One Year Pray for America Bible - Flipbook - Page 20
January 3
25 When
Methuselah was 187 years
old, he became the father of
Lamech. 26 After the birth of
Lamech, Methuselah lived another
782 years, and he had other sons
and daughters. 27 Methuselah lived
969 years, and then he died.
28 When Lamech was 182 years old,
he became the father of a son.
29 Lamech named his son Noah,
for he said, “May he bring us
relief* from our work and the
painful labor of farming this
ground that the Lord has cursed.”
30 After the birth of Noah, Lamech
lived another 595 years, and he
had other sons and daughters.
31 Lamech lived 777 years, and then
he died.
32 After Noah was 500 years old, he
became the father of Shem, Ham,
and Japheth.
6:1 Then
the people began to multiply
on the earth, and daughters were born
to them. 2 The sons of God saw the
beautiful women* and took any they
wanted as their wives. 3 Then the Lord
said, “My Spirit will not put up with*
humans for such a long time, for they
are only mortal flesh. In the future,
their normal lifespan will be no more
than 120 years.”
4 In those days, and for some time
after, giant Nephilites lived on the
earth, for whenever the sons of God
had intercourse with women, they
gave birth to children who became the
heroes and famous warriors of ancient
times.
5 The Lord observed the extent of
human wickedness on the earth, and
he saw that everything they thought
or imagined was consistently and totally evil. 6 So the Lord was sorry he
had ever made them and put them on
the earth. It broke his heart. 7 And the
Lord said, “I will wipe this human
race I have created from the face of
the earth. Yes, and I will destroy e very
living thing—all the people, the large
animals, the small animals that scurry
along the ground, and even the birds
of the sky. I am sorry I ever made
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8 But
Noah found favor with
them.”
the Lord.
9 This is the account of Noah and his
family. Noah was a righteous man, the
only blameless person living on earth
at the time, and he walked in close
fellowship with God. 10 Noah was the
father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and
Japheth.
11 Now God saw that the earth had
become corrupt and was filled with
violence. 12 God observed all this corruption in the world, for everyone on
earth was corrupt. 13 So God said to
Noah, “I have decided to destroy all
living creatures, for they have filled
the earth with violence. Yes, I will wipe
them all out along with the earth!
14 “Build a large boat* from cypress
wood* and waterproof it with tar, inside and out. Then construct decks
and stalls throughout its interior.
15 Make the boat 450 feet long, 75 feet
wide, and 45 feet high.* 16 Leave an 18-
inch opening* below the roof all the
way around the boat. Put the door on
the side, and build three decks inside
the boat—lower, middle, and upper.
17 “Look! I am about to cover the
earth with a flood that will destroy
every living thing that breathes.
Everything on earth will die. 18 But I
will confirm my covenant with you.
So enter the b
oat—you and your wife
and your sons and their wives. 19 Bring
a pair of every kind of animal—a male
and a female—into the boat with you
to keep them alive during the flood.
20 Pairs of
every kind of bird, and
every kind of animal, and every kind
of small animal that scurries along the
ground, will come to you to be kept
alive. 21 And be sure to take on board
enough food for your family and for all
the animals.”
22 So Noah did everything exactly as
God had commanded him.
7:1 When every
thing was ready, the
Lord said to Noah, “Go into the boat
with all your family, for among all the
people of the earth, I can see that you
alone are righteous. 2 Take with you
seven pairs—male and female— of
