You are right, people tend to think that God did these things in a short period of time he did not and the details that tbere were other prove this also THE HOLY SPIRIT ONLY INTRODUCES CHARACTERS THAT ARE CENTRAL TO THE NARRATIVE OF THE JOURNEY.. meaning the actions that got us to where we are and the solutuon to the problem WE see that God choose certain men to do things all throughout the bible and we see satan chooses people to stop what God trying to do like pharoah, jezebel.. and CAIN