Genesis

Lesson 15Genesis 9:1 - 10:32

In this lesson, we will look at Genesis Chapters 9 and 10, which describe the events that followed immediately after the great flood. We will find that God saved Noah, his wife, and Noah’s three sons and their wives for a specific purpose. Unfortunately, we will also see that, along with these eight humans and the animals that God had saved, one other thing remained on the earth following the flood — the desire to sin.

Beginnings

Imagine what it must have been like, enclosed in a floating ark for a year and knowing that you were the only surviving humans in the entire world. Then, imagine what it must have been like during those first few days outside of the ark, as Noah and his family grew accustomed to their new environment, saw their first rainbow, and pondered the new life before them.

Read Genesis Chapters 9 and 10, and consider the following:

  1. What did God command Noah and his three sons to do after the flood? (see Gen. 9:1)
  2. What was now different about the relationship between man and animals? (see Gen. 9:2-3)
  3. What did God specifically command Noah and his family in Genesis 9:7?
  4. What did God "covenant" with Noah, and how did God seal that covenant? (see Gen. 9:8-17)
  5. Who is the father of the Canaanites? (see Gen. 9:18)
  6. Who was the youngest of Noah’s three sons? (see Gen. 9:24 and Gen. 10:6)
  7. How long after the flood waters receded was it when Noah got drunk? (see Gen. 9:19-20)?
  8. In addition to Ham being the father of the Canaanites, he was also the father of Cush; and Cush was the father of Nimrod. Why is this significant? (see Gen. 10:8-20)

We see from our study that while Noah found grace in the eyes of God, and God saved his entire family. Also preserved within the ark was the desire on the part of man to sin. We also saw the story of Ham, i.e., the creation or begging of the line of Israel’s enemies. We observed as well the story of Shem, whose descendants led to Abraham and the birth of God’s chosen people.

We also found from this lesson that God is purposeful in His planning and in His judgments; and that, while all chaos may appear to be happening around us, if we have trusted completely in Him, He will protect us and watch over us. No one has ever failed to find peace when they seek that peace through Christ with God.

Thanks for studying with us.

In Christ,

Wes

[2010]

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