05.01 Builds Ark; Animals Come (Genesis 5:25–7:16) Check” it out; opinion, inference, supposed conversation, or fact one can verify follows [. . .] indicates a remark to the teacher that usually should not be read. It also indicates answers to questions. Visuals and Tools:  Genesis Series 2 Flash a Cards, “Enoch, Noah, and Babel,” from A Beka Book and/or pictures and other visuals found at the end of this lesson. Please give credit to the sources of pictures.  (optional) A commercial cubit measuring device (available from Answers in Genesis or www.oregonruleco.com) or a homemade strip of 22 inches and/or 18 inches  A model of the ark (available from Answers in Genesis) or a piece of wood 16” x 2.5” x 1.5” (or a 1.5- foot long 2x4) which is close to scale  If going outside to measure the size of the ark, a carpenter’s 20-foot or longer measuring tape or a pre- measured string wound on a core (see “Activities”)  Check “Activities” and “Handwork” found below for additional materials. Bible Time Tips and Terms to Teach: [Flashcard-sized terms are at the end of this lesson. Print, cut out, and attach to card stock.]  relief: the feeling of release and comfort after a difficult time of stress  grace: undeserved favor  ark: general definition is a container as in the Ark of the Covenant; specifically, in Genesis 6–9 it is the boat Noah built  cubit: the length from a man’s middle fingertip to his elbow; 17.5”, 18”, 20.62”, and 22 (21.888)” are various measurement standards for a cubit  righteousness: the quality of doing right Scripture: (ESV) Genesis 5:21 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he fathered Methuselah. 22 Enoch walked with God after he fathered Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters. 23 Thus all the days of Enoch were 365 years. 24 Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him. 25 When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he fathered Lamech. 26 Methuselah lived after he fathered Lamech 782 years and had other sons and daughters. 27 Thus all the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died. 28 When Lamech had lived 182 years, he fathered a son 29 and called his name Noah, saying, “Out of the ground that the Lord has cursed, this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the painful toil of our hands.” 30 Lamech lived after he fathered Noah 595 years and had other sons and daughters. 31 Thus all the days of Lamech were 777 years, and he died. 32 After Noah was 500 years old, Noah fathered , , and . 6:1 When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose. 3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.” 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown. 5 The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. 7 So the Lord said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them.” 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord. 9 These are the . Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God. 10 And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 11 Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, fo