Words in italic type have been added for clarity. They are not found in the original Hebrew or Aramaic.

• What should we learn from this chapter?

• The year is 2464 BC and God has a discussion with only one man who has found favor in His eyes; his name is Noah. Because of the righteousness of Noah, Noah’s family was also delivered. God gives man a warning: in 120 years, it will be the end.

• There is a moral to Noah’s story. When a society totally breaks down, God will intervene only to save that which is worth saving.

• Furthermore, it indicates that when a man is righteous, he is able to save his family.

Genesis 6

The Wickedness and Judgment of Man

Genesis 6:¹ Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 6:² that the sons of God (‘ĕlōhîm) saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose.

• It is believed that the “sons of God” were the fallen angels. Some argue they are life from other planets who “left their domain”. However; according to Job, they existed prior to creation:

• Job 38:4 “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. 5 Who determined its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched the (measuring) line upon it? 6 To what were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone, 7 When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Genesis 6:³ And the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ) said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”

• Man has been given a warning. He has 120 years before the earth is flooded. From the time God gave the instructions to Noah until the flood was 120 years, from 2464 BC until 2344 BC.

• Click Her to Follow (click on top of pop-up): Timeline BC

Genesis 6:⁵ Then the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ) saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

• Reasons for God flooding the earth:
  • Evil abounded
  • Wipe out the giants, sons of fallen angels
  • Decontaminate Radiation

Genesis 6:⁶ And the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ) was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

Genesis 6:⁷ So the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ) said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.”

Genesis 6:⁸ But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ).

• But: The flipside is….Noah found grace.

• Noah was born 2944 BC.
  In 2464 BC when Noah was 480 years old God instructs him to build an Ark.
  Noah’s grandfather was Methuselah, not only the oldest living man in history but also died the same year as the flood, 2344 BC. Noah was 600 years old.
  From the time Noah received the instructions until the flood was 120 years.

• Matthew 24:37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

• It will seem normal to those living at that future time to those who don’t have spiritual eyes.

• Personal application: Do I see with “spiritual” eyes, or am I like the “blind leading the blind”?

• @ TYPE ALERT
  The historic days of Noah is the prophetic days of the coming return of Christ.
  In studying the “Types” – the two comparative words “AS” and “SO” are used to forcibly call our attention to the comparison.
  The word “AS” is used for the “Type,” while the word “SO” for the Antitype.
  The first is historic; the second prophetic.
  AS: historic
  SO: prophetic

Noah Pleases God

Genesis 6:⁹ This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God (‘ĕlōhîm).

Genesis 6:¹⁰ And Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 6:¹¹ The earth also was corrupt before God (‘ĕlōhîm), and the earth was filled with violence (ḥāmās). ¹² So God (‘ĕlōhîm) looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.

• Note: Corrupt means to rot.
• “Hamas” means violence. Hamas is still alive today in Palestinian terrorists called Hamas.
  The day of Christ’s return to earth will be like the days of Noah. Luke 17:26

The Ark Prepared

Genesis 6:¹³ And God (‘ĕlōhîm) said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

• The earth is filled with violence, but it is not the violence of stone age men who beat each other over the head with wooden clubs.

• There is evidence of nuclear war prior to the flood:

• 2500 BC: Antidiluvian Evidence of Ancient Atomic Knowledge?
  Science Frontiers Online: Evidence at Mohenjo-Daro (Mouth of the dead)
  
  When excavations of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro reached the street level, they discovered skeletons scattered about the cities, many holding hands and sprawling in the streets as if some instant, horrible doom had taken place. People were just lying, unburied, in the streets of the city.
  
  And these skeletons are thousands of years old, even by traditional archaeological standards. What could cause such a thing? Why did the bodies not decay or get eaten by wild animals? Furthermore, there is no apparent cause of a physically violent death.
  
  These skeletons are among the most radioactive ever found, on par with those at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. At one site, Soviet scholars found a skeleton which had a radioactive level 50 times greater than normal.
  
  Other cities have been found in northern India that show indications of explosions of great magnitude. One such city, found between the Ganges and the mountains of Rajmahal, seems to have been subjected to intense heat. Huge masses of walls and foundations of the ancient city are fused together, literally vitrified! And since there is no indication of a volcanic eruption at Mohenjo-Daro or at the other cities, the intense heat to melt clay vessels can only be explained by an atomic blast or some other unknown weapon.The cities were wiped out entirely.
  
  While the skeletons have been carbon-dated to 2500 BC, we must keep in mind that carbon-dating involves measuring the amount of radiation left. When atomic explosions are involved, that makes them seem much younger.

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• How to Self-Decontaminate after a Radiation Emergency
  
  Any radioactive material that gets into surface water or ground water sources will be diluted to very low levels by the water and will be safe to use for washing skin, hair, and clothing.

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Could a “flood” dilute the radioactive materials from the antediluvian age?
Perhaps every animal, the land, and everything with it was radioactive.

• All these are possible reasons for God flooding the earth:
  • Evil abounded
  • Wipe out the giants, sons of fallen angels
  • Decontaminate Radiation

Genesis 6:¹⁴ Make yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch (kōp̄er).

• GOPHER WOOD:
  h1613 gōp̄er
  A wood that has pitch in it used for ship building.

• PITCH:
  h3724 kōp̄er
  figuratively, a redemption-price:—bribe, camphire, pitch, ransom, satisfaction, sum of money, village.

• from H3722 kāp̄ar
  to cover, purge, make an atonement, make reconciliation, cover over with pitch

• The Holy Spirit “seals” the believer even as kāp̄ar sealed the ark.

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Genesis 6:¹⁵ And this is how you shall make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits (450 ft), its width fifty cubits (75 ft), and its height thirty cubits (45 ft).

• Note: To calculate cubits to feet, divide the cubit in half and add it to the original amount.

Genesis 6:¹⁶ You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third decks.

Genesis 6:¹⁷ And behold, I Myself am bringing floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die.

Genesis 6:¹⁸ But I will establish My covenant (Oath/Promise/Treaty) with you; and you shall go into the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.

• Note: God is going to make a covenant with Noah! But it won’t happen until after the flood when there is a rainbow in the sky.

• The earth at this time has no rain because there is an orb of ice encapsulating the earth to keep harmful sun rays from the planet.  Instead, there are chambers under the crust of the earth filled with water that creates a mist. It operates much like a terrarium.

• Noah had never seen the sky, the sun, the stars, or a rainbow until he embarks from the ark. Imagine his awe.

Genesis 6:¹⁹ And of every living thing of all flesh you shall bring two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.

• With anything other than male and female, repopulating the earth would have been a problem.

Genesis 6:²⁰ Of the birds after their kind, of animals after their kind, and of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive.

• Note: Noah did not have to find the animals; God brought the animals to him.

Genesis 6:²¹ And you shall take for yourself of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it to yourself; and it shall be food for you and for them.”

• Since Noah took food for the animals, that rules out the theory that the ark was a floating laboratory storing animal DNA in vials.

Genesis 6:²² Thus Noah did; according to all that God (‘ĕlōhîm) commanded him, so he did.

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{1 of 3} Genesis 6 – Hebrew Word Study
{2 of 3} Genesis 6 – Giants
{3 of 3} Genesis 6 – Sayings, Humor, Fractured Chapter

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