Genesis Chapter 6 Notes

The men started having children which multiplied the population in the earth. Verse 2 says that the sons of God saw the daughters of men were beautiful and they married them. When I read that scripture, two questions pondered in my mind. Who are the sons of God? Who are the daughters of men? So of course I did a search on it. According to both "Tom Howe and R. C. Sproul, two biblical scholars, the "sons of God" are the human descendants of Seth who was the son that God gave Adam and Eve to replace Abel. The "daughters of men" are the descendants of Cain, who was cursed by God for the murder of Abel. So of course, God was very disappointed the mankind race as a whole. He pretty much said that His Spirit will not always be with man because man is flesh (carnal, worldly, sinful) and decreased his lifespan to 120 years. The sons of God and the daughters of men began to have sex with each other and produced children. God began to see the carnality, evil, sinfulness, and wickedness of the human race. The human race's thoughts and actions were carnal, evil, sinful, and wicked and God was not pleased with that at all. The Lord regretted making mankind because mankind's behavior really broke his heart. So the Lord decided that he was going to destroy every human being. All of that sinfulness, wickedness, evil, and carnality came from Adam and Eve's disobedience to God. Sometimes, the decisions that your parents make can effect your life in a negative way or a positive way It's for that reason why parents, guardians, foster parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and many others should make sure that they are living a life that is pleasing to God and being a good example in front of the children. I know I am getting ahead of myself but the Bible says Train up a child in the way that he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it. I am convinced that if Adam and Eve had not been disobedient, all the sin and foolishness would not be in the earth today.

So as a result of all the sin, evil, disobedience, and wickedness God decides that he wants to destroy the animals, the humans,  because he regret making them. When I read that I was like WOW! What could they have done that was so horrible that would make God say that he regret making them? I imagine that they were fornicating, committing adultery, killing and murdering each other, not worshipping God, worshipping false idols, lying, etc….. In spite of all of that, one man on earth had favor with God and that man's name was Noah. God was pleased with Noah because he was a righteous man, he was the only blameless man, he was the only man that was being obedient to what God was saying to him. Noah was the second person the Bible said walked with God. Enoch was the first. God saw that the earth was corrupt and decided to warn Noah and fill him in on his plans to destroy it. He gave him specific instructions to build an large boat, that was waterproof inside and outside. God even gave Noah specific measurements and the material that he wanted Noah to make the boat. I can imagine that people were laughing at Noah for building a boat especially when it has never been done before. Noah was the first boat builder, I don't know what those people are called, lol. I imagine that Noah probably wanted to warn everyone of what God was about to do. If Noah had warned people, they probably would not listen because they were so stuck in their sinful ways. God told Noah specifically to bring his wife, children, children's wives and 2 animals male and female of every species into the boat. I'm had to gather enough food for himself and his family as well.

What is interesting is that Noah did not question what God told him to do. Noah did not get confirmation from someone else on what God told him to do. Noah simply listened to instructions and obeyed what God said. Noah did everything that God told him to do. How many of us can say that? How many things have God told us to do that we have left undone? How many things have God told us not to do something but we did it any way? I know I'm getting ahead of myself here but the Bible says that Obedience is better than sacrifice. What I gather from this chapter is the moment God says hey Shawne, I want you to do this or I want you to do that then I must do it without question. 

Genesis 6:1-22

1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. 

3 And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

6 And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

7 And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 

12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.s

14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 

16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. 

17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. 

18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

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

20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.

21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. 

22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.