PM Jan 3rd Gen 6

January 3^rd Genesis 6 C. The Flood Evil takes control of mankind

1: And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2: That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. 3: And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. 4: There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. 5: And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6: And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 7: And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. 8: But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

Noah finds Grace

9: These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. 10: And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 11: The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12: And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. 13: And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14: Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 15: And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 16: A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. 17: And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. 18: But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. 19: And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. 20: Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. 21: And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. 22: Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

Genesis 7 The Flood

1: And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. 2: Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. 3: Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. 4: For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. 5: And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him. 6: And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 7: And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. 8: Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 9: There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. 10: And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. 11: In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 12: And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. 13: In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; 14: They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. 15: And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. 16: And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in. 17: And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. 18: And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. 19: And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. 20: Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. 21: And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: 22: All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. 23: And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. 24: And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.

Genesis 8 God remembered Noah

1: And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged; 2: The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; 3: And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. 4: And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. 5: And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen. 6: And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: 7: And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. 8: Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; 9: But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. 10: And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; 11: And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. 12: And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more. 13: And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. 14: And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. 15: And God spake unto Noah, saying, 16: Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. 17: Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. 18: And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him: 19: Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark. 20: And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 21: And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. 22: While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

In these two chapters we have the sorry incident in the world of the flood in the days of Noah. Moses describes the introduction of an evil in the world which would pervert the seed of men and thus interrupt Gods plans for the birth of the Messiah. It seems that angels marry the daughters of men to produce a race of giants who are exceedingly strong, wicked and threaten the very existence of the seed of the woman. The lord states that he will not put up with this growing menace forever. And he restricts the life span of men to 120 years. Moses just states that there were giants in the earth in those days. And he explains how they came about. The world wide effect of this perversion of the race is a very great increase of wickedness which God labels ‘Great’. The Lord repented that he had made man and he was grieved in heart. Then the Lord resolved to destroy man from off the face of the earth. However there was one righteous man and his family. God was determined to be kind to Noah. Next we have a new section in Genesis which begins with the Phrase ‘These are the Generations of’ – Noah. And so we have the story of the life and adventures of Noah. The Lord says two things about Noah, He was righteous and he was perfect. Perfect meant he was a perfect specimen of human being – not having been tainted with the genes of the Giants. Noah walked with God, that is he lived in the enjoyment of fellowship with God. Noah had three sons and they had three wives. The earth was corrupted by the sin of these angelic creatures except for Noah and his family. So the Lord calls on Noah to build an ark. The details are given of this ark and it was huge. It was like a large barge which sat low in the water. The Lord promises that he will destroy all flesh on the earth and that he will establish a new covenant with Noah. There was a minimum of two of every creature in the ark – except fish of course. When the ark was completed God called on Noah to come into the ark. The Lord called seven of every kind of clean animal into the ark and pairs of all the rest. Noah was 600 years old when he entered the ark. Subterranean water came from under the earth and water came down from above the atmosphere and flooded the earth. It rained for 40 days and nights. The ark floated and rose up to a height that enabled the ark to pass over every mountain on earth. All creatures on earth, men and beast perished. Now I want you to notice something pretty remarkable. The passage says…And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. Nothing special about that? Well that exactly the same day that Israel stepped onto the land on the other side of the Gulf of Aqabar! And it is also the same day that Christ stepped into the Garden where the empty tomb spoke of new life. Is that cool or what! Does God count days? Of course he does. Next we see that the waters continued to subside until the tops of mountains were seen. First Noah sends out a Raven but it never returns. Then he sends out a dove but the dove unable to rest on waters returns to the ark. Seven days later the dove is sent out again and returns with an Olive leaf. There is hope for the world. After another seven days the dove is sent out again but never returns. Noah had become attached to her dove but it was only right that she found her wings. Then the Lord called on Noah to come out of the ark and what is the first thing he does? He sacrifices one of every clean animal to the Lord. The Lord smelled the burnt offering and promised never to flood the earth again. The Lord promised he would never curse the ground again. And he promised that the seasons would never cease.

• What was the world like that Noah tried to bring up his family in?
• What was Noah like?
• Make a record of the story of the flood and the ark.