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Genesis 9:14-17 meaningMay 22, 2024
When the rainbow is seen in the clouds, God will remember His covenant and the promise not to destroy all flesh by a flood again. The bow is the sign of the covenant.
Genesis 9:8-13 meaningMay 22, 2024
God establishes an everlasting covenant with Noah. God promises to never again destroy the earth by a flood. He makes a sign of the covenant for all to see.
Genesis 9:5-7 meaningMay 22, 2024
God makes a new rule that murder of another human being shall require their life. God also instructs for Noah to populate the earth abundantly and multiply in it.
Genesis 9:1-4 meaningMay 22, 2024
God blessed Noah instructing him and his sons to be fruitful and multiply. God put a fear of mankind into all the animals. God allows mankind to eat meat along with plants.
Genesis 10:6-8 meaningMay 22, 2024
Ham fathered four sons. Cush had six sons, including Nimrod. Raamah had two sons. Nimrod was a great leader.
Genesis 10:1-5 meaningMay 22, 2024
After the flood, the world begins to repopulate. Japheth had seven sons. His eldest Gomer had three sons and Javan had four sons. These families moved north, some settling in coastlands.
Genesis 8:18-22 meaningMay 22, 2024
Noah, his family, and all the animals left the ark. Noah built the first altar and offered sacrifices to the Lord. God was pleased with Noah and his sacrifices, and promises to never curse the ground again or destroy every living thing like He had done in this case.
Genesis 8:13-17 meaningMay 22, 2024
The flood waters had completely dried up. But Noah waited until God said to leave the ark before they left. God commanded them to be fruitful and multiply on the earth.
Genesis 8:6-12 meaningMay 22, 2024
Noah sent out a raven to see if the water had dried yet. It did not return, so Noah sent out a dove three times to test the status of the earth. Finally, a dove returned with an olive leaf, so Noah knew the waters had abated.
Genesis 8:1-5 meaningMay 22, 2024
The rain stopped, and the underground waters were closed. God caused a wind to dry up the flood waters. The ark came to rest on the mountain tops of Ararat. Soon the tops of the mountains were visible. Specific dates are recorded, emphasizing that this is a historical record of an actual event.
Genesis 7:21-24 meaningMay 22, 2024
Every living thing left on the earth died and was blotted out. Only Noah and those safe in the ark escaped the judgment of the flood. The flood water was on the earth 150 days before it began to recede.
Genesis 7:15-20 meaningMay 22, 2024
By twos (male and female) they entered the ark, and God sealed the ark. The rain came and lifted the ark. It floated as the waters continued to rise even covering the mountains.
Genesis 7:6-14 meaningMay 22, 2024
Noah was 600 years old when the flood came. There were eight people, and a male and female of every kind of animal on the ark as God had commanded. The waters of the flood came from the deeps of the earth and the sky. It rained for forty days and nights. However, Noah, his family, and all the animals were secure in the ark.
Genesis 7:1-5 meaningMay 22, 2024
God tells Noah to enter the ark. Further instructions are to take a male and female of every unclean creature and seven pairs of every clean creature into the ark. The flood would begin in seven days and last forty days destroying every living thing on the earth. Noah obeyed God.
Genesis 6:19-22 meaningMay 22, 2024
God gives Noah further instructions for the ark. Two of every kind (a male and female) shall come to the ark to be saved. Birds, animals, and creeping things were to be kept alive.
Genesis 6:14-18 meaningMay 22, 2024
God tells Noah to make an ark and gives him specific instructions how to build it. God reminds Noah of the judgment of the flood and that everything on the earth will perish.
Genesis 6:9-13 meaningMay 22, 2024
Noah was a righteous man. He had three sons; Shem, Ham, and Japheth. God told Noah He was about to destroy the world.
Genesis 6:5-8 meaningMay 22, 2024
God saw that the wickedness of man was great and there was only evil in his heart continually. This grieved the Lord.
Genesis 6:1-4 meaningMay 22, 2024
The world’s population continued to grow. The “sons of God” took wives from the daughters of men. God says He will not strive with mankind forever because man is sinful. The "Nephilim" were old mighty men of renown.
Genesis 5:25-32 meaningMay 22, 2024
Methuselah was the father of Lamech and the grandfather of Noah. God chose Noah for a special purpose. Noah was the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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