The One Year Chronological Study Bible - Flipbook - Page 18
JANUARY 3
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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
boat—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. 21And
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.
D A I LY D I S C O V E R Y
• Where do you think Cain and Abel
learned about sacrifice? What
do Cain’s and Abel’s gifts reveal
about their different views of God
and His standards for worship?
Day 3 •
• What does God reveal about
Himself as He interacts with
Cain? How does Cain respond
to God’s entreaties?
• Describe the differences between
the lineages of Seth and Cain.
What do these differences
demonstrate about walking by
faith versus going your own way?
JANUARY 3
Noah and his family enter the ark along with animals of every kind (those considered clean and unclean).
God closes the door, and it rains until the earth is flooded. They spend a year on the ark until the waters
recede, after which the Lord releases Noah, his family, and the animals. By faith, Noah builds an altar to the
Lord and sacrifices clean animals on it. God smells the pleasing aroma and promises to never again use a
flood to destroy all living things. God then provides a rainbow as a sign of His promise and to teach future
generations about His faithfulness.
Noah’s three sons and their wives populate the earth; from their descendants all the peoples of the earth
originate. Noah plants a vineyard for wine, and one day he gets drunk. Ham exploits his father’s condition,
and his descendants are cursed by Noah. The Flood did not remove sin’s stain from the heart of humanity.
DIVIDED
KINGDOM
6:14a Traditionally rendered an ark. 6:14b Or gopher wood.
6:15 Hebrew 300 cubits [138 meters] long, 50 cubits [23 meters] wide,
and 30 cubits [13.8 meters] high. 6:16 Hebrew an opening of 1 cubit
[46 centimeters]. 7:2 Hebrew of each clean animal; similarly in 7:8.
KINGDOM
EXODUS
PATRIARCH
CREATION
CREATION
5 So Noah did everything as the Lord commanded him.
6 Noah was 600 years old when the flood
covered the earth. 7 He went on board the boat
to escape the flood—he and his wife and his
sons and their wives. 8 With them were all the
various kinds of animals—those approved for
eating and for sacrifice and those that were
not—along with all the birds and the small
animals that scurry along the ground. 9 They
entered the boat in pairs, male and female, just
as God had commanded Noah. 10After seven
JUDGES
When everything 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 each animal I
have approved for eating and for sacrifice,* and
take one pair of each of the others. 3Also take
seven pairs of every kind of bird. There must be
a male and a female in each pair to ensure that
all life will survive on the earth after the flood.
4 Seven days from now I will make the rains pour
down on the earth. And it will rain for forty days
and forty nights, until I have wiped from the
earth all the living things I have created.”
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CONQUEST
The Flood Covers the Earth • GENESIS 7:1-24
