Welcome back to bible study, I hope you have enjoyed the previous posts on Genesis. Remember you can leave a comment with questions, or if you feel what I have said is not right or I have left something out, we can discuss it in the comment section.

Genesis 8:1-3 Tells us that the flood is almost over after 150 days the worst of it was over. It says that God turned his attention to Noah and his family and all the animals on the ark. Did God forget about Noah? I don’t imagine God would forget about anything, it probably was that God was focused on making sure that all the living things outside of the ark were destroyed. Then he turned his attention back to Noah and caused a great wind to blow, and the great springs in the earth that were flowing were stopped as was the rain falling from the heavens causing the flood waters to start going down.

Genesis 8:4-9 tells us that seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest atop of the mountains of Ararat. The water continued to go down and on the first day of the tenth month the top of the mountains became visible. It continues on to say that Noah waited another 40 days before opening the window in the ark.

This probably was because of all the rotting flesh smell from all the dead animals and people that I imagine was more than likely unbearable. It tells us that after 40 days Noah opened the window and sent out a raven and it flew back and forth waiting to find dry land. It’s never mentioned again, most likely because a raven is a scavenger type bird, and was probably eating on the dead bodies. Then it tells us that Noah sent out a dove to check to see if there was any dry land yet, but the dove returned not finding any.

Genesis 8:10-14 tells us that Noah waited seven more days and sent the dove back out. It returned in the evening time with an olive leaf and this told Noah that the flood was almost over. So he waited another seven days and sent the dove back out, but it did not return this time – so this meant the flood waters were gone from the earth. Noah was 601 years old and on the first day of the first month, the flood had dried up. Noah opened the door on the ark and saw dry land and by the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was dry.

Genesis 8:15-17 tells us that God spoke to Noah and told him to leave the ark with his wife and family and all the animals, that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

Genesis 8:18-22 tells us that Noah and all his family left the ark along with all the animals. Then Noah built an altar to God. He selected clean animals and birds from every species and offered them as burnt offerings on the altar. God smelled the sweet fragrance and thought to himself, “I’ll never again curse the ground because of people. For the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. For as long as Earth lasts, planting and harvest, cold and heat, Summer and winter, day and night will never stop.

Chapter Nine

Genesis 9:1-3 says that God blessed Noah and his sons and told them to go forth and prosper, reproduce and fill the Earth. God also told them that every living creature – birds, animals, and fish – will be afraid of you. And you must care for them, because all were put here for you to eat the meat. But, you are not too drink the blood or eat of the meat with blood in it. Also, I believe God was telling Noah and his sons that they were not to use any human for meat either.

Genesis 9:4-6 tells that if Noah and his family do what God has told them not to do, then they will be punished by death. If any beast does this, then it should be killed too. God also says that if man were to kill man for food, then that man should be killed. God made man in his own image.

Genesis 9:7-11 tells us that God wants Noah and his sons to be fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein not to kill each other. And then God told Noah and his sons “I’m setting up my covenant with you including your children who will come after you, along with everything alive around you – birds, farm animals, wild animals – that came out of the ship with you. I’m setting up my covenant with you that never again will everything living be destroyed by flood-waters; no, never again will a flood destroy the Earth.”

Genesis 9:12-17 God continues on with a rainbow will be a sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and everything living around you and everyone living after you. I’m putting my rainbow in the clouds, as a sign of the covenant between me and the Earth. From now on, when the rains, and storms form over the Earth and the rainbow appears in the cloud, I’ll remember my covenant between me and you and everything living, that never again will flood-waters destroy all life. When the rainbow appears in the cloud, I’ll see it and remember the eternal covenant between God and everything living, every last living creature on Earth.”

Genesis 9:18-23 tells us that Noah’s three sons were named Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan. From these three sons the whole Earth was populated. Then it goes on to tell us that Noah, a farmer, was the first to plant a vineyard. He drank from its wine, got drunk and passed out, naked in his tent. This was the first sin that was committed, not drinking of the wine, but getting drunk and passing out naked was the sin.

Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that Noah was naked and told his two brothers who were outside the tent. Shem and Japheth they took a cloak, and held it between them from their shoulders, and walked backwards towards Noah and covered their father’s nakedness, keeping their faces turned away so they did not see their father’s exposed body. The second sin committed was Ham seeing his father naked and passed out – but did nothing about it, but run outside and told his brothers.

Genesis 9:24-29 tells us that Noah woke up from being passed out, and knew what his youngest son had done. Noah cursed Canaan which was Ham’s son; and made him to be a servant of servants to his brothers. And he said, Blessed Shem; telling him that Canaan shall be his servant. God prospered Japheth, allowing him to live spaciously in the tents of Shem but Canaan shall be his slave also. Then it goes on to tell us that Noah lived another 350 years following the flood, he lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.

I hope you have enjoyed this bible study, and remember you can always comment on this if you feel I have not explained it well, or if you want to add to it. Stay tuned and God Bless!