GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 6 PEOPLE ARE VERY WICKED V1 At that time, men began to increase on the earth. Many daughters were born for them. V2 Then the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful. They chose some of them and they married them. V3 Then the *Lor... [ Continue Reading ]
We do not know who ‘the sons of God’ were. Some people suggest that they were *angels. Those people think that 2 Peter 2:4 tells us this. But perhaps the ‘sons of God’ were *descendants of Seth who married *descendants of Cain.... [ Continue Reading ]
Two different meanings of this verse are possible. • Some people think that God made people’s lives shorter. People’s lives had been much longer than this. (See for example Genesis 5:27.) Instead of that, people’s lives after this time would be 120 years or less. • A different meaning of this vers... [ Continue Reading ]
God made people who were images of himself. So people were like God. God is good. So people were good. God can do anything. So people could choose what they would do. And people chose to do things that God had forbidden. That was the beginning of the evil things that men did. After that, men became... [ Continue Reading ]
God was extremely sad. God is a judge. He removes things that are evil. But he loves everything that he has made. Especially, he loves people. He is very sad when he has to kill people. GOD DECIDES TO SAVE NOAH V9 This is the story of Noah. Noah was a good man. There was no blame on him, among all... [ Continue Reading ]
‘There was no blame on him.’ This does not mean that Noah was perfect. He had certainly done things that were wrong. But he was a good man. And God had forgiven any wrong things that Noah had done.... [ Continue Reading ]
When God made everything, it was very good. (See Genesis 1:31.) But when Noah lived, everything was evil. This change started when Adam and Eve did not obey God. (See Genesis 3:17-19.) The effect of their deed spread to everything.... [ Continue Reading ]
The *ark was a very big box that floated on water. It was like a ship. We do not know what kind of wood ‘gopher wood’ was. Bitumen is a black substance that people find in the ground. People put it on cracks in ships so that the ships do not leak.... [ Continue Reading ]
The *ark had to be big so that there was room for many animals and for their food. Noah must have taken many years to build such a large thing. And he must have trusted God completely. Otherwise, he would not carry out such a big task.... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Finish the roof to half a metre at the top.’ We do not know what this means. Perhaps it means, ‘Make a gap at the top. The width of the gap must be half a metre.’ The gap would let air blow into the *ark. And it would let light come into the *ark. V17 And God continued, ‘I will bring a flood of wa... [ Continue Reading ]
God told Noah to take pairs of animals. Each pair was a male and a female. God did not tell Noah at this time how many pairs he should take. Later, God explained more details to Noah. Then he told Noah to take 7 pairs of some kinds of animals. (See Genesis 7:2.) LORD ~ a lord is a person who has aut... [ Continue Reading ]