Genesis 6:1-4
The Wickedness of Men... [ Continue Reading ]
The Wickedness of Men... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,... [ Continue Reading ]
that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. The Cainites had long since forsaken the Lord and His worship and lived according to the lusts of their mind. But in the course of time this corruption spread also to the families of... [ Continue Reading ]
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. The Spirit of the Lord had been present in the midst of men, in the Word which was preached to them. But this could not remain thus very much longer on account... [ Continue Reading ]
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. The conditions before the Flood are further characterized. Wild, lawless men, tyrants... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Noah's preaching had little or no effect. Jehovah saw that in spite of all His efforts to win the hearts of men the wickedness of man in general was incre... [ Continue Reading ]
God Resolves to Destroy Man... [ Continue Reading ]
And it repented the Lord that He had made man on the earth, and it grieved Him at His heart. The utter disgust of Jehovah over the conditions on earth is here expressed in the terms in use among men. So great was the universal wickedness that Jehovah repented of His having made man, who, by the impe... [ Continue Reading ]
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. The sentence of the Lord is comprehensive, referring to the entire sphere in which man is the head and... [ Continue Reading ]
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. "In these words there breaks forth from the dark cloud of wrath the mercy which gives security for the preservation and restoration of humanity. " (Keil.) God did not plan an absolute destruction of the entire human race, but only of those that deliberat... [ Continue Reading ]
God Chooses Noah... [ Continue Reading ]
These are the generations, the genealogy, OF NOAH: NOAH WAS A JUST MAN AND PERFECT IN HIS GENERATIONS; AND NOAH WALKED WITH GOD. That is a summary of Noah's history: he was a righteous man, upright and just before the eyes of the generations that passed before his eyes. Like Enoch, Genesis 5:22, he... [ Continue Reading ]
And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Cf Genesis 5:32.... [ Continue Reading ]
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.... [ Continue Reading ]
And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. These statements complete the picture drawn in verses 1-4. Utterly corrupt was the earth before the face of God, like a rotten piece of meat whose very appearance is nauseating. It would h... [ Continue Reading ]
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. As the end of the time of respite approached, God saw that it was useless to extend this period. Its termination meant the end of the w... [ Continue Reading ]
Make thee an ark of gopher-wood. Noah and his family alone were exempted from the general destruction. For his preservation he was to build an ark, or ship of refuge, not so much for purposes of navigation, but for the carrying of a very great load. of gopher-wood the ark was to be built, which seem... [ Continue Reading ]
The Command to Build and Equip the Ark... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Figuring a cubit at a foot and a half, the dimensions of the ark were 450 feet in length, 75 feet in width, and 45 feet in hei... [ Continue Reading ]
A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above. The Hebrew text here indicates that an arrangement was made by which light and air could enter the ark, a light-opening, either under the ridge of the roof on one side, extending the entire length of the vessel a cubit i... [ Continue Reading ]
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 everything that is in the earth shall die. The announcement is very definite: I am bringing the deluge of waters upon (or over) the earth. That is the punish... [ Continue Reading ]
The Announcement of the Flood... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Through Noah and his sons the Lord intended to propagate the human race after the Flood, with a new beginning, on the basis of the covenant which He was now mak... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. This was God's provision against the total extermination of the animals with the breath of life. A pair of every kind, at the ins... [ Continue Reading ]
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. The providence of God overlooked nothing that was necessary to keep Noah with his entire cargo of animals alive; an abundant supply of food was laid in.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. This was an evidence of Noah's faith, Hebrews 11:7. For as yet there was nothing to be seen of the Flood, and he was undoubtedly subjected to every form of ridicule. The essence of faith is trust in the Word of God in spite of all th... [ Continue Reading ]