vs 7 God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so. vs 8 "He wraps up the waters in His clouds, And the cloud does not burst under them. vs 10 You Yourself crushed Rahab like one who is slain; vs 12b And by His understanding He shattered Rahab. You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm. vs 13b His hand has pierced the fleeing serpent. vs 8 God called the expanse heaven. vs 11 The heavens are Yours, vs 13a "By His breath the heavens are cleared; vs 10 God called the dry land earth…. the earth also is Yours; vs 17 You have established all the boundaries of the earth; The world and all it contains, You have founded them. vs 12 The north and the south, You have created them…. vs 14 Then God said, "Let there be lights... for seasons…. You have made summer and winter. vs 16 God made... the greater light … vs 16c and the sun. and the lesser light…. vs 9 "He obscures the face of the full moon….

1The psalmist likens the deliverance through the Red Sea to the creation account in Genesis 1.

Gen 1:1-16a