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The World Is Destroyed by Water — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
A.Sons of God and the Giantsvv. 1-4
1 Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose. 3 So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.” 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.
B.Every Thought Only Evilvv. 5-8
5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time. 6 And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. 7 So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.” 8 Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
C.Noah, a Righteous Manvv. 9-12
9 This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God. 10 And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 11 Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence. 12 And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.
D.Build an Ark of Gopher Woodvv. 13-22
13 Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth. 14 Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out. 15 And this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high. 16 You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks. 17 And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish. 18 But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you. 19 And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you. 20 Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive. 21 You are also to take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten and gather it as food for yourselves and for the animals.” 22 So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.
Chapter summary
The world filled with violence, and the LORD's grief over the heart of man.
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Chapter summary
The world filled with violence, and the LORD's grief over the heart of man.
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The world filled with violence, and the LORD's grief over the heart of man. The ‘sons of God’ and ‘daughters of men’ passage has drawn three readings: angelic, Sethite, and royal. MannaFest holds the angelic reading, the Watchers view that the oldest Jewish and Christian sources held; the other two have long histories of their own. The verdict is clear: God determines to destroy what he has made. Yet Noah finds grace in the eyes of the LORD. The ark's dimensions are given, and Noah is told to bring two of every kind. Gill emphasises that grace precedes the building of the ark; Calvin, that judgment and mercy run together through the chapter and its remedy.
Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary and John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament.
Context
Law · Moses — Genesis overview
- A. 1–4 Sons of God and the Giants
- B. 5–8 Every Thought Only Evil
- C. 9–12 Noah, a Righteous Man
- D. 13–22 Build an Ark of Gopher Wood
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- Genesis 7:4For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”
- Genesis 7:7And Noah and his wife, with his sons and their wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
- Genesis 7:21And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.
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1 Peter 32 verses
- 1 Peter 3:18For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
- 1 Peter 3:20who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.
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Luke 12 verses
- Luke 1:6Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
- Luke 1:30So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
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Hosea 41 verse
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