Noah’s
family-line.
“Adam, Seth, Enosh, Cainan, Mahalalel,
Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.”
1 Chron 1:1-4 (NKJV)
“1 Chronicles 1:5-23 The record of Noah's descendants
establishes Abraham's place in history. The ethnic backdrop of the seventy
nations of the world provides the context for Israel
“…the son
of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of
Nahor, the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of
Eber, the son of Shelah, the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son
of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, the son of Methuselah, the
son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of
Cainan, the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.” Luke 3:34-38 (NKJV)
Profile: Noah (Gen 6:8-22)
Gen 5:28-10:1 Noah was the son of Lamech, a descendant of
Seth (Genesis 5:3-29). Lamech might have hoped that Noah
(whose name means "rest" or "relief") would ease the curse
of hardship in working the ground. God used Noah to help relieve the world of
evil. God intended to destroy creation
because of pervasive human wickedness (Gen 6:1-7; see Matt 24:37-39; Luke 17:26-27), but he decided to preserve
Noah (Gen 6:8). God gave Noah, a righteous and
blameless man (Gen 6:9), precise instructions for building the ark in which
only the eight people of his family would be saved, along with every kind of
creature (Gen 6:14-8:19). When Noah and his family
finally emerged from the ark after the flood, Noah pleased God by building an
altar and sacrificing burnt offerings. God promised that He would never again
flood the whole earth or disrupt the sequence of the seasons, despite human sin
(Gen 8:20-9:17).
Noah's sons were Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
All the nations of the earth descended from them (Gen 9:18-19). When Noah became drunk on wine
from his vineyard, his sons and their descendants were cursed or blessed in
accord with how they responded to him (Gen 9:22-27). Noah lived for 950 years,
including 350 years after the flood (Gen 9:28-29); he is an example of
righteousness, obedience, courage, and faith (see Ezek 14:12-20; Heb 11:7; 2 Pet 2:5).” —NLT Study Bible
“But I’m making a contract with you, Noah.
You, your wife, your boys and their wives get to survive by doing the zookeeper
job. You’ll be taking male and female of every animal, so stock up with food
for you and the animals.” Noah follows the plan to the letter.” Lacey
“I am going to send a flood on the earth to
destroy every living being. Everything on the earth will die, but I will
make a covenant with you. Go into the boat with your wife, your sons, and their
wives. Take into the boat with you a male and a female of every kind of animal
and of every kind of bird, in order to keep them alive. Take along all
kinds of food for you and for them." Noah did everything that God
commanded.” Gen 6:17-22 (TEV)
“It was faith that made Noah hear God's
warnings about things in the future that he could not see. He obeyed God and
built a boat in which he and his family were saved. As a result, the world was
condemned, and Noah received from God the righteousness that comes by faith.” Heb 11:7 (TEV)
“And God does exactly as He warned: once
Noah’s family and the livestock are inside the boat, God seals the door. Then
millions of tons of water course up through cracks in the earth, millions more
pour down from the sky. After a forty-day downpour, the whole planet’s one big
ocean. Everything dies. Total wipe-out. The flood waters last 150 days. But God
doesn’t forget Noah and his cargo – He arranges a strong wind and the floods
start receding. Noah checks the state of play by sending out first a raven and
then a dove. The dove eventually comes back with a fresh olive leaf in its beak
– proof positive that the waters are going down. Eventually, God says to Noah
“Time to leave your floating zoo. Bring the livestock out, release them and let
them make babies!” Noah and Co. let them all out.” Lacey
Noah Offers a Sacrifice
“Noah built an altar to the Lord; he took
one of each kind of ritually clean animal and bird, and burned them whole as a
sacrifice on the altar. The odor of the sacrifice pleased the Lord, and
he said to himself, "Never again will I put the earth under a curse
because of what people do; I know that from the time they are young their
thoughts are evil. Never again will I destroy all living beings, as I have done
this time. As long as the world exists, there will be a time for planting
and a time for harvest. There will always be cold and heat, summer and winter,
day and night." Gen 8:20-22 (TEV)
God put a rainbow in the sky.
“Plus, I’ll give you a visual aid, a symbol
of the contract I’m laying out in front of you. See that rainbow? It’s not just
some fancy physics trick – it’s symbolic. A visual image of my contract with the planet.
Whenever a rainbow appears in the
clouds, it’ll jog the memory of the deal I’ve made with you and all the animals
– that I’ll never flood the place and wipe out all life forms.” Lacey
“I will never again curse... destroy:
The old curse was not lifted (Gen 5:29), but God promised not to add to it,
thus establishing new limits for life in a disordered world (cp. Isa 54:9). The flood was to stop violence,
not to reform the human heart (Gen 6:5). Humankind's
bent toward evil would be contained to some degree through accountability to a
new law (Gen 9:5-6).” —NLT Study Bible
"In the time of Noah I promised never
again to flood the earth. Now I promise not to be angry with you again; I will
not reprimand or punish you. The mountains and hills may crumble, but my
love for you will never end; I will keep forever my promise of peace." So
says the Lord who loves you.” Isaiah
54:9-10 (TEV)
“Isaiah 54:9 The Exile was similar in both
drama and trauma to the flood in the time of Noah. In both instances, people
sinned grievously against the Lord, but the Lord renewed His commitment to
creation (after Noah's flood) and to His people (after the Exile). Isaiah 54:10 God's faithful love for His people
endures despite their unfaithfulness. • God's covenant of blessing was the
assurance of His presence, resulting in wholeness, blessing, and protection. It
replaces the shame and disgrace of the Exile (see Ezek 34:25; 37:26).
—NLT Study Bible
“Despite their evil, human beings are
allowed to live in God's world and seek a deeper relationship with the world's
Creator during their time on earth. God's later covenants with His people made
intimacy with Him freely available to all (see Acts 2:22-40; 3:17-26).”—NLT Study Bible
“Gen 9:18 Ham is the father of Canaan :
See also 9:20-27; 10:6-20. The text emphasizes Canaan 's ancestral connection to Ham to show that the
Canaanite identity was inseparably linked to Ham's shameful behavior (Gen
9:20-27). The citizens of both Egypt (from
which Israel escaped slavery) and Canaan (to which Israel was headed) were
Ham's descendants (Gen 10:6; see Lev 18:3, 24-26; Ps 105:23, 27; 106:22). Later stories in Genesis emphasize
the immoral climate of both Egypt
(Gen 12:10-20) and Canaan
(Gen chs 34, 38). See 9:20-27 and 10:6-20.
Gen 9:20-27 The story of Noah begins with him walking in
righteousness and obeying the Lord (Gen 6:9), but it ends with him lying drunk and naked in his
tent and then delivering a curse on Canaan .
Even after the great flood, the human race exhibited some of the same sinful
characteristics that warranted the judgment in the first place. Special
attention is given to the cursed origin of the Canaanites, the corrupt and
idolatrous nation Israel
“What sorrow awaits you who make your
neighbors drunk! You force your cup on them so you can gloat over their
shameful nakedness. But soon it will be your turn to be disgraced. Come,
drink and be exposed! Drink from the cup of the Lord’s judgment, and all your
glory will be turned to shame.” Habakkuk
2:15-16 (NLT)
Mankind’s spiritual journey.
“Habakkuk's spiritual journey is similar to
that of most believers. When times of doubt and discouragement come, believers
need to approach the Lord and share their concerns with Him. Like Habakkuk, we
need to search God's word for a fresh glimpse of who God is and what He is like
in order to renew our trust in the One who alone is truly God.
Habakkuk 2:2-20 reminds us that the Lord is
not an absentee God; He acts sovereignly in all that comes to pass so that
everything might work toward His purpose (Hab 2:3, 14; see also Ps 47:9; Acts 17:24-26; Col 1:15-20). The Lord is a holy and
merciful God who acts in history to redeem His people (Hab 3:2-15; see also Eph 1:3-10; 2 Pet 3:15) so that all may ultimately see His
glory (2:14).”
—NLT Study Bible
“When I heard these stories my heart raced,
my lower lip twitched, my bones went weak, my knees knocked. But I’ll sit
tight. I’ll wait, cool and calm, for the day this invasion force gets run down
by God’s anger. Whatever happens, I’ll celebrate God, party in my heart ’cos He
liberates me. Even if the shelves are bare, even if the cupboards are empty,
I’ll party, celebrate God. When the projects fail, when the screen goes blank,
I’ll party, celebrate God. He liberates me. The God who runs the cosmos is what
keeps me going. He makes my every step as sure-footed as a deer on the
mountains. I can climb because of His energy and protection.” Lacey
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