Bible Stories for Adults

The Flood

Genesis 5 - 10

Next Week - The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11)
Bible Words to Remember:
Baptism saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 3:21

What was the typical lifespan during the first 1656 years of human history?
Genesis 5 = (just have class skim, don't read) around 900 years
How and why was this changed?
Genesis 6:1-3 = God decided to limit man to 120 years
What was the typical lifespan between Noah and Abraham and beyond?
Genesis 11:10-32 = 200-600 yrs N-A, 100-200 A-Joseph, 70-80 past Moses

How many generations were born by Adam's death?
Genesis 5 = 9, Lamech had been born
How did Enoch die, and why?
Genesis 5:24 = Enoch walked with God, never died, God took him away
How did Methuselah die?
Genesis 5:25-29, 7:11 = He drowned in the flood at 969 yrs old
NOTE: Methuselah means "when he is dead, it shall come"

How had disharmony affected God's creation?
Genesis 6:5 = every inclination of man's heart was only evil
What did God decide to do as His judgment?
Genesis 6:6-7 = I will wipe mankind from the face of the earth
How did God follow this judgment with His grace?
Genesis 6:17-18 = He saved Noah and his family
Why did God save Noah?
Genesis 6:8-9 (also 7:1) = He walked with God (like Enoch)

What preparations did God tell Noah to make?
Genesis 6:14-16, 19-21 = Build an ark, bring 2 of each animal & bird, bring food
What did Noah do in response to God's instructions?
Genesis 6:22 = Noah did everything just as God commanded him
Why did Noah build this huge boat on dry land?
Hebrews 11:7 = By faith Noah built the ark

How old was Noah when the flood began?
Genesis 7:6-8 = 600 years old
At his age, how did Noah gather all of the animals?
Genesis 7:15 = They came to Noah and entered the ark (God sent them)
How did Noah close the door of the ark?
Genesis 7:16 = The Lord shut him in

Where did the floodwaters come from?
Genesis 7:11 = Springs of the great deep & Floodgates of the heavens
How long did the floodwaters come?
Genesis 7:17 = 40 days (40 means generation to a Hebrew)
What is the importance of verse 20?
Genesis 7:18-23 = Every land was covered, there was no way to survive
How long did the flood last?
Genesis 7:24 = 150 days (5 months)

How did God end the flood?
Genesis 8:1 = He sent a wind
When was dry land first visible?
Genesis 8:3-5 = 1st day of 10th month - 225 days from start
Why did Noah send out birds?
Genesis 8:6-9 = To see if there was dry ground
Why didn't Noah look for himself?
Genesis 6:16 = The only window is in the top of the roof, he can't see
What did Noah learn from the dove's next two trips?
Genesis 8:10-12 = Waters had receded, plant life was growing

How long had Noah and his family lived on the ark?
Genesis 8:13-14 = Until 27th day of 2nd month - 371 days
How did Noah know when to get out of the ark?
Genesis 8:15-17 = God told him to come out
What was the first thing Noah did after leaving the ark?
Genesis 8:18-20 = He built an altar and sacrificed to God
Wouldn't Noah eliminate species by sacrificing clean animals?
Genesis 7:2-3 = Noah took 7 pairs of each clean animal & each bird

How did God respond to Noah's worshipful sacrifice?
Genesis 8:21 = Decided to never again curse the ground or destroy animals
What else did God decide to sustain?
Genesis 8:22 = All creation - nature's cycles and seasons
How did man's relation to animals change?
Genesis 9:2-3 = Animals will fear man, man can eat animals
Genesis 1:29 = Man before only ate plants
Since man could now kill, what did God command against and why?
Genesis 9:5-6 = Cannot kill another man since he is made in God's image
What did God command to restore his creation?
Genesis 9:7 (see 1:28) = Be fruitful and increase in number

With whom did God make a covenant?
Genesis 9:8-10 = Noah, his descendants (all people) & all creatures
What was God's promise under the covenant?
Genesis 9:11 = There will never again be a flood to destroy the earth
What sign or signature guaranteed this covenant?
Genesis 9:12-17 = God's rainbow in the clouds

What was washed from the earth by the flood?
Genesis 6:12-13 = Extreme corruption, violence & sinfulness
How are we washed from our natural sinfulness?
1 Peter 3:18-21 = Through baptism
Why must we die?
Romans 6:23 = The wages of sin is death
How do our washing waters save us?
Romans 6:3-4 = baptized into Christ's death ... to live a new life