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.
This implies that God had sons that intermarried with the daughters of man.
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.
"He is also flesh? That implies god is of flesh, too. And 120 years? That's a pretty precise number. I'm going to look for examples when man has lived longer than that. I know the oldest man in recently recorded history lived to be 160. He was a farmer in England and when his incredible age was learned by the king, at the time, he was brought to Buckingham Palace. Apparently the rich food they fed him killed him and he died that night in a bed in the palace.
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 frieved 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.
So, god doesn't appreciate the fact that man has used his free will for evil, even though there's no record of god telling them not to. Heh.
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.
It's taught that Jesus was the only perfect man, but it says right there that the generations of Noah were perfect and that Noah was a just man, himself.
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.
What was "his way"? It's never described. So, he just gave man freewill so that man could choose his way?
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 corrupted his way upon the earth.
14. Make thee an ark of gopher wood: room shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
I'm not sure what 14 means. Any suggestions?
15. And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: the length of 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 thereod: 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 good that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for good for thee and for them.
22. Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
What is a cubit?
Cheers,
Lost
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