1. The king of Israel, Rehoboam, refused to listen to his people when they asked him to be a merciful king. Instead, he promised a hard, uncompromising rule. This alienated most of the rest of the kin(...)
Read1. The last part of chapter 11 gives a brief history of Abram’s family. His father Terah, from Chaldea, set out to go to Canaan with his sons and their wives. They settled mid-way at Harran.2. Chapter(...)
Read1. When people settled eastward in the plain in Shinar (2, 10:10), with the benefit of everyone speaking one language, they conspired to go against God’s will. They wanted to build a city with a tower(...)
Read1. hapter 10 lists the names of each of Noah’s three sons’ descendants (5) beyond the account of chapter 11. This chapter also explains Genesis 9:19. Many of the sons’ names represent the kingdoms tha(...)
Read1. Noah went back to his old job and planted a vineyard. Perhaps he had a good harvest, because the Bible records him sleeping naked, drunk from the wine from his vineyard. When Ham saw his father Noa(...)
Read1. God’s blessing to Noah and his sons appears to be the same one given to Adam in the beginning of creation (Gen 1:28-30). However, there are some changes. After the flood, the environment changed, a(...)
Read1. The earth was covered with water. The people and animals were gone. God sent a great wind, and the waters receded. After ten months, the tops of the mountain became visible. Then after forty days,(...)
Read1. The LORD found Noah righteous in his generation. He told Noah to take his whole family, as well as every kind of animal and bird, clean and unclean, into the ark. After seven days, the LORD was goi(...)
Read1. God created a beautiful world for man . But, after sin entered, man turned his heart away from Him. Not only did people become flesh and marry and live as they pleased, but also the thoughts of the(...)
Read1. God created mankind in his own likeness. But due to the fall, mankind became mortal. This meant that they lived, had children, and then died. It was the cycle of life. However, one man’s story dist(...)
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