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Those who are friends of God like to be much in their Lords company. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. we are always making difficulties and suggesting hardships; but if our faith were in lively exercise, we should do Gods will far more readily. If you want the Lord to confide in you, and to trust you with his secrets, you must see that he is able to say of you what he said of Abraham, he will command his children and his household after him.. Perhaps they were all one steamy conglomeration before, but now they are separated. I think that, when Christians differ from one another, there should be a holy emulation between them as to which shall be the first to give way, and which will give way the more to the other. Genesis 6:4 - Bible Verse Meaning and Commentary - Bible Study Tools And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. If the ark carried two of every family of animals, there were around 700 pairs of animals; but if the ark carried two of every species of animals, there were around 35,000 pairs of animals. 1 Peter There stands the old covenant, the covenant of grace made with Abraham concerning his seed. Their goal was to disprove the arks existence, but they found it and became so enraged they tried to destroy it, but could not because it was too big and had petrified. And he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands; and said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the kings dale. Little could they have dreamed in what a terrible sense the serpents words would come true. And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. Genesis vii.1 and 7. Look till your heart melts with pity for the many who are going the downward road, and who will eternally ruin themselves unless almighty grace prevent! Gen 1:24-25. iii. Commentary on Genesis 6:8-11 (Read Genesis 6:8-11) Noah did not find favour in the eyes of men; they hated and persecuted him, because both by his life and preaching he condemned the world: but he found grace in the eyes of the Lord, and this made him more truly honourable than the men of renown. This is how you shall make it: The ark was as long as a 30-story building is high (about 450 feet or 150 meters), and it was about 75 feet (25 meters) wide and 45 feet (15 meters) high. And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there. Genesis Spurgeon's Bible Commentary Genesis Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) .was born in Essex, England. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. How greatly, how much more than we do, ought we to thank God for the prolongation of our sight, and it has been well remarked by one of our greatest men of science that we seldom hear Christian men thank God as they should for the use of spectacles in these modern times. A philosopher has written a long paper concerning the blessings which he found in old age from this invention, and we, enabled still to read the Word when our sight decays, should be exceedingly grateful for it. Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. c. Take for yourself of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it to yourself: God also commanded Noah to take all the food he could. Sometimes alighting on the ark; then flying away again. Gen 24:4-5. This holy man, Jacob, in dying, did not express himself according to the rules of natural affection but he yielded himself up to the Spirit of God; hence he had to say very much that must have been very bitter for a father to say, and he said it in all faithfulness being taught of the Spirit concerning things to come. Micah The type of what a Christian minister should be, indeed, what every Christian worker should be, a hind let loose, one who can say with David, O Lord, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid. There are some purblind people who only believe one or other of these two truths; yet they are both true, and the one is as true as the other. Gen 45:7. God makes much of salvation, oh, that we also did! You can check these in your browser security settings. God evidently meant the two persons, male and female, to complete the man, and the entireness of the manhood lies in them both. So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company. Here is, I. God's resentment of man's wickedness. THERE w a s a well of water close to Hagar all the while though she saw it not. Oh, that some people would wait for Gods command, but they will not! I am Esau, said he. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. Chapter 25:19: These are the generations of Isaac, 9. This tribe would show more cunning than courage; it would excel rather in the strategy of war than in the force of arms. Those who read the Scriptures with a view simply to find out novelties that may tickle their fancy, read in vain. And his head is bruised, blessed be the name of the Womans promised seed! There is not an angel in heaven but God will make him to be a servant to you if you need him; there is not a wind in any quarter of the globe but God will guide it to you if it is necessary; and there are no waves of the sea but shall obey the Lords will concerning you. Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee. The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. Gen 19:18-21. ii. You know how sorely Joseph was persecuted by his brethren, yet how the Lord was with him in all his troubles. The LORD was sorry that He had made man He was grieved in His heart: Gods sorrow at man, and the grief in His heart are striking. Now we will read two short portions out of the Song of Solomon, from which you will see how love evermore craves for nearness to the loved one. What can Jacob do now that the main bone of his leg is put out of joint? When he finds them willing to make the sacrifice that he demands, he often does not require it at their hands. Gen 45:4. God always lets his people know what is practically for their good. 2 Peter On what grounds would God be told that He can bring death to millions of people at the end of a normal lifespan, but that He may not do it in any other way? (Barnhouse). And the evening and the morning were the first day. Now I think I may freely say that this looks something like what we call a wild-goose chase. He was to go and find a wife for a young man left at home; he knew nothing of the people among whom he was to sojourn, but he believed that the angel of God would guide him aright. And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. When God began to arrange this world in order, it was shrouded in darkness, and it had been reduced to what we call, for want of a better name, chaos. This is just the condition of every soul of man when God begins to deal with him in his grace; it is formless, and empty of all good things. It is true that they were divided and scattered, like handfuls of salt, throughout the whole of Israel, for they were attendants upon the Lords priests, and they had cities appointed to them so that, while they did dwell here, and there, and everywhere, it was in order that they might reach the whole of the people, and prove a blessing to them. And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. The way up is downward. Jacob called unto his sons, so he was not bereaved after all. Gen 27:16-19. Gen 22:4. Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. Genesis i. Gen 9:17. The ark could carry 136,560 sheep in half of its capacity, leaving plenty of room for people, food, water, and whatever other provisions were needed. And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man: He does not appear to have raised any objection to what she proposed on moral grounds, but only on the ground of the difficulty of it and the likelihood of being discovered. Gen 45:23-24. After all, an ark is a chest, not a ship; this refers to the shoebox shape of the vessel. John And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. Our Lord Jesus was blessing his disciples when he was taken from them; and since we do not know when we shall be taken sway from our relatives, let us be always blessing them. And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons wives with him: every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark. The covenant Angel will give thee what thou wilt if it be needful for thee; but he will not answer thine idle questions. Are any of you labouring under a very serious disadvantage? For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be eating nor harvest. And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father, and told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. He believed that though he might be compelled to say his son, God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. Abraham bade the young men stay where they were, they must not see all that he was to do before the Lord. Drive them away; God give you grace to drive them away by the power of his gracious Spirit! And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; So that he was made painfully to realize his own weakness while he was putting forth all his strength. Gen 24:15. What simple faith! Is it not written, concerning the man whose delight is in the law of the Lord, his leaf also shall not wither? even he tried plotting and scheming more than once, but failed every time he did so. Gen 8:15-21. He was trembling under a dark cloud that was to pass over his head without bursting. How there was light before there was any sun, for the sun was not created until the fourth day of the week it is not for us to say. When writing Genesis, apart from direct revelations of God (for example the report on the creation of the world in Genesis 1; Genesis 2), he could possibly have referred to documents from the time of the patriarchs (for example the genealogies of Genesis 5:10-11 ,36).Under the direction of the Holy Spirit of God Moses wrote everything down.As he was a prophet, the words of 2 Peter 1:21 apply to him as well:"Holy men of God spake under the power of the Holy Spirit.". This is the very Jacob who had, in his earlier days, been full of crafty policy, and tricks and schemes; but he has done with all that now, and he is able truthfully to say, I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.. God does not always fulfill his promises to his people at once; else, where would be the room for faith? Pleading men grow bolder and braver in their requests. Gen 3:12. ii. He also said all the ancient historians he knew of wrote about the ark. He mentions the adversaries to show how great would be the victories of the race that should come and dispossess them. Job Gen 22:1-2. Perhaps the world was in its prime, when the trees were in bloom, and the birds were singing in their branches, and the flowers were blooming on the earth, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.. The ark was certainly big enough to do the job. Chapter 8:15-10:32 Noah and his descendants, Chapter 9 Institution of authority and Noah's fall, Chapter 10 The table of nations: Descendants of Japheth, Shem and Ham, c. Chapter 11:1-26The building of the tower of Babel, II. Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. The First Day of Creation. He knew that God had called him and his kindred to inherit the land of Canaan, and, therefore, he was not willing that they should go back to their former dwelling-places. Not only shall his fruit be abundant, but his casual word, his leaf also shall not wither. So was it with it Abraham. Oh, that you and I might possess the Abrahamic faith which thus practically obeys the Lord, and brings a blessing to all the nations of the earth! Uncontrolled passions may make him very little who otherwise might have been great. However, we must admire Jacob in this one respect, that, with all his thought, and care, and planning, and plotting, he did not neglect prayer. God had been very gracious to him, and all his fears were gone, so he met Esau as a brother, not as an enemy, and the four hundred men were willing to become his protectors. It is the strong who can afford to be quiet; as you go across the village green, a goose will hiss at you, while the strong ox lies down calmly, and takes no notice of you: His bow abode in strength, , Not only his hands, but the arms of his hands . The timing and method of that death are completely in the hands of God. Beyond the Bible, there is rich historical evidence for the reality of Noahs Ark. And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is Gods host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. Wherever sin is, God will hunt it; with barbed arrows will he shoot at it; he will cut it in pieces with his sharp two-edged sword, for he cannot endure sin. Gen 1:2. During World War II two pilots saw and photographed something they believed was the ark on Mount Ararat. Enduring Word Bible Commentary Genesis Chapter 6 Genesis 12-50 : The history of the Patriarchs, 1. Not Yet a Member? God had been good to Abraham before that time, for he was his beloved friend, but now he lifts him up to a higher platform altogether, and makes him a greater blessing than ever. Gen 1:1. b. I will destroy them with the earth: Some wonder if this is too harsh a judgment, or if this shows God to be cruel or a monster. That raven that you did not lock up well at home, has come here after you. Gen 32:2. Love may not be always logical, but it is sweetly consoling, as it must have been in this case. Nehemiah And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. He was stationed in southern Russia near the Turkish border and Mount Ararat. What ought he to do, now he had come near to the time when the decision must be made? Choose Book of Bible to Study Gen 32:30. And a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. Oh, that the day might soon come when there would be more of clean men and women than of unclean, when there would be fewer sinners than godly people in the world, though even then there would be the ungodly by two like the unclean beasts. The two "conversations" of the Lord appear to be addressed within the Godhead. WE shall this morning leave all discussion as to the creation of the world to those learned divines who have paid their special attention to that subject, and to those geologists who know, or at any rate think they know, a very great deal about it. All rights reserved. If it had not been on record in the page of inspiration, we might almost have doubted whether a man could speak so impudently when , Eyes Opened No one earns grace, but we can all find it. And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. And God spoke unto Noah, saying, Go forth of the ark, Noah must wait till God speaks to him. Joel 1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on . Some touch of human weakness must always accompany the divine strength that God may give to us. Well does Dr. Watts set forth the contrast between the fall of the angels and the fall of man, . Gen 2:15. And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. So the blessing of God extends to all that his chosen people have; not only to their children, but to all that they possess. Gen 32:27. This mysterious personage, the highest type of our Lord Jesus Christ, blessed Abraham; and without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better. He blessed him,. Chapter 37:2-36 Joseph's dreams and imprisonment in Egypt, c. Chapter 39:1-41:57Joseph's humiliation and exaltation, Chapter 40 Joseph interprets the dreams of Pharaoh's servants, Chapter 41 Pharaoh's dreams and Joseph's liberation, d. Chapter 42:1-47:31 The seven lean years, Chapter 43 The second journey of Joseph's brothers to Egypt, Chapter 44 The conscience of the brothers begins to awake, Chapter 47 Jacob blesses Pharaoh; Joseph, the "saviour of the world", e. Chapter 48:1-50:26 The end of Jacob and Joseph, Chapter 48 Jacob blesses Ephraim and Manasseh, Chapter 49 Jacob blesses his twelve sons and dies, Chapter 50 Jacob's burial and Joseph's death: The hope of the inheritance, To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient.

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