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Genesis 6 (King James Version)

Genesis 6 : 1

The Corruption of Mankind

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

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2.) That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they [were] fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
3.) And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also [is] flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
4.) There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare [children] to them, the same [became] mighty men which [were] of old, men of renown.

5.) And GOD saw that the wickedness of man [was] great in the earth, and [that] every imagination of the thoughts of his heart [was] only evil continually.
6.) And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
7.) And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

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8.) But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
9.) These [are] the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man [and] perfect in his generations, [and] Noah walked with God.
10.) And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11.) The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12.) And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13.) And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

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14.) Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
15.) And this [is the fashion] which thou shalt make it [of]: The length of the ark [shall be] three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
16.) A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; [with] lower, second, and third [stories] shalt thou make it.


I think that men were educated and able more than we even realize. It took a very long time many people say it was impossible. But I believe it was possible and I find it fascinating. My imagination runs wild with thoughts these people really lived.

How different things must have been then. God didn't just tell him to build the ark he gave him instructions what a giant task. There was corruption, violence and evil all around them. I would imagine they were ridiculed and much worse.

Geneisis 6

17.) And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein [is] the breath of life, from under heaven; [and] every thing that [is] in the earth shall die.
18.) But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
19.) And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every [sort] shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep [them] alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

20.) Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every [sort] shall come unto thee, to keep [them] alive.
21.) And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather [it] to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
22.) Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

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When I read a Bible story I take it literally. Now Noah was five hundred years old when he had his sons. It just amazes me how long people lived before the flood, he lived five of our lifetimes before he even had children. God told Noah to build an ark can you imagine how much work and how hard this must have been.

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days and they had tainted and corrupted the whole earth. Noah was righteous he walked with God his blood was not tainted from the (sons of God). These Nephillim are believed by many to be fallen angels and they mated with women and produced a race of very evil, very large men and probably women too.

The world was a very different place then people lived so much longer. That this was a reality for them just strikes me. The task was set and Noah did it according to all that God had commanded him. The task was monumental and hard and yet we read it in a verse never realizing how real it was.

Back to Noah and his family now for them the adventure continues. The flood is coming, and we think we have stress.

Genesis 7 (King James Version)

Genesis 7: 1

The Flood

And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
2.) Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that [are] not clean by two, the male and his female.
3.) Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

4.) For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
5.) And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.
6.) And Noah [was] six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.

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7.) 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.
8.) Of clean beasts, and of beasts that [are] not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9.) There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

10.) And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11.) In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12.) And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights


Noah was over five hundred years old when he began to build the ark. He was six hundred when the flood came so it took him around one hundred years to build it. Would we obey God in that way. Imagine being told to do something so massive and complicated. Something that would bring great ridicule to you and your family.

Would you be able to do that ? Yet that is exactly what Noah did and that is amazing. Imagine the skill and tools it took to build it. Starting from scratch cutting down trees and hauling them.

Genisis 7

13.) In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
14.) They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
15.) And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein [is] the breath of life.

16.) And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
17.) 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.
18.) And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.

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19.) And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that [were] under the whole heaven, were covered.
20.) Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
21.) 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:

22.) All in whose nostrils [was] the breath of life, of all that [was] in the dry [land], died.
23.) And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained [alive], and they that [were] with him in the ark.
24.) And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.

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The Lord himself closed the door it must have been huge. I wonder if anyone marveled at all of the animals entering the ark or even realized that God shut the door. At that point possibly taunting and laughing at Noah and his family.

The horror of the flood is hard to imagine, being jostled around inside the ark not being able to see what was going on must have been horrifying. Outside of the ark was much worse of course my mind can barley comprehend the terror, rage and utter and complete destruction that occurred.

Trapped in a very large boat with a bunch of freaked out animals to tend to must have been difficult. They must have longed for fresh air and some sign of it being over.

One hundred and fifty days is a long time. For me this puts things in perspetive when I think of some of the things that I have been through.

Genesis 8 (King James Version)

Genesis 8 :1

The Flood Subsides

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;

2.) The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
3.) And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
4.) And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

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The ark finally came to rest on top of a mountain and the water slowly receded. I would think that they knew that it had come to rest. Those last few weeks had to be tough. I bet the animals were wanting to get out of there too.

Genisis 8

5.) And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth [month], on the first [day] of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
6.) And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
7.) And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

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8.) Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
9.) But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters [were] on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
10.) And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;

11.) And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth [was] an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
12.) And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
13.) And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first [month], the first [day] of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.


The dove brought back an olive leaf and he waited another seven days. The last dove released did not return. Finally God spoke "go forth from the ark". What an undertaking that must have been. All of those animals anxious to leave the ark,what a sight.

Genisis 8

14.) And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
15.) And God spake unto Noah, saying,
16.) Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.

17.) 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 creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

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20.) And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
21.) 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.
22.) While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

Genesis 8 King James Bible online


They must have felt great joy at being able to finally leave the ark. The first thing Noah did was build an alter to the Lord. He remained faithful and sent up an offering to the Lord who said to himself that he would never again curse the ground and kill every living thing because of men.

We must realize that because of the curse from Adam that we are born with an evil intent. We need to overcome this and only through Christ can we do this. He overcame and led a sinless life so that we could live our lives through him by faith. Now Noah believed God and took action and by taking action revealed his faith in God.

Genesis 9 (King James Version)

Genesis 9 :1

Covenant of the Rainbow

And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

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2.) 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 moveth [upon] the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
3.) Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
4.) But flesh with the life thereof, [which is] the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

5.) And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
6.) Who so sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
7.) And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.


Imagine being the only eight people left on the earth. A lot of hard work and patience must have been necessary for them to take care of themselves and build shelters. The dove brought back an olive leaf so they had olives and most likely fruit.

Now Noah lived a lot of years after the flood and they had to start over from nothing. On some level it must have been so much better for them. The harshness from before the flood was gone and they had a chance to live their lives without so much evil all around them. Although I am sure there were many challenges.

Genisis 9

8.) And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
9.) And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
10.) 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.

11.) 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.
12.) 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:
13.) I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

14.) And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:

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15.) 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.
16.) 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.
17.) 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.

18.) And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham [is] the father of Canaan.
19.) These [are] the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.

Genesis 9

28.) And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
29.) And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.

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God gave us a rainbow as a sign, he will never again destroy man and earth with a flood. He blessed Noah and gave him dominion over all animals on the earth. They were told they could eat plants and meat and to multiply and fill the earth.

They had to rebuild everything, the ground had to be tilled, crops needed to be planted. They needed shelter from the elements, many chores needed to be done and I am sure it kept them very busy. Today in the world we live in most of are needs are met.

We do work hard, but I would think it was nowhere near the level that they did. A daily struggle to survive all of their clothing had to be made and they had to meet all of their own needs. I wonder if it was more peaceful for them now that a lot of the evil in the world was gone. I am sure that there was still some drama as you will see if you read further. It seems there is always stuff going on especially in families.

I am awe struck by Bible stories and I believe them with every fiber of my being. I believe if you search diligently and with a sincere heart to know the truth you will find it. With proof beyond your wildest dreams, it is a journey you will not regret.