Day 3 – A Year in the Bible – Genesis 7-9
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GENESIS 7 – WHEREIN IS THE BREATH OF LIFE
God commands Noah to enter the ark with his family and the animals (seven pairs of clean, one pair of unclean) because judgment is coming. He shuts and seal the door. It rains for 40 days and nights of rain, covering the whole earth and destroying all life outside the ark. Only those within the ark are saved.
Noah Did According Unto All the LORD Commanded
And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him. – Genesis 7:5
Noah Went In
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. – Genesis 7:7
Wherein is the Breath of Life
And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. – Genesis 7:15
The Flood was Forty Days Upon the Earth
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. And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. – Genesis 7:17-19
All in Whose Nostrils was the Breath of Life in the Dry Land Died
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: all in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. – Genesis 7:21-22
Noah Only Remained Alive, and They that Were with Him in the Ark
Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days. – Genesis 7:23b-24
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GENESIS 8 – BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY
The flood waters start to go down after God “remembers Noah.” Noah and the ark lands on top of Mount Ararat. Noah sends out a raven and then a dove (which returns with an olive leaf). Finally, the earth dries enough for Noah, his family, and the animals to leave the ark. Noah builds an altar and God smells the sweet smell of the offering and promises never again to destroy the world with a flood. He establishes the rainbow as a sign of His covenant.
God Remembers Noah
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; the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heave was restrained. – Genesis 8:1-2
Asswaged – subside, decrease, made to cease
Bring Forth Every Living Thing
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 creepers upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. – Genesis 8:17
The LORD Smelled a Sweet Savour
And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and too of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 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. – Genesis 8:20-21
The phrase, “and the LORD said in his heart,” touched my own heart. It was a reminder of what we already know – we are made in His image.
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GENESIS 9 – HIS COVENANT
God blesses Noah and his sons and tells them to be fruitful and repopulate the earth. He gives permission to eat meat (but not blood), establishes capital punishment for murder (since man is made in God’s image), and promises again never to destroy all life with a flood – symbolized by the rainbow. Afterward, Noah gets drunk, Ham sees him naked and tells his brothers. Noah curses Canaan (Ham’s offspring) and blesses the other two brothers, Shem and Japheth, for their respect.
God Blessed Noah and His Sons
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that move to upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. – Genesis 9:1-3
In the Image of God Made He Man
Whoso shed death man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. – Genesis 9:6
I Will Remember My Covenant
And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; and with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth. – Genesis 9:8-17
Ham Saw the Nakedness of His Father and Told His Brethren
And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: and he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness. And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; And Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; And Canaan shall be his servant. – Genesis 9:20-27
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