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GENESIS – LESSON FOUR
I. THE CHARACTER OF NOAH AND THE WORLD LEADING UP TO THE FLOOD (6:1-
A. The World full of evil thinking people and violence (6:1-
1. Sons of God (descendants of Seth, 4:26, 5:21,24 29) marry daughters of men (descendants of Cain, 4:19) producing well known mighty men of violence (Nephilim) (v.1-
a. “Nephilim” – comes from Hebrew word meaning “to fall”
– either denoting their fallen spiritual character or their violent action of falling on man (cf. Num. 13:33).
b. God decrees that the days of men of flesh would be 120 more years – Jehovah will not strive with man forever.
2. The wickedness of man is great (v. 5-
a. Every imagination of man’s thoughts was only evil continually.
b. Jehovah repents that he created man – grieved in His heart.
c. Jehovah determines to destroy men whom he created from face of the ground along with beast, creeping things, and birds.
3. Noah finds favor with God in the midst of a wicked and violent world (v. 8-
a. Noah was a righteous man
b. Noah was perfect (complete, whole) in his generations
c. Noah walked with God
d. Noah begets three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
e. Earth corrupt before God and filled with violence – all flesh corrupted their way upon the earth.
f. God tells Noah that the end of all flesh is before Him – God will destroy all flesh, who has filled the earth with violence, along with the earth.
B. God instructs Noah to build an ark (6:14-
4. To be made of gopher wood.
5. To Contain rooms
6. Pitched within and without with pitch.
7. Dimensions specified: 300 cubits long (450 feet -
8. Opening for light –a window – a cubit from the top.
9. A door made in the side of the ark
10. Three stories in ark
11. God tells Noah that He will bring the flood upon earth to destroy all flesh in whom is the breath of life – everything in the earth shall die.
C. God reveals that He will establish His covenant with Noah (6:18-
1. Noah, his sons, his wife, and his son’s wives to come into the ark.
2. Noah to bring into the ark a pair (male and female) of every kind of bird cattle, creeping things – to keep them alive.
3. Noah to take food for family and animals.
4. Noah did according to all that God commanded him to do.
QUESTIONS:
1. Why did the “sons of God” take the “daughters of men”?
2. Who were the “sons of God”?
3. Were the “Nephilim” giants born as a result of the sexual union between angels (sons of God -
4. Why in the context of marriage and bearing offspring do you think God says, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever…”?
5. What does God mean when He says, “yet shall his days be a hundred and twenty years”?
6. Why did God “repent” of creating man?
7. What is remarkable about Noah being perfect in his generation?
8. Why was the earth corrupt?
9. Did God command Noah to build an ark to escape a “local flood” or a “universal flood”?
10. How does God commanding Noah to build an ark illustrate “specific” authority in contrast to “generic” authority?
11. How did Noah honor God’s authority?
12. How did Noah illustrate “saving faith”?
GENESIS – LESSON FIVE
I. THE FLOOD (Genesis 7-
A. God’s commands to Noah seven days before the flood (7:1-
1. Come into the ark.
2. Take of clean beasts 7 pairs – male and female
3. Take of unclean animals 2 pairs – male and female
4. Noah did all that God commanded him to do .
B. Flood prevails on Earth (7:10-
1. Rain for forty days and nights begins on 17th. day of 2nd. month of Noah’s 600th. year.
2. Fountains of deep broken up – windows of heaven opened.
3. Ark lifted up above earth with eight souls and all within which have the breath of life.
4. All mountains under all of heaven were covered with water.
5. All flesh died in whom was the breath of life
6. Only Noah left and those with him in the ark.
7. Waters of flood prevailed for 150 days.
C. Flood waters recede after 150 days (8:1-
1. God makes wind to pass over earth – waters subside.
2. God stops sources of flood.
3. Ark rests on mountains of Ararat on 17th. day of 7th. month..
4. Tops of mountains seen on 1st day of 10th. month.
5. After 40 days, Noah sends Raven and dove from the ark.
6. Noah removes covering on 1st. day of 1st. month of Noah’s 601st. year – sees dry land.
7. The earth is dry on 27th. day of 2nd. month of Noah’s 601st. year.
D. Action taken immediately after the flood (8:15-
1. God’s command to Noah regarding his family and animals – multiply upon the earth.
2. Noah builds altar and offers burnt offerings acceptable to God.
3. God vows to not curse ground the same way He did when he sent the flood upon the earth.
QUESTIONS:
1. God commanded Noah to “go” into the ark with all his house because Noah had been righteous in his generation. (T) (F)
2. God commanded Noah to take only 2 pairs of every kind of animal into the ark. (T) (F)
3. Why did God command Noah to bring pairs of animals into the ark?
4. What were the water sources for the flood?
5. Who shut Noah and his family up in the ark?
6. What is significant about the waters prevailing 15 cubits upward?
7. How long did the waters of the flood prevail upon the earth?
8. What is significant about “only Noah is left and those with him” when you think about God’s judgment?
9. In what sense does God “remember” Noah and all that is with him in the ark?
10. How does God make the flood waters abate?
11. Where on earth did the ark rest as the flood waters decreased?
12. Why did the raven not come back to the ark, while the dove did at first?
13. How did Noah know at first that the waters were abated from the earth? When did he know for sure?
14. How long was Noah in the ark?
15. What Biblical facts show that the flood was a “universal” flood?
16. Why might someone believe that the flood was only “local”?
17. What did God command Noah to do upon his leaving the ark?
18. Why do you think Noah offered burnt offerings after leaving the ark?
19. Was Noah’s sacrifice acceptable to God?
20. What did Jehovah say to His own heart?
21. Did God say that the earth would remain forever?