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- †. Gen 9:1 . . God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: Be fertile and increase, and fill the earth. Divine blessings should never be construed as mandates, nor as laws, rules and/or commands. They're typically expressions of good will and/or empowerment. God included Noah in the...

- †. Gen 8:21d . . nor will I ever again destroy all the living, as I have done. All the living in this case refers to that which exists by means of the breath of life. (Gen 6:17, Gen 7:22) The promise is qualified by the phrase "as I have done" suggests the possibility of another destruction...

- †. Gen 8:20a . .Then Noah built an altar to the Lord This is the very first mention of an altar in the Bible. I don't really know if anyone else constructed one before this. Abel and some of the others may have, but it's very difficult to be certain. At any rate, Noah's altar was dedicated...

- †. Gen 8:15-17 . . God spoke to Noah, saying: Come out of the ark, together with your wife, your sons, and your sons' wives. Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you : birds, animals, and everything that creeps on earth; and let them swarm on the earth and be fertile...

- †. Gen 8:13-14 . . In the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the waters began to dry from the earth; and when Noah removed the covering of the ark, he saw that the surface of the ground was drying. . . . And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh...

- †. Gen 8:10-11 . . He waited another seven days, and again sent out the dove from the ark. The dove came back to him toward evening, and there in its bill was a plucked-off olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the waters had decreased on the earth. The word for "plucked-off" is from taraph...

- †. Gen 8:5 . .The waters went on diminishing until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first of the month, the tops of the mountains became visible. Gravity assists rain to fall. But to get the Flood's waters off the planet required overcoming gravity enough to get it up off the...

- †. Gen 8:1a . . God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the ark, Does that mean God forgot all about the ark's passengers until He realized why there was a string tied around His finger? (chuckle) No; it reaffirms that they were always on God's mind. He...

- †. Gen 7:16b . . And the Lord shut him in. The Lord not only shut him in, but sealed him in too. The hatch to hull mating surfaces had to be waterproofed with bitumen the same as all the rest of the hull. The Hebrew word for "shut" actually means to shut up; like as when a corral gate is...

- †. Gen 7:10 . . And on the seventh day the waters of the Flood came upon the earth. Back in verse 4, God gave Noah seven days to get moved into the ark. The water came right on time, just exactly when God said it would. God's word carries different force in different circumstances. Sometimes...

- †. Gen 7:1 . .Yhvh then said to Noah: Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation. Noah is sometimes criticized for not utilizing more of the ark's cargo space To take humans aboard instead of animals. But it wasn't for Noah to say...

- †. Gen 6:21-22 . . For your part, take of everything that is eaten and store it away, to serve as food for you and for them. Noah did so; just as God commanded him, so he did. Noah was every supervisor's dream. He did just what he was told and all without nary an argument; nor a single...

- †. Gen 6:18 . . But I will establish My covenant with you, and you shall enter the ark, with your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives. Biblical covenants are legally-binding contracts; and may include stipulations for all parties involved; and then again may stipulate responsibilities for...

- †. Gen 6:16b . . Put the entrance to the ark in its side; make it with bottom, second, and third decks. A hatch in the hull was practical. Its cover could be let down as a boarding ramp. The very bottom of a ship is normally not counted as a deck. The lowest deck is usually somewhat above...

- †. Gen 6:15b . . the length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. There was a cubit among the Babylonians, and one in Egypt too. But there seems to have existed double standards in both countries. Because of that, there exists no...

- †. Gen 6:14d . . and cover it inside and out with pitch. The word for "pitch" is kopher (ko'-fer) which means: a cover. It can also mean a village (as covered in); and also bitumen (as used for coating) and the henna plant (as used for dye). Kopher is a common word in the Old testament for...

- †. Gen 6:11a . .The earth became corrupt before God; The word for "corrupt" is shachath (shaw-khath') which means: to decay, decompose, and/or disintegrate; viz: to become decadent. The perspective "before God" indicates the Almighty's own personal estimation. No doubt the antediluvians...

- †. Gen 6:8 . . But Noah found favor with The Lord. The word for "favor" is from chen (khane) and means: graciousness. Translators sometimes render chen as grace. It can be either grace or favor; but the important thing is that The Lord didn't find chen with Noah. No, just the opposite-- Noah...

- †. Gen 6:5 . . And the Lord saw that the evil of man was great in the earth, and every imagination of his heart was only evil all the time. Man's descent into depravity didn't catch his creator by surprise. After all; not only can God see the future but He can also manipulate it; so He was...

- †. Gen 6:3a . . And Yhvh said: My Spirit shall not strive with man forever Some translations have "abide" instead of strive. But the Hebrew word is diyn (deen) which means: to rule; by implication: to judge (as umpire); also to strive (as at law). It can also mean to plead the cause of; or to...