What Is Genesis 8-17

In Genesis 15 the Lord visited Abram in a vision telling him not to be afraid because He is there to protect Abram. During this vision Abram mentions to the Lord that he’s childless and his only heir will be his servant. The Lord tells him not to worry because he’s going to have many children. Abram then asked Him how he could get possession of the land that He promised Abram. God told Abram to bring him a heifer, a goat and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon. Abram then brings the animals to him and cuts the goat, heifer and ram in half. At night a dreadful darkness came over him and at the same time the Lords pays Abram a visit. He gives him an idea of what the future looks like for his descendants. God tells

In Chapter 7, we see that God’s word is true. He upholds his judgment and the great flood begins.(7:6) Here the all-powerful destroyer is portrayed, for all earthly life is eliminated except that inside the Ark. God’s word is also true in His remembrance of the covenant formed with Noah, by stopping the flood.(8:1)

‘I now establish My covenant with you and your offspring to come, and with every living thing that is with you. – birds, cattle, and every wild beast as well – all that have come out of the ark, every living thing on earth. I will maintain My covenant with you: never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.”(Genesis pg. 174) This is Gods way of letting Noah know that he will never again flood the earth again.

Everything on earth will perish. 18 But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you. 19 You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you. 20 Two of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive. 21 You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them.” 22 Noah did everything just as God commanded him.” This was God’s command to Noah, unlike Utnapishtim who was told the secret of the flood by one of the gods.

God said to Noah, “And I behold, I establish my covenant with you and with your seed after you; and with every living creature with you. And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there anymore be a flood to destroy the earth.” That’s when God made an everlasting covenant between himself and every living creature of all flesh on earth. Even though, in the story of Gilgamesh, the Gods decided that it was wrong to punish mankind, they still did not make a covenant with man. Instead of making a pact with humans they granted immorality to Utnapishtim and his wife. In both stories they settled the flood in different ways separating the stories.

Man had become wicked and only thought of wicked things which is why we had the great flood. The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time (genesis 6:5). Our wickedness as a civilization made God regret that he had made us; to me that means that we did and can be a slave to our flesh which is evil. The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled (genesis 6:6). He was going to wipe out everything he had made if it were not for one man Noah, he had found favor in the eyes of God. This is the first time that one man has saved the human race from being wiped out. Later Jesus saved us from a certain death and gave us eternal life.

The world before the flood was already in turmoil and ruin, enveloped in sin and chaos; it is in this world that Noah’s faith made him the only righteous man. God had entrusted in Noah to complete a very important task that would test his faithfulness to Him. God’s plan was to destroy the world by way of flood as the result of mankind’s misdeeds. He instructed Noah to construct an ark to save his family and all species of animals, two of each kind - male and female. All of them would survive in the ark while God sent down a watery wrath to be swept across the earth, wiping out everything in its path. Noah was obedient; his life revealed qualities of patience and persistence which made him the perfect candidate for the building of the

The story in Genesis 16 is about the slave girl Hagar, her child, God’s promise to Hagar, and how the Abram household deals with this pregnancy. The way the household and characters deal with this story are important to explain what happens to Hagar and her unborn child. What does this story try to each the reader? I think this story shows that God cares about, listens to, and has a plan for everyone. Even if you are a slave girl who was offered to a childless man as a concubine.

The covenant was a contract which God made with his people. It is a promise under oath. It Genesis, so far the covenants were about the assured well being of the people and the land. It is seal with a symbolic representation. In Genesis 9 God establish a covenant with Noah “ ...I establish My covenant with you; and all flesh shall never again be cut off by the water of the flood, neither shall there again be a flood to destroy the earth...”. God essential saying i promise i will take care of you and your descendants noah. The verse goes on “...I set My bow in the cloud...” God said, speaking of the rainbow. The rainbow here, is the symbolic representation use to seal the oath. The promise of the covenant between Noah and God are:

The Genesis story of, “Noah Pleases God,” is generally on Noah’s characteristic’s, God’s unhappiness with humankinds evil and wickedness, and Gods intent with Noah’s role. Thus, “Noah Pleases God,” starts with describing Noah and how he is a righteous man, has three sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, and that he walked with God; as well as how he is blameless with regards to the wickedness in his generation. Following that, it presents how God saw the earth as being corrupt, because humans have corrupted the righteous ways of earth. Thus, God describes to Noah that he is utterly upset with humankind and wishes to destroy them and all the wickedness their corruption has influenced; God explains he will be doing this by using a brazen flood of water. Therefore, God lays out how he wants

How does the Church interpret the Bible or Scripture generally speaking? A partial answer to that question is hermeneutics. Hermeneutics is the science of interpretation and it functions alongside exegesis which is the process of understanding what a particular text meant in its original context. Exegesis would most likely be compared to the hashtag speak in today’s society. While some Catholics believe that exegesis is not as important as simplistic, devotional reading, it is quite significant in respect to its relationship to hermeneutics. Proper hermeneutics avoids being subjective and using fundamentalism. Why is hermeneutics important? It is important because it allows one to properly interpret a text avoiding literalism and how such a text fits in today’s

Genesis 5 : 1 – 3 tells about the generation of Adam after God created them in His likeness. Through this passage we can see that Adam is the head of humanity. Adam fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image. All of people are in Adam’s genealogy, because Adam generated a son, and so the son did the same thing as Adam’s have done.

In Genesis 18:1-15, Jesus visits Abraham, along with a monumental message about the future. God makes a promise to Abraham, that is relatively impossible. The promise results in Abraham's wife showing disbelief against God. Since she was elderly, she disbelieved that something such as this could ever happen. In Luke 1:37, it says, "for nothing is impossible with God". Sarah did not believe that God could do the impossible, and years later the impossible happened

Introduce in Genesis 6, the Noahic Covenant is the first evidence of a covenant instituted between God and man. The world is in sin and God uses a covenant to single out a faithful man, Noah to cultivate a relationship with. The covenant between God and Noah begins with a request for Noah to build an ark for his family and place only a certain number of each kind of animal on the ark. Why, God will flood the earth, destroying all of mankind, and leave only Noah’s family behind. God keeps His word and floods the Earth and destroys all mankind except for Noah and his family. God demonstrates his love for his creation through a covenantal promise to Noah to never to destroy the world by flood again with a sign of rainbow in the sky.

In the story of Noah, we observe how God’s holiness that cannot stand wickedness and his grace that loves humanity expresses itself through the act of justice through the flood and the act of mercy through saving Noah, his family and animals. God could just save Noah, but instead, he calls Noah to partner with him, which points out to us as being called to be a part of God’s mission in the world. He gives Noah a job to build the arc and to prepare food for this family and for animals, which requires faith and obedience. Right after the flood, God establishes a covenant with Noah, and in this picture we see God’s eagerness to embrace everyone by his love and grace, to include all creation in this relationship with Creator. It illustrates God’s