Genesis Notes 2:4 - 9 Chapter 2:4 “These Are The Generations” the Heavens and the Earth See Gen 5:1, 6:9, 10:1, 11:10, 11:27, 25:12, 25:19, 36:1, 37:2 2:4 New “day?” First “Yahweh” name usage First Adam First Male and Female First Marriage 2:4-17 Second Creation Account of Mankind 2:17 dying you shall die 2:18-22 Eve / Ishshah 2:18 it is not good 2:23-25 The Marriage of Adam and Eve (see Ephesians 5:30-32) Chapter 3 Sin and the Fall of Man First Lie (Gen 3:4) First Sin by Mankind (Gen 3:6) First Curse, note: Adam wasn’t cursed. (Gen 3:14) First prophecy about Jesus (Gen. 3:15) 3:16 Multiply sorrow in Childbirth 3:21 The covering of man by God 3:22 The knowledge of good and evil 3:24 Cherubims (Ezekiel 10:14) “created in the image of?” Chapter 4 Cain and Able First Born First Brothers First Offerings, but no mention of altar First Murder First Blood “Father” in Judaism (Gen 4:20) and “Son” in Judaism 4:10-12 Another Curse for Blood 4:15 The Mark of Cain 4:22 Tubalcain and Naamah the wife of Noah 4:25-26 Seth and the name of Yahweh Chapter 5 “The Book of the Generations of Adam” 5:18-24 Enoch (Heb 11:5, Jude 14-15) Two Enoch’s and two Lamechs (Gen 4:17-18, Gen 5:18-25) Note: Adam’s Son Seth lived 112 years after Noah was born. 5:28-29 birth of Noah 5:32 Birth of Shen, Ham and Japheth Chapter 6 The Nephilim and Noah 6:2 The Sons of God (see Job 1:6, 2:1) 6:4 “giants”, Nephilim = mighty ones or Fallen ones Zohar says that the Nephilim were led by fallen angels Uzza & Azazel. Book of Enoch 6:1-6 Fallen Angels saw the beauty of the daughters of men & lusted after them. The Fallen Angels wanted children for themselves. The Fallen Angels descended on Ardis, the summit of Mount Hermon. Enoch 7:1-4 tells us that the Fallen Angels made the women their wives. They taught them evil, divination & magic. The Fallen Angels contaminated all life on earth; people & animals alike. See: Encyclopedia Judaica http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/nephilim 6:8 Noah found grace 6:9 “The Generations of Noah” 6:12-13 The cause for judgement 6:14-16 The Ark 6:18 The Covenant with Noah (see Chapter 9 Notes below.) Chapter 7 The Flood 7:2 Seven of all Clean animals and 2 each of all unclean 7:6 Noah was 600 when the flood came (note: same year that Methuselah dies) Chapter 8 The Waters Recede 8:4 The Ark lands 5 months after rain starts falling (Gen 7:11) 8:13 Noah exits Ark 11 months after rain starts 8:17 “be fruitful and multiply” (Gen 1:28) 8:20 First Altar, First “clean” sacrifice Chapter 9 The Blessing and the Curse 9:1 God blessed Noah and his sons (all mankind) 9:3 now you can eat meat 9:4-6 laws about blood 9:8-11 Noah’s Covenant 9:12-17 The Rainbow The seven universal laws from Noah’s Covenant, as shown in the Talmud. 1 Not to worship idols. 2 Not to curse God. 3 To establish courts of justice. 4 Not to commit murder. 5 Not to commit adultery or sexual immorality. 6 Not to steal. 7 Not to eat flesh torn from a living animal. 9:20 First Vineyard 9:21 First Drunk, but no mention of Noah’s sin 9:22-27 Ham revels in Noah being uncovered, Shem covers him, Noah curses grandson Canaan and blesses Shem and Japheth 9:28-29 Noah lived until the lifetime of Abraham’s father Terah (Gen 11:24).