Week 2 Teaching Podcasts & Notes

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Week Two Podcast

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Session Two – Genesis 6-11
6.26.13

Genesis 6

Vs. 1 – “Sons of God” – What? Who were these “sons of God”?

2 Theories:
1. Angels
2. Descendents of Seth

Vs. 4 – “Nephilim” – Giants
Vs. 5 – Discussion Question: – How evil had man become?
Vs. 6 – “Regretted” – Repented, to be sorry, to be moved to pity.

Vs. 8-9 – Noah – BUT Noah found “favor” (grace, acceptance, elegance) in God’s eyes.

God’s Instructions – Build a big boat & put a bunch of animals in it.

Vs. 22 – Discussion Question: What was Noah’s response?

Genesis 7

Vs. 5 – Noah’s response?

Vs. 11-12 – “…all the springs of the great deep burst forth” – Water from both directions.

Vs. 17-23 – God accomplished His plans – everything was destroyed.

Chapter 8

Noah & his family finally get out of the ark.

Vs. 4 – “Mountains of Ararat” – A region in modern day Turkey

Vs. 20-22 – Noah offers sacrifices to God. God promises to never destroy the earth like He did with the flood again.

Genesis 9

Vs. 1-17 – God’s instructions & covenant with Noah

• Be fruitful and increase in number and fill (replenish) the earth.
• Eat whatever animals you want but no blood can still be in them when eating.
• Don’t kill another human being.
• God promises to never destroy the earth again.
• The rainbow is the sign of this covenant

Vs. 18-29

• Discussion Question: Why was Noah so upset with Ham?
• The Consequences – Canaan’s descendants would serve the other brother’s descendants.

Genesis 10

The sons of Noah & their descendants are described

Genesis 11

Vs. 1-4 – Discussion Question – What is the problem here?

• “Name” – Reputation, fame, glory, memorial, monument.

Vs. 9 – God accomplished what He told Noah to do in chapter 9.

Vs. 10 – 26 – The line of Abram goes through Shem (back to the curse & blessings Noah pronounced on his sons in chapter 9)

Vs. 27-32 – “This is the account of Terah’s family line” – New section of Genesis

Key Points:

• Sarai was unable to conceive.
• Lot was Abram’s nephew.

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