At the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made and sent forth a raven. It went to and fro until the waters were dried up from the earth. Then he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters had subsided from the face ofContinue reading “Genesis 8: 6-13….On dry land again!”
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Genesis 8: 1-5….A brief summary of a 5 month drenching!
But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided. The fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the rain from the heavens was restrained, and the watersContinue reading “Genesis 8: 1-5….A brief summary of a 5 month drenching!”
Genesis 7: 17-24….Watery desolation.
The flood continued forty days on the earth. The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. The waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the face of the waters. And the waters prevailed so mightily on the earth that all the highContinue reading “Genesis 7: 17-24….Watery desolation.”
Genesis 7: 11-16…..The promised came.
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened. And rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights. On the very same dayContinue reading “Genesis 7: 11-16…..The promised came.”
Genesis 7: 1-10…..God speaks, Noah obeys.
Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation. Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals, the male and his mate, and a pair of the animals that are not clean, the male andContinue reading “Genesis 7: 1-10…..God speaks, Noah obeys.”
Genesis 6: 17-22……Further instructions.
For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die. But I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and yourContinue reading “Genesis 6: 17-22……Further instructions.”
Genesis 6: 11-16….Nearly a clean sheet!
Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence. And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth. And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filledContinue reading “Genesis 6: 11-16….Nearly a clean sheet!”
Genesis 6: 1-8…..Thoroughly rotten!
When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose. Then the LORD said, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: hisContinue reading “Genesis 6: 1-8…..Thoroughly rotten!”
Genesis 5: 1-5 & 25-32….People lived long!
This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God. Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created. When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after hisContinue reading “Genesis 5: 1-5 & 25-32….People lived long!”
Genesis 4: 23-26….Bigamy plus.
Lamech said to his wives:“Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;you wives of Lamech, listen to what I say:I have killed a man for wounding me,a young man for striking me.If Cain’s revenge is sevenfold,then Lamech’s is seventy-sevenfold.”And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth, for she said,Continue reading “Genesis 4: 23-26….Bigamy plus.”
As I read it! 