GenesisWeek 4 – DOWNWARD

The Spiral of Sin

“If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.” Gen 4:7

Text: Gen 4:1 – 11:26

Agenda

Cain and Abel – Gen 4:1-26

Noah – Gen 6:1-22

Noah and His Sons – Gen 9:18-29

The Tower of Babel – 11:1-9

QUIZ

Cain & Abel

Cain/Able and SethGen 4:1-16SacrificeMurderConsequence – BanishmentMercyv17-24 Genealogy of CainV25-26 – 5:32 – Genealogy of Seth

Gen 4:26 – And the people began to call on the name of the Lord.

Compare/Contrast

Lamech - 7th Generation was 1st Polygamist and destroyed in the Flood. Bragged about how violent he was.

Enoch - 7th Generation Taken by God

10th Generation Saved in the Flood

7th From Cain significant

EnochLamech

Adam

Jabal(Lyre & Pipe)

Jubal(Livestoc

k)

Tubal-Cain

(Metals)

Namaah

Noah

Cain Seth

Genealogy

These are the generations of…(2:4; 5:1; 6:9; 10:1; 11:10, 27; 25:19; 36:1; 37:2)

Emphasis on family and connections

Why the emphasis?It cements that this accounting is REAL.Mechanism to demonstrate origin of nationsProvides lineage of IsraelGen 3:15 - Provides lineage of Jesus

Noah

NoahGen 5 – Seth to Noah, the “righteous line”

Gen 6 – the spiralHis life shall be120 yearsSons of God & Daughters of ManNephilim, giants?

Physical stature, genetically taller?Politically powerful

Numbers 13:33 – report of the spiesEarth filled with corruption & violence

Build an ark, Noah!

The Ark Was Big!

50 cubits (75 feet or 23 meters)

30 c

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5 fe

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r 13

.7 m

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s

70 feet or 21.5 meters)

…Real Big!

300 cubits (450 feet or 137 meters)

300 feet (91.5 meters)

Football or Soccer Field

Really, It was Huge!

Johan Huibers’ Ark

Ark Life – Gen 6 Animals came to Noah and entered the ark

Noah entered Ark on the day it began to rain

Water Water Everywhere Rained 40 days 40 nights. Vapor canopy collapse Fountains of the deep burst upward Covered the highest mountains

Water starts to abate after 150 days = 5 months

7th month and 17th day (2 months later) - ark rested on mountains of Ararat

10th month – began to see the tops of mountains

11th month (+ 40 days) = Noah opens a portal and sends forth birds

13th month (2 months later) God tells Noah to leave the ark

Mount Ararat

Dr. Don Patton - Gospel Preacher - 70 minutes on Noah's Ark

After Ark LifeGen 8:22 – the earth will live!

Gen 9:1 – Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earthToday, Is the earth full?Do we need to worry about:God destroying the earth again with water?Killing the earth?Overpopulating the earth?

Gen 9:25 – Cursed be Canaan, what about Ham?

Table of the Nations

Genesis 10

Ararat

Nations – Genesis 10

Decreasing Life Span

Tower of Babel

Tower of Babel

Gen 9:1 – fill the earth…

Gen 11Man organized and

rebelledMake a nameResist dispersionLanguages

God’s will was done. They were dispersed anyway!

Tower of BabelLucas van Valckenborch, (1594)

Consequences Quiz

Adam & Eve: Eating = Expelled from Garden

Cain & Abel: Murder = Exile

Noah’s Generation: Rebellion = Destruction

Babel: Pride & Defiance = Scattering

What theme or pattern do you see?

Sin/Grace Cycle

Cain & AbleGen 4:1-26

NoahGen 6:1-22

Noah’s Sons

Gen 9:18-29

Tower of Babel

Gen 11:1-9

Temptation and Sin

Envy, arrogance,

anger

Every intention was evil, violence

Ham took advantage of Noah, Mocking

Arrogance, Defiance, Ambition

Punishment

Fugitive, Wanderer, Ground no

longer fruitful

Decimation of land

dwelling life

Servant of servants to

brothers

Confusion, dispersion

Grace Mark of protection

8 Saved through Water &

Ark, Rainbow

Ham was reduced, but not

eliminated

God acts on his Promise to Noah, to

fill the earth

What About Us?

“If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.” Gen 4:7

What are some ways we can “do well?”

Toward Next Week

Summary

Week 5 – Abraham and the Nations

QUESTIONS