*Genesis 6:9-22
God sees humanity’s wickedness and decides to send a flood, but instructs the righteous Noah to build an ark to save his family and the animals.
- Noah’s Righteousness:
- Noah is described as a righteous man who walked faithfully with God in a corrupt and sinful world.
- God’s Plan to Destroy Humanity:
- God observes the widespread wickedness and corruption among humanity.
- He decides to bring a flood to destroy all living creatures on the earth, except for Noah and his family.
- Divine Instruction to Build the Ark:
- God commands Noah to build an ark using specific dimensions and materials.
- The ark is to be made of gopher wood, with multiple decks and compartments.
- It is to be sealed with pitch inside and out to make it watertight.
- Preservation of Life:
- God promises to establish a covenant with Noah, ensuring his survival along with his family and a remnant of all living creatures.
- Noah is instructed to bring pairs of every kind of living creature into the ark to preserve their species.
- Noah’s Obedience:
- Noah follows God’s instructions precisely, demonstrating his obedience and faith.
- He does everything just as God commanded him, preparing for the impending flood.
This passage showcases themes of obedience, faith, divine judgment, and the preservation of life amidst catastrophic events. Noah’s obedience to God’s instructions serves as a model of faithfulness and righteousness in the face of adversity.
6:9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
6:10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
6:11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
6:12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
6:13 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.
6:14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
6:15 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.
6:16 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.
6:17 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.
6:18 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.
6:19 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.
6:20 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.
6:21 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.
6:22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.