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Genesis 6:9–22 — Noah, the Ark, and God’s Command | Bible Commentary · A Tithe of Time Podcast

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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to A Tithe of Time, verse by verse.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today we begin reading from the ESV, Genesis 6, 9-22, Noah, the Ark, and God's command.
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  SPEAKER_00: These are the generations of Noah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation.
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  SPEAKER_00: Noah walked with God.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight, and the earth was filled with violence.
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  SPEAKER_00: And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
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  SPEAKER_00: And God said to Noah, I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them.
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  SPEAKER_00: Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
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  SPEAKER_00: Make yourself an ark of gopher wood, make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is how you are to make it, the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
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  SPEAKER_00: Make a roof for the ark, and finish it to a cubit above, and set the door of the ark in its side.
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  SPEAKER_00: Make it with lower, second, and third decks.
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  SPEAKER_00: For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven.
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  SPEAKER_00: Everything that is on the earth shall die.
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  SPEAKER_00: But I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.
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  SPEAKER_00: And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ark to keep them alive with you.
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  SPEAKER_00: They shall be male and female, of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground, according to its kind, two of every sort shall come into you to keep them alive.
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  SPEAKER_00: Also take with you every sort of food that is eaten, and store it up.
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  SPEAKER_00: It shall serve as food for you and for them.
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  SPEAKER_00: Noah did this, he did all that God commanded him.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now let's look closer.
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  SPEAKER_00: Genesis describes Noah with three statements.
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  SPEAKER_00: He is righteous, blameless in his generation, and he walked with God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Does blameless mean Noah had never sinned?
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  SPEAKER_00: The passage does not say that.
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  SPEAKER_00: It describes his character and conduct in his generation, without claiming that his entire life was free from sin.
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  SPEAKER_00: The phrase walked with God also connects Noah with Enoch, who was described the same way in Genesis 5.
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  SPEAKER_00: In a world described as corrupt and violent, Noah is presented as living differently.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then the passage repeats the condition of the earth, corrupt and filled with violence.
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  SPEAKER_00: God's judgment is not presented as random.
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  SPEAKER_00: His stated reason directly names the violence filling the earth.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then God tells Noah to build an ark.
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  SPEAKER_00: The instructions are specific: gopher wood, rooms, pitch inside and out, a roof, a door in the side, and three decks.
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  SPEAKER_00: The measurements are given in cubits.
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  SPEAKER_00: A qubit was an ancient unit based roughly on the length of a forearm, so modern conversions can vary depending on which qubit standard is used.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here, Noah receives dimensions and construction instructions, not simply a command to build something.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then God says, I will establish my covenant with you.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is the first occurrence of the word covenant in Scripture.
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  SPEAKER_00: A covenant is a binding relationship or agreement.
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  SPEAKER_00: God announces that he will establish his covenant with Noah and tells him that he and his family will enter the ark.
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  SPEAKER_00: Noah is told to bring his wife, his sons, and their wives, along with living creatures and food.
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  SPEAKER_00: How are the animals gathered?
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  SPEAKER_00: God tells Noah to bring them into the ark and also says that they will come to him.
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  SPEAKER_00: Both statements belong to the account.
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  SPEAKER_00: The passage does not describe the process of gathering them, so we should not supply a scene of Noah hunting them down or assume he had nothing to do.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here the instruction specifies male and female pairs.
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  SPEAKER_00: In the next chapter, we will read additional instructions concerning clean animals and birds.
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  SPEAKER_00: We should follow those details as they appear, rather than assume this means only two of every kind.
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  SPEAKER_00: The section ends with a simple statement.
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  SPEAKER_00: The world around him is described as corrupt and violent, but Noah's response to God is obedience.
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  SPEAKER_00: This concludes Genesis 6 9 22.
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  SPEAKER_00: Next, we'll continue with Genesis 7 1 16.
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  SPEAKER_00: And remember, tithe your time.