Abraham Chiasm

A Go forth from your father's house (Gen. 12:1-6)
   B Unto thy seed I will give this land (12:7-9)
      C Abram says Sarai is his sister and Pharaoh takes her (12:10-20)
         D Lot settles in Sodom (13:1-18)
            E Abraham rescues Lot (14:1-24)
               F God promises Abram an heir (15:1-8)
                  G The Covenant Between the Pieces (15:9-21)
                     H Birth of Ishmael (16:1-16)
                  G' The Covenant of Circumcision (17:1-27)
               F' Sarah is informed that she will have a child (18:1-15)
            E' Angels rescue Lot (18:16-19:22)
         D' God destroys Sodom (19:23-38)
      C' Abraham says Sarah is his sister and Abimelech takes her (20:1-18)
   B' Birth of Isaac, the promised seed (21:1-8)
A' Hagar and Ishmael sent into wilderness (21:9-14)

Go forth from your father's house		12:1-6	21:9-14		Hagar and Ishmael sent into wilderness
Unto thy seed will I give this land		12:7-9	21:1-8		Birth of Isaac, the promised seed
Abram says Sarai is his sister		12:10-13	20:8-18		Abimelech restores Sarah and welcomes Abraham with gifts
Pharaoh takes Sarai, treats Abram well		12:14-16	20:7		God tells
God reveals		12:17	20:2b		Abimelech takes Sarah
Pharaoh sends Abram off		12:18-20	20:1-2a		Abraham says Sarah is his sister
Abram and Lot over-populate the land		13:1-7	19:30-38		Lot's daughters re-populate the land through their father
Abram gives Lot his choice of land		13:8-13	19:29		God remembered Abraham and Lot
God gives Abram the whole land		13:14-18	19:27-28		Abraham looks down on the destruction of the valley
Kings of the valley destroy each other		14:1-12	19:23-26		God destroys cities of the valley
Abraham rescues Lot		14:13-16	19:1-22		Angels rescue Lot
The king of Sodom praises God for Abram		14:17-18	18:20-33		Abraham pleads with God for Sodom
Melchizedek blesses Abram		14:19-24	18:16-19		God acts because Abraham will be blessed
One from your own body will be your heir		15:1-8	18:1-15		Sarah your wife shall have a son
The Covenant Between the Pieces - Abram's part		15:9-12	17:23-27		The Covenant of Circumcision - Abram's part
Your seed will be strangers in a foreign land		15:13-16	17:15-22		Kings of peoples shall come from Sarah
The Covenant Between the Pieces - God's part		15:17	17:9-14		The Covenant of Circumcision - God's part
To your descendants I have given this land		15:18-21	17:1-8		I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land
Sarai had borne no children		16:1-2	16:16b		Hagar bore Ishmael
Abram had lived 10 years		16:3	16:16a		Abram was eighty-six
He went in to Hagar, and she conceived		16:4a	16:15		Hagar bore Abram a son
Her mistress was dispised in her sight		16:4b	16:13-14		You are a God who sees
May the wrong done to me be upon you		16:5a	16:12		His hand will be against all, and theirs against him.
The Lord judge between us		16:5b	16:11		The Lord has given heed to his affliction
Abram speaks to Sarai		16:6a	16:10		The angel speaks to Hagar
Your maid is in your power		16:6b	16:9c		Submit yourself to her authority
She fled from her presence		16:6c	16:9b		Return to your mistress
The angel finds Hagar and says		16:7	16:9a		The angel speaks to Hagar
Hagar, Sarai's maid,		16:8a	16:8g		my mistress Sarai
Where have you come from and		16:8b	16:8f		the presence of
Where are you going?		16:8c	16:8e		I am fleeing from
Hagar (16:8d)

That is not right. Hagar does not belong there. This is what it would look like if Ishmael was dropped from the Bible:

Go forth from your father's house		12:1-6	21:9-14		Hagar and Ishmael sent into wilderness
Unto thy seed will I give this land		12:7-9	21:1-8		Birth of Isaac, the promised seed
Abram says Sarai is his sister		12:10-13	20:8-18		Abimelech restores Sarah and welcomes Abraham with gifts
Pharaoh takes Sarai, treats Abram well		12:14-16	20:7		God tells
God reveals		12:17	20:2b		Abimelech takes Sarah
Pharaoh sends Abram off		12:18-20	20:1-2a		Abraham says Sarah is his sister
Abram and Lot over-populate the land		13:1-7	19:30-38		Lot's daughters re-populate the land through their father
Abram gives Lot his choice of land		13:8-13	19:29		God remembered Abraham and Lot
God gives Abram the whole land		13:14-18	19:27-28		Abraham looks down on the destruction of the valley
Kings of the valley destroy each other		14:1-12	19:23-26		God destroys cities of the valley
Abraham rescues Lot		14:13-16	19:1-22		Angels rescue Lot
The king of Sodom praises God for Abram		14:17-18	18:20-33		Abraham pleads with God for Sodom
Melchizedek blesses Abram		14:19-24	18:16-19		God acts because Abraham will be blessed
I will give you and your offspring after you the land		15:1-21; 17:1-8	18:1-15		Sarah will bear a child
The Covenant of Circumcision - God's part		17:9-14	17:23-27		The Covenant of Circumcision - Abram's part
God speaks to Abraham		17:15	17:22		God finished talking with Abraham
I will give you a son by Sarah		17:16a	17:21b		Sarah will bear Isaac next year
I will bless her		17:16b	17:21a		I will covenant with him
She shall be nations		17:16c	17:20d		I will make him a great nation
Kings of people will come from her		17:16d	17:20c		Father of twelve princes
We are too old to have children		17:17	17:20b		I will make him fruitful and multiply him exceedingly.
I will covenant with him		17:19	17:20a		I will bless him
Everlasting covenant (17:19)

Just goes to show that you can't make these things completely up – they have to conform to what's really there.

After Rachel Yudkowsky, http://jbq.jewishbible.org/assets/Uploads/352/352_chiasm.pdf, Rabbi David Fohrman, http://www.davidfohrman.com/download.cfm?id=107, and Kevin Scott, http://storage.cloversites.com/metropolitanbiblechurch/documents/Pentateuch%20-%20W2.doc

   Abraham Chiasm

Esther's Chiasm

Esther's Chiasm
Esther 1:1-10:3

א   The king gives a banquet (1:1-9).
   ב   The queen rebels (1:10-12).
      ג   The king issues an edict (1:13-22).
         ד   The king remembers (2:1).
      ג'   The king issues an invitation (2:2-4).
   ב'   The queen submits (2:5-17).
א'   The king gives a banquet (2:18).

א   Mordecai serves the king and denies his people (2:19-20).
      ב   The attack on the Jews:
      1   The king promotes Haman (3:1-4).
      2   Haman seeks to destroy the Jews (3:5-11).
      3   The king issues an edict of annihilation (3:12-15).
      4    The Jews mourn (4:1-3).
      5    Esther fears for herself (4:4-14).
      6    Esther requests a three-day fast (4:15-17).
            ג   The first banquet:
            1   The king inquires of Esther's petition (5:1-3).
            2   Esther invites him to her banquet (5:4).
            3   The king asks again (5:5-6).
            4   Esther responds and Haman is pleased (5:7-9)
                  ד   Haman hates Mordecai:
                  1   Haman sees Mordecai at the king's gate (5:9).
                  2   Haman goes home in anger (5:10-13).
                  3   His wife and friends encourage him (5:14).
                        ה   The king remembers (6:1-3).
                  ד'   Haman fears Mordecai:
                  1   Haman parades Mordecai around the king's gate (6:4-11).
                  2   Haman goes home in mourning (6:12).
                  3   His wife and friends reprove him (6:13-14).
            ג'   The second banquet:
            1   The king inquires of Esther's petition (7:1-2).
            2   Esther requests him to save her life (7:3-4).
            3   The king asks for specifics (7:5).
            4   Esther responds, the king is enraged, and Haman is hanged (7:10).
      ב'   The deliverance of the Jews:
      1   The king promotes Mordecai (8:1-2).
      2   Esther intercedes to save the Jews (8:3-6).
      3   The king issues an edict of reprieve (8:7-14)
      4   The Jews rejoice (8:15-17).
      5   The Jews defend themselves (9:1-17).
      6   Esther decrees a two-day feast (9:17-32).
א'   Mordecai serves the king and blesses his people (10:1-3).

After notes by John Harley III.

   Esther Chiasm

2 Peter Chiasm

a   For the service of our God and Savior Jesus Christ (1:1)
 b   Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of Him (1:2)
  c   His divine power gives us life and godliness (1:3a)
   d   Through the true knowledge of Him (1:3b)
    e   His precious and magnificent promises (1:4a)
     f   The corruption that is in the world by lust (1:4b)
      g   Faith, moral excellence, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness (1:5-6)
       h   Brotherly kindness and love (1:7)
        i   Useful and fruitful for our Lord Jesus Christ (1:8)
         j   Purified from former sins (1:9)
          k   Be diligent to make certain His calling (1:10)
           l   His eternal kingdom (1:11)
            m   Remind you of the truth (1:12)
             n   Stirring up by way of reminder (1:13)
              o   Laying aside this dwelling (1:14)
               p   Diligent that you may be (1:15)
                q   Jesus' power and majesty and honor and coming (1:16-17)
                 r   We heard His voice (1:18a)
                  s   From heaven to the mountain (1:18b)
                   t   Prophetic word made sure (1:19a)
                    u   Day dawns in your hearts (1:19b)
                     v   One's own interpretation and will (1:20-21a)
                      w   Men moved by the Holy Spirit speak from God (2:21b)
                       x   False prophets (2:1a)
                        y   Bringing destruction upon themselves (2:1b)
                         z   The way of the truth (2:2)
                          α   False words (2:3a)
                           β   Their judgment is not idle (2:3b)
                            γ   Cast down and condemned (2:4)
                             δ   Ancient world not spared (2:5-6)
                              ε   God rescued Lot (2:7a)
                               ζ   Sensual conduct (2:7b)
                                η   Lawless deeds (2:8)
                                 θ   Punishment for the unrighteous in the day of judgment (2:9)
                                  ι   Indulge in the flesh (2:10a)
                                   κ   Reviling judgment (2:10b-11)
                                    λ   Unreasoning animals (2:12)
                                     μ   The wages of doing wrong (2:13a)
                                      ν   Revels and carousing and adultery (2:13b)
                                       ξ   Sin (2:14a)
                                      ν'   Enticement and greed and mislead ways (2:14b-15a)
                                     μ'   The wages of unrighteousness (2:15b)
                                   κ'   Rebuking transgression (1:16a)
                                    λ'   Mute donkey (1:16b)
                                 θ'   Black darkness has been reserved (2:17)
                                  ι'   Fleshy desires (2:18a)
                               ζ'   Sensualities (2:18b)
                                η'   Promising freedom, they are enslaved (2:19a)
                              ε'   Man is overcome (2:19b)
                             δ'   The defilements of the world (2:20a)
                            γ'   Entangled and overcome (2:20b)
                           β'   Their last state is the worst (2:20c)
                         z'   The way of righteousness (2:21a)
                          α'   The holy commandment (2:21b)
                        y'   A sow returns to wallowing in the mire (2:22)
                       x'   I write to you (3:1)
                      w'   Holy prophets (3:2)
                     v'   Following their own lusts (3:3)
                    y'   The fathers fell asleep (3:4)
                   t'   By the word of God (3:5)
                  s'   The heavens and the earth (3:5b-6)
                 r'   By His word (3:7)
                q'   The Lord is not slow but patient about his coming (3:8-10a)
              o'   All things are to be destroyed (3:10b)
               p'   You be holy and godly (3:11)
             n'   Looking for and hastening (3:12)
            m   According to His promise (3:13a)
           l'   New heavens and a new earth (3:13b)
          k' Be diligent to be found by Him (3:14a)
         j'   Found spotless and blameless (3:14b)
        i'   Our Lord's salvation (3:15a)
       h'   Beloved brother Paul (3:15b)
      g'   Things hard to understand (3:16a)
     f'   The untaught and unstable work their own destruction (3:16b)
    e'   The Scriptures (3:16c)
   d'   Therefore, knowing this beforehand (3:17a)
  c'   You must be on your guard against unprincipled error and falling from steadfastness (3:17b)
 b'   Grow in the grace and knowledge of Him (3:18a)
a'   For the glory of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (3:18b)

For the service of our God and Savior Jesus Christ		1:01	3:18b		For the glory of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of Him		1:02	3:18a		Grow in the grace and knowledge of Him
His divine power gives us life and godliness		1:3a	3:17b		You be on your guard against error and falling from steadfastness
Through the true knowledge of Him		1:3b	3:17a		Therefore, knowing this beforehand
His precious and magnificent promises		1:4a	3:16c		The Scriptures
The corruption that is in the world by lust		1:4b	3:16b		The untaught and unstable work their own destruction
Faith, moral excellence, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness		1:5-6	3:16a		Things hard to understand
Brotherly kindness and love		1:07	3:15b		Beloved brother Paul
Useful and fruitful for our Lord Jesus Christ		1:08	3:15a		Our Lord's salvation
Purified from former sins		1:09	3:14b		Found spotless and blameless
Be diligent to make certain His calling		1:10	3:14a		Be diligent to be found by Him
His eternal kingdom		1:11	3:13b		New heavens and a new earth
Remind you of the truth		1:12	3:13a		According to His promise
Stirring up by way of reminder		1:13	3:12		Looking for and hastening
Laying aside this dwelling		1:14	3:10b		All things are to be destroyed
Diligent that you may be		1:15	3:11		You be holy and godly
Jesus' power and majesty and honor and coming		1:16-17	3:8-10a		The Lord is not slow but patient about his coming
We heard His voice		1:18a	3:07		By His word
From heaven to the mountain		1:18b	3:5b-6		The heavens and the earth
Prophetic word made sure		1:19a	3:05		By the word of God
Day dawns in your hearts		1:19b	3:04		The fathers fell asleep
One's own interpretation and will		1:20-21a	3:03		Following their own lusts
Men moved by the Holy Spirit speak from God		2:21b	3:01		I write to you
False prophets		2:1a	3:02		Holy prophets
Bringing destruction upon themselves		2:1b	2:22		A sow returns to wallowing in the mire
The way of the truth		2:02	2:21a		The way of righteousness
False words		2:3a	2:21b		The holy commandment
Their judgment is not idle		2:3b	2:20c		Their last state is the worst
Cast down and condemned		2:04	2:20b		Entangled and overcome
Ancient world not spared		2:5-6	2:20a		The defilements of the world
God rescued Lot		2:7a	2:19b		Man is overcome
Sensual conduct		2:7b	2:18b		Sensualities
Lawless deeds		2:08	2:19a		Promising freedom, they are enslaved
Punishment for the unrighteous in the day of judgment		2:09	2:17		Black darkness has been reserved
Indulge in the flesh		2:10a	2:18a		Fleshy desires
Reviling judgment		2:10b-11	1:16a		Rebuking transgression
Unreasoning animals		2:12	1:16b		Mute donkey
The wages of doing wrong		2:13a	2:15b		The wages of unrighteousness
Revels and carousing and adultery		2:13b	2:14b-15a		Enticement and greed and mislead ways
Sin   2:14a
After James Millard Gibbs, http://newtestamentresearch.com/NT%20Research-Mk%202/2_peter_and_jude.htm.    2 Peter Chiasm