<page_title> Vayeshev </page_title> <section_title> Genesis chapters 37–50 </section_title> <table> <cell> Genesis 1–11 <col_header> In Primeval History </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> <cell> Genesis 12–36 <col_header> In Patriarchal Narrative </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> <row_header> Genesis 1–11 </row_header> </cell> <cell> Genesis 37–50 <col_header> In the Joseph Story </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> <row_header> Genesis 1–11 </row_header> <row_header> Genesis 12–36 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 47% <col_header> In the Joseph Story </col_header> <col_header> Genesis 37–50 </col_header> <row_header> Human Speech </row_header> </cell> <cell> 0% <col_header> In the Joseph Story </col_header> <col_header> Genesis 37–50 </col_header> <col_header> 47% </col_header> <row_header> Divine Speech </row_header> <row_header> 21% </row_header> </cell> </table>
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.