Sep 30, 2022
The Bible pauses at certain places to give overviews or reviews. Before moving on with Shem’s history, the book of Genesis gives a summary of Noah’s other two sons and their descendants. Egypt is “Mizraim” in Hebrew and also referred to as the land of Ham. The other names of the descendants of Ham are the...
Sep 29, 2022
After the flood, God blesses Noah and his sons. The blessing to be fruitful and multiply, as God did with Adam and Eve, confirms God’s power and will that His creation should support life. God instructs that animals as well as plants are for food; perhaps because in our fallen state we need that option for nutrition...
Sep 28, 2022
Verse one of this passage says that God remembered Noah. He had never forgotten him. Rather, when God remembers it means that His Word, will, and promises are going to take effect (consider Jesus’ institution of the Lord’s Supper: “… do this in remembrance of Me.”) Noah tests the receding of the water but...
Sep 27, 2022
The flood narrative: God saw that Noah was righteous in that generation, meaning that Noah was honest about dependence on God, in contrast to the rest of the human population generated according to the flesh, dominated by the corruption of Adam. Seven pairs of clean animals were on the ark since they would be used...
Sep 26, 2022
Sons of God, daughters of men? The Bible is full of abbreviations, just like we use when texting. “Sons of God” refers to men who were more or less honest about dependence and conscious of the image of God. “Daughters of men” refers to women who were not honest about dependence. The power of evil is often...