Genesis 5: Here we see that God chose to create man and woman in a purposeful manner, likely to enable procreation. This chapter is consumed with explanation of genealogy, explaining which men fathered many people who are spoken about in the future of the bible. We learn of many of Seths children. We see that he dies at 912 years old. Is shares account of many of Seth’s family tree. Seth’s son Enoch was taken by the rapture of God, instead of living out a full life. This is the first mention of a rapture, which means that God chose to bring his spirit back to heaven for a purpose. Noah is a descendant of Lamech, Seth’s son, and Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth. There is a lot of descendants talk that wo won’t remember after the first mentions, but I dropped in some important ones.

Genesis 6: This chapter opens with referencing the Sons of God. Many scholars have speculated that these are the fallen angels, and they have procreated. Here we see that God had limited man’s life to 120 years. We see that God displays human emotions, because he has regret and sadness for sin, corruption, and violence that is taking over earth and the people. God chooses to share with the people that he is going to end the lives of everyone to rid earth of the mass evil that has taken over. He tells Noah to build an arc to survive and to repopulate the earth. God explains in full detail how to build this arc, makes a covenant with Noah that he can bring his immediate family and his 3 sons’ wives, what animals and food they will all need to survive. Nobody else took God’s warning seriously, which likely meant that they were all mocking Noah and his family for doing as God said.

Genesis 7: God tells Noah to board the Arc, because he has proven his loyalty to God. He shared that he would bring rain in 7 days that will flood the earth for 40 days and 40 nights. Take note that the arc took Noah and his family about 100 years to build. In 7 days’ time, God shut Noah, his family, and the animals in the arc to ensure safety from the flood. The flood came quickly, and so high that it brought the arc higher than all the mountains. Everything on dry land died, leaving only Noah’s survivors. This was God’s attempt to swipe clean the earth and make things right, however God learns that man will never get it right and be able to follow his word. This is what will bring Jesus to be man’s savior for all their sin.

Genesis 8: In chapter 8 the flood starts to subside, and after 7 months on the 17^th day of the month the water being back to its normal places in the oceans, seas, and lakes. There is significance in 7 and 17, which we will see in different stories, the most important being Jesus’ resurrection that is to come. Noah sends birds to see if it was safe to exit the arc, but when the dove returns it shows Noah that there was no place for it to land. One week later this same dove brings back an olive leaf, evidence of dry land. Still, he decides to wait an additional 7 days to be sure. We aren’t sure if Noah waited for God’s word or permission to leave the arc, or why he chose to wait that extra 7 days when there was clear evidence of dry land. According to Dr. Dolph Hooker, the ice age immediately followed the great flood. The priority of Noah after leaving the arc was to build an alter to praise God. God shares that until the final judgement, he will never again wipe out earth., because since man will always sin the entire point was seemingly mute. Again, we see human tendencies with trial, error, and learning from past experiences.