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Genesis 6
PG 10
DIRECT
PG 10
SCENIC
6:1-22
6:1-22
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A WORLD GONE WRONG
Over time, people multiply and fill the earth. Sinful thoughts and actions multiply with them. Everything is cursed by the first sin of Adam and Eve, and God
regrets what has become of his beautiful plan for his creation. His heart aches
as he looks out on the mess the world has become, so he decides to destroy it all
and start again. In the middle of sin’s ugliness, a glimmer of hope remains—one
righteous man named Noah.
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.
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After Noah was 500 years old, he became
the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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A WORLD GONE WRONG
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Then the people began to multiply on the
earth, and daughters were born to them.
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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 life
span will be no more than 120 years.”
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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.
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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 every 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 them.” 8 But Noah
found favor with the Lord.
THE STORY OF NOAH
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.
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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!
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“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.
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“Look! I am about to cover the earth with
a flood that will destroy e very 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 e very kind of animal—a male and a female—into the boat with
you to keep them alive during the flood. 20 Pairs
of e very kind of bird, and every kind of animal,
and every kind of small animal that scurries
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5:29 Noah sounds like a Hebrew term that can mean “relief” or
“comfort.” 6:2 Hebrew daughters of men; also in 6:4. 6:3 Greek
version reads will not remain in. 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].
