Author: Jefferson Vann

Genesis 8

Genesis 8:1 But God remembered Noah and all the living things and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the land, and the waters began to dry.

Genesis 8:2 The fountains of the deep and the windows of the sky were closed, the rain from the sky was restrained,

Genesis 8:3 and the water receded from the land continually. At the end of 150 days the water had gone down,

Genesis 8:4 and in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

Genesis 8:5 And the water continued to go down until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.

Genesis 8:6 At the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made

Genesis 8:7 and sent out a raven. It went back and forth until the water was dried up from the land.

Genesis 8:8 Then he sent out a dove from him, to see if the water had receded from the face of the ground.

Genesis 8:9 But the dove found no place to set her foot, and she returned for him to the ark, because the water was still on the face of the whole land. So, he put out his hand and took her and brought her into the ark with him.

Genesis 8:10 He waited another seven days, and again he sent out the dove from the ark.

Genesis 8:11 And the dove came back to him in the evening and he noticed that in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So, Noah understood that the water had subsided from the land.

Genesis 8:12 Then he waited another seven days and sent out the dove, and she did not return to him anymore.

Genesis 8:13 In the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the water had dried from off the land. And Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and noticed the face of the ground was dry.

Genesis 8:14 In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the land had dried out.

Genesis 8:15 Then God spoke to Noah, and this is what he said,

Genesis 8:16 “Go out from the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons’ wives with you.

Genesis 8:17 Bring out with you everything alive of every flesh that is with you: birds and living things and every moving thing on the land – that they may swarm on the land and be fruitful and multiply on the land.”

Genesis 8:18 So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him.

Genesis 8:19 Every living thing, every moving thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the land, went in groups from the ark.

Genesis 8:20 Then Noah built an altar to Yahveh and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered ascending offerings[1] on the altar.

Genesis 8:21 And when Yahveh smelled the pleasing aroma, Yahveh said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, because the intention of man’s heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done.

Genesis 8:22 While all the days of the land remain, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, will not stop.”

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[1] עֹלָה = ascending offering. Genesis 8:20; 22:2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 13.

Genesis 8 quotes:

“Always prepare your heart to give strange obedience to strange instructions in order to facilitate strange positive results. When the unusual happens, especially after much prayer and absolute dependence on God, do not panic; that’s part of the deliverance package. All you need to do is contact the control tower. The unusual God will use the unusual means to remove the unusual sound that terrorises you and land your ark safely in an unusual manner.”

Ajitena, Ebenezer. Designed for Success: A Motivational Book for Today’s “Ark-Builder.” Emmanuel House, 2000. p. 47.

“This is the second mention of ‘rest’ in Scripture, the first being when God rested after His work of creation (Genesis 2:2). Actually, these are two different, though synonymous, Hebrew words (‘Shabath’, Genesis 2:2 and ‘Nuwach’, Genesis 8:4). If the ark is a true type of Christ…this is most appropriate. As God ‘finished’ His work of creation and as the ark ‘finished’ its mission, so also Christ ‘finished His work of salvation. (John 19:30, ‘It is finished’).”

Johnson, Jeffrey D. God Was There: Genesis Chapters 1-12. Resource Publications, 2005. p. 86.

“What we are really learning in Genesis 8:1 is that God is active. Theistic evolutionists believe that God has created this world by a process of blind evolution. Although they object strongly when I say it, they basically believe that God has set everything going and then stands back in order to observe it, without real involvement. Genesis 8:1 is, therefore, strong evidence against theistic evolution. God left nothing to chance.”

Taylor, Paul. Don’t Miss the Boat : Facts to Keep Your Faith Afloat. Master Books, 2013. p. 38.

Genesis 8 links:

first look at a second chance
first look at a second covenant
introducing the breath of God
Worship as a response for deliverance

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Maranatha Daily Devotional – Friday, January 19, 2018
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Genesis 6

Genesis 6:1 It happened when humanity began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them.

Genesis 6:2 Sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose.

Genesis 6:3 Then Yahveh said, “My Breath will not stay with humanity permanently, since he is easily misled[1] flesh: his days will be 120 years.”

Genesis 6:4 The Nephilim were in the land in those days, and also later, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they gave birth to their children. These were the mighty ones who were ancient, famous men.

Genesis 6:5 Yahveh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the land, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Genesis 6:6 And Yahveh was sorry that he had made man on the land, and it grieved him to his heart.

Genesis 6:7 So Yahveh said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the ground, man and living things and moving things and birds of the sky, for I am sorry that I have made them.”

Genesis 6:8 But Noah found favor[2] in the eyes of Yahveh.

Genesis 6:9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.

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

Genesis 6:11 Now the land was corrupt in God’s sight, and the land was filled with violence.

Genesis 6:12 And God saw the land, and noticed that it was corrupt, because every flesh had corrupted his way in the land.

Genesis 6:13 And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of every flesh, because the land is filled with violence through them. Notice, I will destroy them with the land.

Genesis 6:14 Make yourself an ark of gopher wood. Make rooms in the ark and cover it inside and out with pitch.

Genesis 6:15 This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark 300 cubits, its breadth 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits.

Genesis 6:16 Make a roof for the ark, and finish it to a cubit above, and set the door of the ark in its side. Make it with lower, second, and third decks.

Genesis 6:17 Because notice, I will bring a flood of waters upon the land to destroy every flesh in which is the breath of life under the sky. Everything that is on the land will die.

Genesis 6:18 Now I will build my covenant with you, and you will come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.

Genesis 6:19 And from everything alive of all flesh, you will bring two of every type into the ark to keep them alive with you. There will be a male and a female.

Genesis 6:20 Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the living things according to their kinds, of every moving thing of the ground, according to its kind, two of every type will come in to you in order to keep them alive.

Genesis 6:21 Also take with you every sort of food that is eaten and store it up. It will serve as food for you and for them.” 

6:22 Noah did so; he did all that God commanded him.

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[1] שָׁגָג = be easily misled.

[2] חֵן = favor. Genesis 6:8; 18:3; 19:19; 30:27; 32:5; 33:8, 10, 15; 34:11; 39:4, 21; 47:25, 29; 50:4.

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Genesis 6 quotes:

“According to Genesis, the Ark built by Noah was approximately 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high (Genesis 6:15). This results in an inside capacity of around 1.5 million cubic feet. Remarkably, it has been shown scientifically that it would have been practically impossible to capsize the Ark. Isn’t this a rather large vessel for eight people and some local animals, if it was only going to be a local flood?”

Forlow, Stephen Bradley. Five Evidences for a Global Flood. Institute for Creation Research, 2011. p. 13.

“This period in early civilization is called the age of conscience. There was no outward restraint upon the conduct of man, either directly from God or internally from human society. Each individual could do basically as he pleased. Thus did God test man to reveal what was in his heart. Genesis 6:5 states the result of this examination: “And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth.””

Flint, V. Paul. Strangers & Pilgrims : A Study of Genesis. 1st ed., Loizeaux Bros, 1988. p. 50.

“One of the most amazing facts revealed by paleontology (the study of fossilized remains of creatures which inhabited the earth in a former age) is that nearly all modern animals were once represented by larger ancestors. One thinks of the mammoths and cave bears, giant cockroaches and dragonflies and huge reptiles like the dinosaurs. Along with these are occasionally found fossilized giant human footprints, suggesting indeed that “there were giants in the earth in those days” (Genesis 6:4). Ancient traditions seem to recall a day when giants were known on the earth, and it is only a superficial sophistication which ignores the possibility that these may contain primitive reflections of the real events and characters described historically in the Genesis records.”

Morris, Henry M. The Beginning of the World. Accent Books, 1977. p. 91.

Genesis 6 links:

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Genesis 5

Genesis 5:1 This is the book of the history of Adam and his generation. When God created a human, he made him in the likeness of God.

Genesis 5:2 He created them male and female, and he blessed them and named them humanity when they were created.

Genesis 5:3 When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.

Genesis 5:4 After he fathered Seth, the days of Adam were 800 years; and he had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:5 So all the days that Adam lived were 930 years, and he died.

Genesis 5:6 When Seth had lived 105 years, he fathered Enosh.

Genesis 5:7 After he fathered Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:8 So all the days of Seth were 912 years, and he died.

Genesis 5:9 When Enosh had lived 90 years, he fathered Kenan.

Genesis 5:10 After he fathered Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:11 So all the days of Enosh were 905 years, and he died.

Genesis 5:12 After Kenan had lived 70 years, he fathered Mahalalel.

Genesis 5:13 Kenan lived after he fathered Mahalalel 840 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:14 So all the days of Kenan were 910 years, and he died.

Genesis 5:15 After Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he fathered Jared.

Genesis 5:16 Mahalalel lived after he fathered Jared 830 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:17 So all the days of Mahalalel were 895 years, and he died.

Genesis 5:18 After Jared had lived 162 years, he fathered Enoch.

Genesis 5:19 Jared lived after he fathered Enoch 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:20 So all the days of Jared were 962 years, and he died.

Genesis 5:21 After Enoch had lived 65 years, he fathered Methuselah.

Genesis 5:22 Enoch walked with God after he fathered Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:23 Thus, all the days of Enoch were 365 years.

Genesis 5:24 Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.

Genesis 5:25 After Methuselah had lived 187 years, he fathered Lamech.

Genesis 5:26 Methuselah lived after he fathered Lamech for 782 more years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:27 So all the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died.

Genesis 5:28 After Lamech had lived 182 years, he fathered a son,

Genesis 5:29 called him Noah and said, “Out of the ground that Yahveh has cursed, this one will bring us relief from our work and the painful toil of our hands.”

Genesis 5:30 Lamech lived after he fathered Noah 595 more years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:31 So all the days of Lamech were 777 years, and he died.

Genesis 5:32 After Noah was 500 years old, Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 5 quotes:

“The opening verses of Genesis 5 take us back to the creation of man himself by using the language of 1:26-28. Just as God created man in His own image and likeness, so also Adam became the father of a son “in his own likeness, in his own image” (5:3). Such proverbs as “like begets like” and “like father, like son” gain a great measure of their power from biblical texts like these.”

Youngblood, Ronald F. How It All Began: A Bible Commentary for Laymen. GL Regal Books, 1980. p. 84.

“The Bible addresses the broad themes of redemptive history through the various sets of genealogies. For example, Genesis 5 records Adam’s genealogy—ten generations from Adam to Noah. Genesis 11 records Shem’s genealogy—ten generations from Shem to Abraham. Together, these genealogies reveal the order from Adam to Abraham, delineating how the Messiah would ultimately come as a descendant of Abraham. The uniqueness of the genealogies in Genesis 5 and Genesis 11 lies in the fact that they include a complete list of each person’s birth, age at procreation, and life span even though they lived four thousand to six thousand years ago. The completeness of the genealogies affirms that God’s redemptive work did not cease in any generation, but continued throughout history.”

Park, Abraham. Genesis Genealogies : God’s Administration in the History of Redemption (Book 1). Periplus Editions, 2016. p. 38.

“You may prepare a possibility proposition. This will be a statement which gives an attainable goal in a person’s life. It will express an optimistic outlook. The possibility proposition of Genesis 5:24 would be: You can have a closer walk with God.”

Bryson, Harold T. Building Sermons to Meet People’s Needs. Broadman Press, 1980. p. 65.

Genesis 5 links:

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Genesis 4

Genesis 4:1 Now Adam was intimate with Eve his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help of Yahveh.”

Genesis 4:2 And again, she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel shepherded sheep, and Cain was a worker of the ground.

Genesis 4:3 In the course of time Cain brought to Yahveh an offering of the fruit of the ground,

Genesis 4:4 and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And Yahveh had regard for Abel and his offering,

Genesis 4:5 but for Cain and his offering, he had no regard. So, Cain was very angry, and his face fell.

Genesis 4:6 Yahveh said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen?

Genesis 4:7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must control it.”

Genesis 4:8 Cain called for Abel his brother. And when they were in the field, Cain rose against his brother Abel and killed him.

Genesis 4:9 Then Yahveh asked Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother’s watcher?”

Genesis 4:10 And Yahveh said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to me from the ground.

Genesis 4:11 So now you are prohibited from using the ground, which has opened its mouth to drink your brother’s blood from your hand.

Genesis 4:12 When you try to work the ground, it will no longer produce what it can for you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the land.”

Genesis 4:13 Cain told Yahveh, “My guilt is greater than I can carry.

Genesis 4:14 Notice, you have driven me today away from the ground, from your face I will be hidden also. I will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the land, and whoever finds me will kill me.”

Genesis 4:15 Then Yahveh said to him, “Not so! If anyone kills Cain, he will receive revenge seven times.” And Yahveh put a mark on Cain so that anyone who found him should not attack him.

Genesis 4:16 Then Cain left Yahveh’s presence and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

Genesis 4:17 Cain was intimate with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. When he built a city, he called the city’s name after the name of his son, Enoch.

Genesis 4:18 To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad fathered Mehujael, Mehujael fathered Methushael, and Methushael fathered Lamech.

Genesis 4:19 And Lamech took two wives. The name of the one was Adah, and the other was Zillah.

Genesis 4:20 Adah gave birth to Jabal; he fathered those who lived in tents and raised livestock.

Genesis 4:21 His brother was Jubal; he fathered all who played the lyre and pipe.

Genesis 4:22 Zillah also bore Tubal-Cain; he was the forger of all instruments of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.

Genesis 4:23 Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, listen to my voice; you wives of Lamech, listen to what I say: I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.

Genesis 4:24 If Cain’s revenge is seven times, then Lamech’s is seventy-seven times.”

Genesis 4:25 And Adam was intimate with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and called his name Seth, for she said, “God has provided for me another seed in place of Abel because Cain killed him.”

Genesis 4:26 To Seth also a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. At that time people began to call upon the name of Yahveh.

Genesis 4 quotes:

“As for the woman, she showed her hope when she named her firstborn “Cain,” a name that in the Hebrew conveyed her conviction, “I have given life to a man with the Lord’s help” (Genesis 4:1). I am impressed by Eve’s sense of partnership with God. She saw her role as a divine assignment, carrying on God’s breath of life. More than that, I hear her hope. She saw this child as the one who would strike the head of the serpent. By contrast, no special significance is given in the name of the second son, “Abel”; indeed, he is simply “Cain’s brother” (4:2).”

Kalas, J. Ellsworth. Genesis. Abingdon Press, 2011. p. 23.

“The way you feel and the way you view yourself, your relationships, and your circumstances are often indications of whether you are living to please yourself or living to please God (Genesis 4:6-7; Psalm 119:165; John 14:27, 15:10-11; Romans 14:17-18; II Corinthians 7:10; Philippians 4:6-7; I John 4:18-21).”

Broger, John C, and Biblical Counseling Foundation. Self-Confrontation: A Manual for In-Depth Discipleship : Based on the Old and New Testaments As the Only Authoritative Rule of Faith and Conduct. Biblical Counseling Foundation, 1991. p. 97.

“The story of Cain and Abel as well as the genealogy tucked into Genesis 4 are powerful reminders that though sin abounds, we can choose to be people who call on the name of the Lord. We do not have to allow sin to get the best of us.”

Feinberg, Margaret. Pursuing God’s Love: Participant’s Guide: Stories from the Book of Genesis. Zondervan, 2011. p. 37.

Genesis 4 links:

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Maranatha Daily Devotional – Monday, January 15, 2018

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