Genesis 1-11 My mind began to fill with questions and thoughts as I read the first eleven chapters of the Bible (see list of questions after my paper please).
It never ceases to amaze me that I can repeatedly read chapters of the Bible and learn or notice something fresh each study session. A number of unique things occurred to me this time through. The fact that the Tigris and Euphrates have actually been on earth since Adam was placed in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2: 14) amazed me.
To think that I, with the appropriate finances, could go and see part of the Garden of Eden is astounding. The list of the descendants of Adam (Genesis 5) allowed me to grasp that Noah was only nine generations removed from Adam. I found in one of my reference books that Noah’s father, La mech, was only fifty-six years old at the time of Adam’s death. However, at the same time, this information was a little disappointing.
Did the whole earth really fill with corruption and violence in just nine generations? This served as a definite reminder of the kind of world we are born into. Even so, God sends hope into these Bible passages with Noah’s presence. Noah himself gave me hope. I came to realize as I read that Noah was the first example of a genuinely righteous man in the Bible. With unbending confidence in God’s word, Noah began to build the Arc. Noah could nearly even be considered an in advance example of what Jesus would be like.
For approximately 120 years, Noah preached God’s judgement, mercy, and the coming flood. However, people turned their heads at Noah and continued in their evil ways. Another interesting event was the first time rain fell from the heavens (Genesis 7: 12).
The Review on Euphrates River Flood Noah Genesis
Skeptical view of the flood myth As skeptics have long been aware, there was no global flood in the last 5000 years, a boatload of animals did not ground on so-called Mount Ararat or on any mountain, and the world's animals are not descended from two or seven pairs of each species that lived during the third millennium BC. Nor is there any archaeological proof that a man survived a flood by being ...
Before the great flood, water came up from the ground (Genesis 2: 6).
After the flood, Noah’s family was the only one on earth.
With this data, we can assume that everyone is a descendant of Shem, Ham, or Japheth, Noah’s three sons. Therefore Noah’s family re-populated the earth. Different languages and cultures came when God spread the people all over the earth and confused mankind by separating their languages and geography (Genesis 11: 7-9).
Those are the most spectacular things I noticed as I read the assigned Bible chapters. If you have time Mr. Files, please remember to take a look at my questions below.
1. How is it that Noah lived 950 years, but others soon after such as She lah, Pele g, Serum, Nah or, and other descendants of Shem only lived around 30-35 years? Or am I simply misreading this section? 2. What exactly was Nod? This is very unclear to me. 3. About how long is a cubit?.
