Genesis 4-7
Another meaty section. We always assume Cain is the first baby ever born and Abel is the second, but nothing really suggests that except the absence of recording any other births. "With the help of the Lord I have brought forth a son," which is said to be the reason for the name "Cain" seems like it might be a new experience for Eve, but it really doesn't have to be. Of course we never get to read about the birth of any daughters, nor do we hear another female named until 4:19 when he read about Lamech's wives. Cain's wife would be his sister or niece -- one of the unmentioned children we see in 5:6 and 5:8.
Abel's sacrifice was the fat of some of the firstborn, while Cain's sacrifice was simply some of the fruits of the soil. It seems that Abel put God's portion first while Cain gave "leftovers". Abel put God first while Cain thought of himself and his interests first.
Seth is a "replacement" child to Eve. The genealogy of chapter five is interesting in the details given and the details omitted. The math tells you that Methuselah died the same year as the flood (although not necessarily IN the flood). Besides the long life spans of these people, it looks odd that these men were still producing children at age 90, 105, 162, etc. Not to say that these were their first children, but one wonders how many children these people had, how early they started having them and how long they continued conceiving children. All this and we're not even thinking about Noah being 500 when he became the father of Shem, Ham and Japeth. Were these the only three righteous sons or were they his only children?
The Nephilim, the heroes of old. Legends in their own time. I don't think they were angels because angels are not reproducing beings. Nowhere else is anyone thought to be the child of an angel. The NT tells us that angels don't marry, etc. The Nephilim must have been heroic people. They are not mentioned post-flood (that I'm aware of), so the thought of 9 foot, 9 inch Goliath being descended from Nephilim doesn't make sense.
Every inclination of the thoughts of man's heart was only evil all the time. That's evil, friends. Is that worse than today? Hard to say.
Noah builds the ark, but God brings the animals to him and it's God who shuts the door. Many claim it didn't rain at all before the Big One. It's possible, although what really makes the flood is not simply rain, but the springs of the great deep and the floodgates of heaven opening up.
Seven of every kind of clean animal, two of every unclean. Gotta have food on the voyage. Seven of every kind of bird also. No allowances for sea creatures. They are never mentioned. Some have argued with me that the sea creatures would have died in the polluted waters. I'm sure many did, but not all (obviously).
Forty days and nights of rain. 150 days of flood. Five months.
Abel's sacrifice was the fat of some of the firstborn, while Cain's sacrifice was simply some of the fruits of the soil. It seems that Abel put God's portion first while Cain gave "leftovers". Abel put God first while Cain thought of himself and his interests first.
Seth is a "replacement" child to Eve. The genealogy of chapter five is interesting in the details given and the details omitted. The math tells you that Methuselah died the same year as the flood (although not necessarily IN the flood). Besides the long life spans of these people, it looks odd that these men were still producing children at age 90, 105, 162, etc. Not to say that these were their first children, but one wonders how many children these people had, how early they started having them and how long they continued conceiving children. All this and we're not even thinking about Noah being 500 when he became the father of Shem, Ham and Japeth. Were these the only three righteous sons or were they his only children?
The Nephilim, the heroes of old. Legends in their own time. I don't think they were angels because angels are not reproducing beings. Nowhere else is anyone thought to be the child of an angel. The NT tells us that angels don't marry, etc. The Nephilim must have been heroic people. They are not mentioned post-flood (that I'm aware of), so the thought of 9 foot, 9 inch Goliath being descended from Nephilim doesn't make sense.
Every inclination of the thoughts of man's heart was only evil all the time. That's evil, friends. Is that worse than today? Hard to say.
Noah builds the ark, but God brings the animals to him and it's God who shuts the door. Many claim it didn't rain at all before the Big One. It's possible, although what really makes the flood is not simply rain, but the springs of the great deep and the floodgates of heaven opening up.
Seven of every kind of clean animal, two of every unclean. Gotta have food on the voyage. Seven of every kind of bird also. No allowances for sea creatures. They are never mentioned. Some have argued with me that the sea creatures would have died in the polluted waters. I'm sure many did, but not all (obviously).
Forty days and nights of rain. 150 days of flood. Five months.
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