The composition stretches over 500 square metres of ceiling,[38] and contains over 300 figures.[37] At its centre are nine episodes from the Book of Genesis, divided into three groups: Gods creation of the earth; Gods creation of humankind and their fall from Gods grace; and lastly, the state of humanity as represented by Noah and his family. On the pendentives supporting the ceiling are painted twelve men and women who prophesied the coming of Jesus; seven prophets of Israel and five Sibyls, prophetic women of the Classical world.[37] Among the most famous paintings on the ceiling are The Creation of Adam, Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, the Deluge, the Prophet Jeremiah, and the Cumaean Sibyl.