Tag: Noah
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Noah, his sons, and shame. Studying Genesis 9:18-29
After the covenant which the Lord makes with Noah, we see a scandal involving Noah and his three sons at the end of Genesis 9. The story is introduced by reminding the reader of the Sons of Noah. They will come up again in the genealogies of Genesis 10. Genesis 9:18: 18 The sons of…
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The Noahic Covenant. Studying Genesis 8:20-9:17
God formally establishes a covenant with Noah. In Genesis 6:18 we see the word covenant used for the first time in the Bible. I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you. Between Genesis 6 and Genesis 9, a…
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Life after the flood. Studying Genesis 8:1-13
In Genesis 8, after the flood, God causes the waters to subside. It is a passage which points us to the gospel. Genesis 8:1: But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters…
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Creation and uncreation – The flood and Genesis 7
Perhaps the best known story in the Bible of God’s judgment is the story of Noah’s Ark. At the beginning of the story, Genesis talks of a world that has fallen further and further into sin and that the Lord saves one man (Noah) and his family from the destruction that was to come. Another…
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Noah and the flood. Studying Genesis 6:1-12
Noah’s Ark is one of the most well known stories in the entire Bible. In modern times, it’s a controversial story where skeptics deny that it ever actually happened. Many Christians doubt this story and instead treat it as mythology. I can certainly appreciate that the story seems fantastical and hard to believe. But so…
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