King James Version, with Nii Okai's journal notes · 5 notes
1And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
We are not told when this began... Maybe right after the first women were born??
2That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
This was not meant to be so.
Man was to have the dominion but was now fallen, dead and apart from God.
Without constant unhindered flow of fellowship with God, man was vulnerable, weak willed and minded.
Now the enemies of God and man took advantage to wreak havoc.
And man could do little. We were a disjointed breed and ununited.
We were to be one but we were not all of one mind. Some were murderers and covetous.
We formed much smaller communities because you knew not whom to trust.
Thus we became easy prey for the devil 👿.
3And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
Hmm 🤔 this scripture...
Did the 120 refer to the new age of man ie that man will no longer be living that long on the earth 🌎 or as some suggest was in reference to the number of years left for God to cut off mankind through the flood.
4There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
5And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
7And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
8But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
9These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
10And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
14Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
15And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
Why did God give these specific dimensions? Why not smaller? Well let's see verses 17-19.
16A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
17And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
18But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
19And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
20Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
Shall come unto thee... So there was some supernatural element that brought these animals to Noah and to the ark.
21And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
22Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.