Genealogies

Check out this video from the Bible Project which helps set up the literary context for the first genealogies in the Bible: https://bibleproject.com/videos/tree-of-life/

Responding to the Epic of Gilgamesh, both stories focus on a flood, but give very different backgrounds for why the flood happened. The Biblical narrative shows is a world descending into chaos where humanity minimizes the worth and value of other humans.