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1.  Now it came to pass, when man began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,        Gen. 1:28
2. That the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they choose.

  As the years went by, men became more sinful and sought after their lustful desires of the flesh, which was not according to the spirit of God. Instead of having only one wife: which was God’s true intent of marriage between a man and a woman; as it is written: “The two shall become one” (Gen. 2: 22-24) ,man began marrying many women, according to their own passions.

3. And the Lord said,”My spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”

  God did not pour out His spirit to all mankind in the Old Testament, with the exception of a handful of men. Because of this man is not of the spirit of God, but of the flesh; man at this time can only live by the flesh and the spirit of man, but not the Spirit of God. which is to say that man will chase after all their sinful desires of the flesh, for the flesh is carnal and subject to sin (Rom. 7:14-25),  The Spirit of righteousness is of God. (Rom 8:6-9). When God comes to the conclusion about not being able to always strive with man, In his merciful way, He gives man one hundred and twenty years to repent of their ways, and uses his messengers Noah, Methuselah and Lamech, to warn the people of the earth of their evil ways and to repent so that they can be spared of God’s wrath, but they would not repent. I would like to say hear that God Himself does not put even Himself above His own laws. In His law it takes two witnesses to condemn someone to death. God sent two witnesses against Sodom and Gomorrah, and He will also send two witnesses again in the latter days before the return of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; Rev. 11:3

4. There were giants On the earth in those days, and also after ward, when the sons of God came into the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men whowere of old, men of renown.

Giants (H5303): נְפִל נְפִיל: nephı̂yl / nephil
BDB Definition:
1) giants, the Nephilim

Strong’s definition: From (H5307);                                                                                            properly, a feller, that is, a bully or tyrant: – giant.

  As we can see above, The Strong’s definition of Giant is not what we would think of, when we hear the word giant. Now let’s go a little further into detail and see what the definition of bully is, using the Webster dictionary.

Bully: BULL’Y, n. A noisy, blustering overbearing fellow, more distinguished for insolence and empty menaces, than for courage, and disposed to provoke quarrels.
BULL’Y, v.t. To insult and overbear with noise and blustering menaces.
BULL’Y,, v.i. To be noisy and quarrelsome.

 Now we have a better understanding of what God is describing to us here. Like I said previously, These were men who were going to live life according to their own ways, which of course provoked Quarrels with God, God goes on to tell us that these weren’t the last of this type of sons of God. There have been men like this ever since. In the KJV, KJV+ and the ASV bibles this verse reads this way:

Gen 6:4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

  What i’m trying to point out is that these giants (well renowned men of their time), raised their children to be like-minded as them “The same became mighty men which which were of old” These men were also of great importance to the people of the time. They were the leaders of the community, well respected, or maybe even feared at times. sometimes the people may have even looked up to these men. So these giants (if you will), were corrupting the minds of the people. The sons of God that are being referred to here are not talking about angels or fallen angels.

5. Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. Gen. 8:21

  Sound familiar? Jesus warns us that in the end times, men will be the same as in the days of Noah (Matt 24:37-39), (2. Ti 3:1-7). The descriptions we see in the new Testament can also be used to describe what the Lord saw in hearts of men during the times of Noah.

6. And the Lord was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and he was grieved in his heart.
7. so the Lord said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.       Num. 23:19

 These are two very sad verses, and it brings tears to my eyes when I think of what God is going thru here. God is spilling out his guts. God has very true emotions like man (or should I say man is like God): for we were made in his image. It would be like a father seeing his son addicted to that drug, or being sentenced to prison, or living on the streets begging for money to get that quick fix, What father wouldn’t be saddened? I can imagine when God was revealing this to Moses (who wrote this book) that they both shed a tear or two. It must have been a rainy day. I can hear the crackling of Gods voice as one’s voice sounds when they are trying to talk thru their sadness, when he spoke these words to Moses, and Moses in turn, feeling God’s pain tearing up himself. When I think of this I Can only venture to guess that God is probably getting to these same heartfelt emotions again in today’s world. Just look at how people are treating each other day in and day out. He went thru these same emotions during Jeremiah’s time and just as it was in the times of Noah, so to was it in Jeremiah’s time. God gave man ample warnings to turn from their wickedness. Yet man has the audacity to be angry with God for all the evil in the world. Man lives what, an average of 75 years nowadays? That’s a very short time to be suffering (especially if you take into account that every day we live is not always suffering), in the grand scheme of things, compared to how long God has been in existence(infinity), in my opinion God has had many more days of grieving than man since the beginning, and will continue to do so till the end of this age. What about the pain and suffering that we (mankind) have caused upon God throughout time. We have taken him out of our schools, and we ask, “why does God allow all these killings of our children” He did not turn his back on us. We are the ones who Have turned our backs on him time and time again. Our Government (which if you read the first part of the Declaration Of Independence):

  We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness

  Our forefathers recognized God and his Creation. We have taken God out of our daily lives, and sadly enough even from the pulpit. There are false doctrines being taught: saying it’s okay to go against which is unnatural to man (men lying with men and, women lying with women).
  This is not to say that God is always unhappy with his children. Just as us who have been fathers have our ups and downs and emotional roller coasters, so to does our Father in heaven. I’m sure God was very happy of the birth of King David (for he was a man after God’s own heart). Or Samuel, or Noah, Moses and all the prophets who obeyed his commands: sometimes reluctantly, but nevertheless, Their love For God, wanting to please Him, and the faith in Him was pleasing to God. And I cannot leave out the most faithful man of all; the father of faith: Abraham. Abraham was willing, and according to God’s word, without hesitation, to sacrifice his only son for the Lord. He was so pleased with Abraham that he blessed him tremendously. Which leads us to God’s most precious of all: His only begotten son Jesus Christ, who Gave his life not only for mankind, but also for his father’s namesake. Talk about an emotional roller coaster; On the one hand God was well pleased for his sons willingness to sacrifice himself for the good of all, yet God had to sit there and witness the brutality that was inflicted upon his son. Those twenty four hours: or if you count the three days in the ground till the resurrection also, was an emotional roller coaster that no father would want to endure. Yet God did this because he loves Each and everyone of us dearly.
  I just want to take a minute to say thank you Lord for this revelation that you have giving me. My whole purpose of this work i’m doing here is to get closer to you. I have never felt more closer to you than now, while I have meditated on this verse. It makes me want to please you even more, for I do not want my Father to be grieved in his heart for something I have done.

8. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.   Ex. 33:12, 13; Ps. 84:11

  Noah was a righteous man who lived according the word of God. Because of this God showed Favor towards him, and will spare him, and his immediate family from the soon coming destruction of the whole earth, and all that is in it. This reminded me of a conversation that I had with one of the teachers in my church; I was concerned with the fate of my family and their salvation. The instructor quote Job 42:7-9. The point he was making, is that because he found true repentance and asked for forgiveness, and even though Jobs friends weren’t of the same mind as Job, Thru Jobs righteousness, God would forgive his friends, on behalf of his prayers and offerings. I hope and pray that just as Lot, and Noah, that Through my righteousness, (if I am found worthy) God will also save my family from the tribulation days through my prayers, although they are still responsible for their own salvation at their appointed time. This is the same thing that happened with Noah. Not only did God find grace with Noah but thru that grace his wife, his sons and their wives, God Saved Noah’s family from the flood, but only the flood. We are all still responsible for our own salvation (1 Peter. 4:17), God did the same thing with Lot. Lot was the only righteous one the angels of the lord found when they came into Sodom and Gomorrah, and thru his righteousness his family was saved from the destruction. Compare the conversation Abraham had with God in Gen 18:22-33, and then combine that with Gen 19:12, 29, and you will see that Lot and his family was saved from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, just as Noah and his family were saved from the flood.

9. This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.
10. And Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth.   Gen. 10:1; Gen 10:32

Throughout Noah’s life he never wavered from God and his ways: he was perfect: as perfect as man can be, in God’s eyes. This is what it means when God says that Noah walked with him, in my humble opinion. Noah had three sons in his lifetime.

11. The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.                                    Ezek. 8:17; Rom. 2:13
12. So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.    Ps. 14:1-3; Rom. 3:23
13. And God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

  Other than Noah, the rest of the people of the earth had become ruined and in utter decay because of the cruelty and injustice in the world. So God took a good look at the earth, and perceived that it was indeed in ruin and total decay, because the people of the earth were living according to their own desires and not that of God. On account of man’s behavior, man has come to the point that they will utterly destroy themselves Compare (Matt 24:22). As it is in Noah’s time so shall it be on the great day of the Lord. one more thing I would like to touch on quickly here. God said He would destroy mankind with the earth. when we get to chapter seven verse eleven we will see where it is written; “all the fountains of the great deep were broke up and the windows of heaven were opened. it was these fountains of the deep; deep below the earth’s surface that helped destroy the earth. you can read about this more in my commentary on those verses.

14. “Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch.
15. “And this is how you shall make it: the length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, and it’s width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
16. “You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third decks.
17. “And behold I myself am bringing the flood waters on the earth, to destroy from under the heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that ison the earth shall die.
18. “But I will establish my covenant with you; and you shall go into the ark- you, your sons, your wife, and your sons wives with you.
19. And every living thing of all flesh you shall bring two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.
20. “Of the birds after their kind, of the animals of their kind, and of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive.                                               Gen. 7:2-3 Gen. 7: 9
21. “And you shall take for yourself of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it to yourself; and shall be food for you and for them.
22. Thus Noah did; According to all that God commanded him, so he did.

  Just as Abraham, Noah did not question God and willingly obeyed Him, down to the letter. Because of this obedience, God will make a covenant between Him and man. The covenant that God makes with man is an everlasting covenant that the Lord will not break. It is always man who breaks their covenant with God first. Because man cannot keep their promises (covenant) with God, the Lord throughout time has to establish new ones, or if you will? amend the covenants. Genesis 14-16 gives us a good idea of the massive undertaking that God commands Noah to accomplish. The description of the ark is clear on the size of it. A Cubit is the equivalency of 18 inches. With this in mind we can deduce the size of the ark: 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and approximately 45 feet high. Now if we go back to Genesis 5:32:

Gen 5:32And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

  Then let’s go to genesis 6:3

Gen 6:3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he alsoisflesh: yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.

And then let us take a look at Genesis 7:6

Gen 7:6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.

And I will also include genesis 11:10

Gen 11:10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was a hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:

  Since Shem was one hundred years when he bore his first son (Arphaxad): two years after the flood, that would mean that Shem was 98 years old at the time of the flood. Now Noah begot his sons at the age of five hundred years. The Bible does not state how old Noah or any of his sons were when Noah began to build the ark. However, if we take a look at Genesis 6:18

Gen 6:18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.

  We can clearly see that when God first informs Noah about the flood, that his sons were already married. we do not know how old they were when they married? I believe that at the time of Genesis 6:3 Noah was around 500 years of age. since we know that Noah was born in 1056 Ac, (Gen. 5:28,29) and the flood came in the year 1656. This would have made Noah 600 years of age at the time of the flood. So it could have taken Noah anywhere from 75-100 years long to build the ark. 
  I believe it is important to understand how long it took Noah to build this ark, this to show how much Noah had faith in God, and also to show God’s patience with mankind. Just imagine, day in and day out, the ridicule that Noah got from the neighboring community. Noah never once took his eye off the ball, and succumb to the temptations of giving up on the ark and on God. Year in and year out he kept his faith in God, no matter the obstacles he had to overcome. Even though the Bible doesn’t say, I imagine even his own family at times thought he was nuts, and tried to persuade him to give up. The other thing I take from this is the patience that God shows with mankind, and the difference between him and us. It was 120 years between the time that God revealed his displeasure with man and his destruction of the earth. We, mankind, who live in the flesh, often times act out of impulse and make quick and foolish decisions when we become angry or grieved by what other people have done to us. God who is rich in mercy, thru Noah, still gives mankind 120 years to repent and change their ways. Undoubtedly, During this time, as Noah is being criticized, he is witnessing to the people of the pending disaster to befall them if they do not turn to God. I have said before and will say it again now, and probably even later on in my writings. If the people of Noah’s time would have just repented, and turn to God, then He would have spared their lives, just as he did with Nineveh. Jon 3:10

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1. This is the book of the genealogy of Adam, In the day that God created man, He made them in the likeness of God.   Gen. 1:26; Gen. 9:6

2. He created them male and female, and blessed them and called them mankind in the day they were created.    Gen. 1:27-28

3. And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.

4. After he begot Seth, the days of Adam were eight hundred years; and he had sons and daughters.

5. So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.                                        Heb. 9:27

 As you will see at the end of this chapter, Adam lived long enough to see all his descendants down to the father of Noah, who is Lamech. Adam died in 930 AC(after creation), and Noah was born in 1056 AC (126 years after the death of Adam). Just As God promised Adam back in Gen 3:19, because of his sin, he at that moment, became mortal and was destined to die.

6. Seth lived one hundred and five years, and begot Enosh, Seth lived eight hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters.

Enosh (H583): אנוש: ‘ĕnôsh
BDB Definition:
Enos = “man”
1) son of Seth

7 After he begot Enosh, Seth lived eight hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters.

8. So all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years; and he died.

9. Enosh lived ninety years and begot Cainan.

Cainan (H7018): קינן: qêynân:
BDB Definition: Kenan = “possession”

10. After he begot Cainan, Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years, and had sons and daughters.

11. So all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years; and he died.

12. Cainan lived seventy years and begot Mahalalel.

Mahalalel (h4111):מהללאל: mahălal’êl:
BDB Definition: Mahalalel = “praise of God”

13. After he begot Mahalalel, Cainan lived eight hundred and forty years, and had sons and daughters.

14. So all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years; and he died.

15. Mahalalel lived sixty five years and begot Jared.

Jared (3382):ירד: yered:
BDB Definition: Jered or Jared = “descent”

16. After he begot Jared, Mahalalel lived eight hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters.

17. So all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety five years; and he died.

18. Jared lived one hundred and sixty two years, and begot Enoch.

Enoch (H2585):חנוך: chănôk:
BDB Definition: Hanoch = “dedicated”

19. After he begot Enoch, Jared lived eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters.

20. So all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty two years; and he died.

21. Enoch lived sixty five years, and begot Methuselah. Jude 14,15

Methuselah (H4968): מתוּשׁלח: methûshelach:
BDB Definition: Methuselah = “man of the dart”

22. After he begot Methuselah, Enoch walked with God three hundred years, and had sons and daughters. 9:6;   Heb. 11:5

23. So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty five years.

24. And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.

  Just as Noah was righteous in God’s eyes, so to was Enoch, I believe This is what verse twenty four  is saying, when it says that Enoch “walked with God.” This verse has been misread by many scholars. Many people Have been lead to believe that this verse means that Enoch was taken up to heaven. those who believe God took Enoch up to heaven also reference  Hebrews 11:5, Also known as the faith chapter. However, neither one of these verses say that he was taken up into heaven. If we are to read further down in Hebrews chapter eleven we would see that Paul Makes no distinction between Enoch and all those of the faith  he listed when he says, “These all died by way of faith, not having received the promises,”  Clearly Enoch did not ascend to Heaven. verse twenty four does not say where God took Enoch, it just plainly says “God took him.” Jesus himself tells us that “scripture cannot be broken” (John. 10:35), and earlier in the chapter of John Jesus said, “no one has ascended up to Heaven except He who came down from Heaven, the Son of Man who is in Heaven,” (John 3:13), Meaning that He is the only one who has ever ascended into Heaven. Therefore when people say Enoch ascended to heaven, then they would have to discard what Jesus taught in John 3:13, and Paul’s writings of Hebrews chapter eleven. Therefore they would be breaking scripture so as to fit their own narrative of their beliefs of what happens after death.                                                           So then, what does it mean in verse twenty four that “God took him?” There are many theories as to what happened to Enoch, I have only talked about the one because of its misinterpretation of scriptures and I felt compelled to  clarify the truth about life immediately after death. United Church of God gives some great insight as to what could have happened to Enoch which I will copy and paste here for the reader:   

How, then, can it be that Enoch was transferred elsewhere so he wouldn’t see death? God doesn’t give us all the details of what happened, but a few scenarios have been proposed that do not conflict with the fact that Enoch died as the Bible says.

It may be that God transported Enoch elsewhere to keep him from being killed at a certain time—perhaps protecting him from martyrdom at the hands of angry persecutors who didn’t like his announcement of coming divine judgment (see Jude 14-16). God likewise supernaturally transported Elijah and Philip to other places on earth (see 2 Kings 2:11; Acts 8:39).

On the other hand, we should observe that Enoch died young for his time—at age 365 while those before and after him lived into their 800s and 900s. Because of this, some speculate that God “took him” from life prematurely so that he would not have to live out his remaining centuries in a miserable world (compare Isaiah 57:1-2). His next moment of consciousness will be the resurrection. In this case, “so that he would not see death” would refer to his not having to experience the process of dying—his life ending instantly.

Still others, putting the likelihood of Enoch experiencing persecution together with his early death, have concluded that Enoch was murdered—martyred for his preaching. Enoch being taken and not found would then refer to God removing his body and burying it—as happened with Moses (Deut. 34:5-6).

In this case, Enoch being taken or transferred so that he would not see death is taken as separate matter—that of him being spiritually converted, transferred from the world’s ways to God’s way of living, so that he would not see ultimate death in the lake of fire (compare Col. 1:13; John 8:51).

Again, we don’t have enough details to know exactly what is intended. But we do know that Enoch did not skip death and go to heaven. He died, and no human being has ascended to heaven except Jesus Christ.

The bottom line is that scriptures do not clarify what happened to Enoch when God “Took him”

25. Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty seven years, and begot Lamech.

26. After he begot Lamech, Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty two years, and had sons and daughters.

Lamech (H3929): למך: lemek:
BDB Definition: Lamech = “powerful”

27. So all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty nine years; and he died.

28. Lamech lived one hundred and eighty two years, and had a son.

29. And called his name Noah, saying, “This one will comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord has cursed.”

Noah (H5146): נח: nôach:
BDB Definition: Noah = “rest”
1) son of Lamech, father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth; builder of the ark which saved his family from the destruction of the world which God sent on the world by the flood; became the new seminal head of mankind because his family were the only survivors of the flood

30. After he begot Noah, Lamech lived five hundred and ninety five years, and had sons and daughters.
31. So all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy seven years; and he died.
32. And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah begot
Shem, Ham and Japheth.       Gen. 6:10; Gen. 10:1, Gen. 10:32

Shem (H8035): שׁם: shêm:
BDB Definition: Shem = “name”                                                                                                   1) the eldest son of Noah and progenitor of the Semitic tribes

Ham(H2526): חם: châm:                                                                                                                  BDB Definition: Ham = “hot”                                                                                                      1) 2nd son of Noah, father of Canaan and of various peoples which were inhabitants of southern lands (noun proper masculine)
2) in late usage, a collective name for Egyptians (noun proper masculine)
3) the place where Chedorlaomer smote the Zuzim, probably in the territory of Ammonites (Gilead) east of the Jordan (noun proper locative)

Japheth (H3315): יפת: yepheth:
BDB Definition: Japheth = “opened”                                                                                       1) the 3rd son of Noah whose descendants after the flood settled on the coastal lands of the Mediterranean spreading north into Europe and parts of Asia

  I think most people will probably skip over the Genealogy of Adam and not pay much attention to it. I on the other hand, about a year ago (2013) thought it would be interesting to follow this genealogy. At the time, my purpose was to put a date on the flood of Noah’s time. Since then, during my growing process I have decided to carry this genealogy line to as far as the Bible records it. I have come to learn why God was so specific in the dates and the names of the descendants of Seth. Up until the time of Noah, there is one pure blood line that will eventually lead to the promised seed of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is very important according to the purpose of God. We must look at it this way: God is holy, Therefore, in order for Jesus Christ to be Holy and without sin, there must be no deviation in the bloodline leading up to the Birth of Jesus. We see in this genealogical map that the seed of Eve is handed down from generation to generation from the man. This bloodline that leads to Jesus, is handed down from son to son and not thru the daughters.  I am in no way implying that women have no importance in God’s word. We see down through the Bible how women, at certain times, were used by God to carry out his purpose.
  The following is my calculations, according to scripture, of the Genealogy from Adam to the flood. With the exception of Adam I use the abbreviation A.C. to stand for after creation, so as to help me in counting the years to Noah.

Adam was born 0000 BTF (before the flood)
Adam died in 0930 Ac, hence he lived 930 years.

Seth was born in 0130 AC, he lived 912 years and died in the year 1042 AC.

Enosh was born in 0235 AC, he lived 905 years and died in 1140 AC.

Cainan was born in 0325 AC, he lived 910 years and died in 1235 AC.

Mahalalel was born in 0395 AC, he lived 895 years and died in 1290 AC.

Jared was born in 0460 AC, he lived 962 years and died in 1422 AC.

Enoch was born in 622 AC, he lived 365 years and died in 987 AC.

Methuselah was born in 687 AC, he lived 969 years and died in 1656 (the year of the flood)

  This would obviously mean that Methuselah knew of the coming flood and watched and maybe even helped his grandson Noah build the ark as best he could for his age. He would have been about 869 years old at the time that Noah began to build the ark. Methuselah’s died the year of the flood and the Lord did not allow him to live thru the coming flood. there is no explanation in the scriptures why God had Methuselah die the year of the flood? If there has been any reasons given by man they can only be conjectural at best. But I will give my own explanation why I think Methuselah and his son Lamech both died right before the flood. We are told in scriptures that Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord (Gen 6:8), so my opinion is that Noah’s father and grandfather did not live up the level to find grace in His eyes, However, God did spare them from the horrible death thru the flood, therefore not allowing them to die with the wicked of the world of that time. and or it was only thru Noah’s righteousness that God spared them from death by the flood, Just as God also spared noah’s wife, his sons and their wives as well. Thru one man’s righteousness few were saved from the flood alone (not for salvation purposes), Just as in the days of Lot, God found one righteous man in Sodom, and thru Lot, His wife, two daughters, albeit Lots wife turned into a pillar of salt when she looked back as they were fleeing (Gen. 19:26), if Lot’s sons in law would have followed they would have been spared from the day of destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen. 19:12-14). This is just one man’s opinion.

Lamech Was born in 0874 AC, he lived 777 years old and died in 1651 AC.

  Just as his father Methuselah, Lamech knew of the flood, and the beginning of the end. according to my calculations he would have been about six hundred and sixty seven years old when Noah began building the ark, he died five years before the flood. Also another note about Lamech. He lived 777 years. The number 7 is a sign of perfection in the eyes of the Lord, just saying. 

Noah was born in 1056 AC, he lived 950 years and died in 2006 AC.

Shem, Ham and Japheth were born at separate times after Noah turned five hundred. They were not triplets. We can go to other chapters later on in Genesis to show this time-line. First lets look at chapter ten (Compare Gen 10:21). So we see hear that Japheth was the oldest of Noah’s sons. We can then go to chapter nine to see that Ham was the youngest son. (Gen 9:22-24, 11:10). We know that Noah was six hundred years old when the flood waters came, since Shem was one hundred years old (two years after the flood), at the birth of Arphaxad. The only thing we do not know is the exact age of Ham. Hence the following genealogy goes something like this: Japheth was born in 1556 AC The Bible doesn’t give the account as to when Japheth Died. The only reason I can think of, is the fact that the seed of Jesus Christ comes through Shem and not Japheth.

 Shem was born in 1558 AC and died in 2060 AC

 Ham was born some-time after Shem, but as to when he was born is not told. In my opinion this is because of the sin Ham had committed upon his father Noah, and also, since the Seed of Jesus comes through Shem’s offspring, God does not find it necessary to give us this genealogy. It is only through the seed of Jesus Christ that is important for us to know, so as to account for the direct descendants from Adam to Jesus.

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1.Now Adam new Eve his wife, and she conceived and
boreCain, and said, “I have acquired a man from the Lord.” Gen. 4.:17                    

(H7014)
קין
qayin
BDB Definition:
Kenite = “smiths”
1) eldest son of Adam and Eve and the first murderer having murdered his brother Abel (noun proper masculine)
2) the tribe from which the father-in-law of Moses was a member and which lived in the area between southern Palestine and the mountains of Sinai (noun proper gentilic)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: the same as H7013 (with a play upon the affinity to H7069)

2.Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel. Now
Able was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. Gen. 3:23

(H1893)
הבל
hebel
BDB Definition:
Abel = “breath”
1) second son of Adam and Eve, killed by his brother Cain
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: the same as H1892

So Eve, the mother of all living bore two sons: Cain the firstborn and Abel. Abel was a shepherd and tended to the livestock, while Cain was a farmer who grew the herbs and plants of the land. Some scholars believe that Cain and Abel were twins because of the fact that in verse one it says that Adam new his wife, and she conceived, however in verse two there is no mention of Eve conceiving again. The verse merely states that Eve bore again Cain’s brother Abel. The Bible is vague on this matter and I will not draw any conclusions to this fact. Just food for thought. Fact of the matter is we don’t know.

3. And in the process of time it came to pass that Cain
brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to the lord. Lev. 23:39-40

4. Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat. And the Lord respected Abel and his offering,                       Lev. 27:26; Num. 18:17; Heb. 11:4

5. but he did not respect Cain and his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.

 

 Cain brought to the Lord an offering of fruit as a sacrifice, whereas  Verse four shows us that Abel gave his a firstborn of his flock (the cream of the crop) to the lord, whereas Cain may have just brought any old fruit, not his best(the first of the fruits). God is the Creator of all things, therefore all things belong to Him, including the first born of the animals or of the land. When the sacrifices were offered up top God, they were to be the firstborn, or firstfruits. Giving this offering  is a show of respect to God for all He has done, and acknowledges His ownership of all things. Caine should be offering to the Lord what is rightfully His (The first of his fruits), but he didn’t. Cain took God for granted, and this attitude was of  complete disrespect to God and all that He had done for him. 

6. So the Lord said to Cain, “why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen?    James. 1:20

7. “if you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.”

  Cain grew both angry and sad that God had not accepted his offering. Instead of asking God for forgiveness and repenting of his offering, he instead falls into the trappings of Satan and sin, and his emotions. God even warns him of this transgression and what lies ahead if he continues on with this type of behavior. God also tells Cain that he must learn to control his emotions and not let sin control him. Just as we Christians of today have to learn to do the same. When we get baptized, with the laying of hands, and have God’s spirit inside of us, we still are of the flesh and can and do get tempted daily by Satan and sin. However with God’s Spirit we learn to recognize sin, turn from it and do what the spirit wills us to do. It sounds easy enough, but because we are of the flesh we sometimes fall short just as Paul says in Rom. 7: 14-25,   God is giving Cain assurances that if he does well then God would indeed accept the offering and reward him in a just and righteous way, but if Cain does not offer up to God in a manner that is pleasing to Him, then Cain needs to be careful, because this kind of attitude in the offering could lead to the sin nature, which is always there waiting to take over and lead us down the path of unrighteousness. unfortunately in this case this is exactly what happened to Cain, the more he thought about his offering not being accepted, the more he grew angry and eventually it (The sin nature), ruled over him instead of him ruling over it.

8. Now Cain talked with Abel his brother, and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.   Ex.20:13:1; John 3:12-15

  Wouldn’t it be nice if we knew how the conversation went between Cain and Abel. We know that Cain ended up killing his brother later on after this conversation. I say “Later on because we are told “And it came to pass when they were in the field;” meaning sometime after the conversation. I think it would be safe to say that it probably wasn’t a very friendly conversation, with Cain being the instigator, maybe to try and provoke Abel to anger so he could have justification in his eyes to killing his brother. we can only speculate. Cain waited until the appropriate time and place to carry out his plan of revenge on his brother. All the while sin was taking control over him, where it came to a point that he had no control at all, it consumed his thoughts and actions, and he killed his brother in cold blood.

  9. Then the lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know. Am I my brothers’ keeper?” Gen. 3:9; Deut. 15:7-9

  God knows what happened to Cain. This is another rhetorical question. I believe that God is just simply testing Cain to see if he will confess his sin, repent from it, and ask for forgiveness. On the contrary, Cain tries to hide his sin by denying that he even knows what has happened to his brother. One sin leads to another and so on and so forth, like God said, “it” ( Sin), lies at it’s door and has started to overtake him in his actions and words. Cain even goes on to suggest that he is not responsible for his brother. However if we look at the referenced book (Deut. 15:7-9), we can clearly see that in God’s instruction to the Israelite s that indeed we are responsible for our brothers and sisters etc:

10. And he said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.

  Again God knows what Cain did, he is simply trying to Make Cain realize the wickedness of his behavior. Trying to hide what he did to his brother he buries him in the ground to cover up his sin, hence the Lord says to him,”The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.” Just read on to the next verse.

11. “So now you are cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.      Gen. 3:17; Gen. 9:5-6

12. “When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength to you. A fugitive and a vagabond you shall be on earth.”

Just as his parents didn’t show remorse and ask for forgiveness for what they did in the garden, so to Cain follows in their footsteps. Because Cain did not  confess his sin, repent from it, and ask for forgiveness, God cannot let this go unpunished. I believe that had Cain done this, God, who is rich in mercy would have forgiven him. And the punishment wouldn’t have been so harsh. I say this because of the story of king David. In 2. Samuel chapters 11  we read how David committed many sins against God: including murder, However David recognized his sins, repented of them, confessed them to God, and asked for forgiveness. David would even fast for days at times. David had a pure heart and a true love for God and his ways. God knew David’s heart and recognized his sincerity and his true feeling of guilt for what he had done. This is why it is said that David was a man after God’s own heart (1 Samuel 13:14, Acts. 13:22), as we see in verse 12 the curse upon Cain is to last until the day Cain dies. Cain must live his life on the run, never to settle, nor will he ever be able to farm the land again, for if he tries the land will not produce for him.

13. And Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is greater than I can bear!

14. “Surely you have driven me out this day from the face of the ground; I shall be hidden from your face; I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth, and it will happen that anyone who finds me will kill me.”

15. And the lord said to him, “Therefore, whoever kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him seven-fold.” And the Lord set a mark on Cain, lest anyone finding him should kill him.  Gen. 4:24; Ps. 79:11

 Cain, as is his sinful nature, again shows no repentance, but is only concerned for himself. He mourns, not for the pain that he has caused on his parents by the killing of their son Abel, or for that matter the pain and sadness that he brought to God for the killing of his brother, We must remember here that we all are children of God, and it grieves Him in his heart to see such an abomination committed by His children (Gen. 6:6),  Instead Cain mourns for himself without concern for anyone else who was affected by his sin. Cain go so far as to say “Woe is me, everywhere I go my family will want to kill me.” However God says “not so” I will make a mark on Cain that no one should kill you and if they do then I will take vengeance on them seven times worse. (Compare Rom 12:19, Heb 10:30). It is God, and only Him who can take vengeance against Cain. Either Abel had already had children at the time of his death, this would mean that Adam and Eve would have to have had daughters already in order for him to have children, since it appears that they had no other sons until after the death of Abel, the only other ones that would want to kill Cain would have been his own parents. There are laws God gave to the Hebrews in the exodus out of Egypt regarding murder and avenging the death of a family member. From the previous chapters we read that the laws of sacrifices, offerings, and atonement for sins were already being practiced by Adam and Eve, and surely it had been passed down to both Cain and Abel, in fact it was the law of sacrifices that brought Cain to commit his murderous act upon his brother. Let’s take a look at these laws. In Numbers chapter thirty five, beginning in verse nine, God proclaims these laws concerning how to treat the person who has killed  someone either by accident or purposely. He even  institutes the practice of having sanctuary cities for the person who has killed someone by accident. In the law of sanctuary cities we learn of God’s mercy, grace and righteousness in His judgements. In this  chapter here we see How God has made Himself the avenger of the blood of Abel. His law states that if the person is found guilty of maliciously killing someone then it falls into the hands of the family of the slain to put to death the murderer, and the people of the sanctuary city shall hand the guilty one over to the avenger to slay him (Numbers 35: 9-24), In Cains case, no one saw him kill his brother, sure God new he did it but only He saw the act, for God is the all knowing, omnipresence, and all seeing God. ( Heb. 4:13, Job. 24:31), in His law the Hebrews were told that you could not condemn someone to death unless there were two witnesses who saw the act committed (Num. 35: 30), In my humble opinion I believe that because of there being no more than one witness to the murder of Abel, God Himself, being a very righteous God who judges in righteousness, is also bound to His laws for His namesake, and therefore can not condemn Cain to death by the avenger or anyone who would want to kill him for this crime. Instead He puts a mark on Cain to let it be known that no one can kill Cain, and if so God will punish that person seven times more severe.

16. Then Cain went out from the presence of the lord in the land of Nod on the east of Eden.

  Cain left Eden never to return. He also left God, never to return to him and his holiness. Cain is now, and will always be against all that is of God. The Strong’s definition for (Nod), is wandering, hence Cain was in the land of wandering, wondering further and further away from God, ina sense he was alienated from God for the rest of his life.

17. And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. And he built a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son-Enoch. Gen. 1:1; Ps. 49:11                   

Enoch                                                                                                                                                          (H2585)
חנוך
chănôk
BDB Definition:
Hanoch = “dedicated”
1) eldest son of Cain (noun proper masculine)

Since Adam and Eve are the parents of all mankind, then it is only logical that Cains wife was either his sister, or maybe a niece.  So in the beginning of being fruitful and multiplying, There was incest. This form of incest though, is ordained by God himself, God being Holy and good, is the only one who can give blessings on the early marriages of men and women. What we must also understand is that God is holy, Therefore His children must be Holy. one day the promised seed of the Messiah will come thru the blood of Adam and Eve. The blood line must be pure all the way thru. the only way to ensure this, is for this bloodline to not mix with the seed of unholy men. Later on we will see that God chooses the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to be the chosen people and a holy nation, thru which the Messiah will come. Cain, because of his actions has lost his holiness (If you will), so the seed of this Holy people will originate from Seth (The third born son of Adam and Eve). Exo 19:6, Exo 22:31,  Lev 11:44-45, Lev 19:1-2, Lev 20:7. God, being God, with all his power, who can create Man from the dust of the earth, can also make sure that the deformities that come from incest over a period of time, will not be an issue in the beginning of His creation. The Hebrew meaning of Enoch is dedicated (H2585), therefore, Cain dedicated the city to his son Enoch. In my opinion. Since Cain was cursed to be a wanderer all his life, Then he probably didn’t settle in this city. Cain only lived there long enough to build it, and then turn the reigns’ over to Enoch as he grew older.

18. To Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael and Mehujael begot Methushael, and Methushael begot Lamech.

Irad: (h5897) עירד; ‛ı̂yrâd:
BDB Definition: Irad = “fleet”

Mehujael: (h4232):מחיּיאל / מחוּיאל: mechûyâ’êl / mechı̂yyâ’êl:                         BDB Definition: Mehujael = “smitten by God”

Methushael: (h4967) מתוּשׁאל: methûshâ’êl:
BDB Definition: Methusael = “who is of God”

Lamech: (h3929) למך: lemek:
BDB Definition: Lamech = “powerful”

  Apparently Cain only had one child and that is Enoch. It also appears that each child after the other had only one child down to the time of Lamech, who then proceeded to have four children.

19. Then Lamech took for himself two wives: the name of one was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah.       Gen. 2:24

Adah:(H5711) : עדה : ‛âdâh
BDB Definition: Adah = “ornament”
1) the 1st of the 2 wives of Lamech and mother of Jabal and Jubal

Zillah:(H6741) :צלּה: tsillâh
BDB Definition: Zillah = “shade”
1) the 2nd wife of Lamech and mother of Tubal-cain, an instructor of every craftsman in bronze and iron

20. And Adah bore Jabal.He was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.

Jabal: (H2989): יבל: yâbâl:
BDB Definition: Jabal = “stream of water”

21. His brothers name was Jubal.He was the father of all those who play the harp and flute.

Jubal: (H3106): יוּבל: yûbâl:
BDB Definition: Jubal = “stream”

22. And as for the Zillah, she also bore Tubal-Cain, an instructor of every craftsmen in bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.

Tubal-Cain: (H423): תּוּבל קין: tûbal qayin:
BDB Definition: Tubal-cain = “thou will be brought of Cain”

Naamah: (H5279):נעמה: na‛ămâh:
BDB Definition: Naamah = “loveliness”

  The children of Lamech were inventors, explorers and teachers.; with the exception of the one Daughter (Naamah). We have but a brief summary of the descendants of Cain; We are told about their contributions to mankind and nothing about their walk with God. Also we have no time frame as to how old Cain was when His son Lamech was born, or how old they were when they died as opposed to that of Seth’s descendants(which goes into greater detail) Being that Cain was cut off from the presence of God it appears that his descendants would also bare the burden of Cains action against his brother Abel, and would also be cut off from God. 
  If the ancestry of Cains descendants are of only one son (Enoch), then where did the wives of Lamech come from? There could have  been enough time between Lamech having wives, and the time Seth had his daughters, in which they became old enough to marry him. In my opinion, There had to be some kind of intermingling going on between the two families of Cain, Seth and or Adam in the beginning. Because of this relationship, just as in any society, they learned from each other. Which also means that they took from one another, not only the good attributes, but also the bad ones.

23. Then Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my                                              voice;
Wives of Lamech, listen to my
speech!
For I have killed a man for
wounding me.
Even a young man for hurting
me.
24. If Cain shall be avenged
sevenfold,
Then Lamech
seventy-sevenfold.” Gen. 4:15

In my reading of these two verses there are two points of significance that I get. First I must say that the only thing we know of these two murders, is that they were both done in the act of self defense. I believe  what God is telling us in this story is that there is a good reason for killing another human being: and that is for the purpose of self preservation. God does not expect man to let someone else harm him without defending themselves. This is why Lamech says that “If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.” Lamech’s killing was not premeditated, or out of envy, or of hatred. Because of this, Lamech feels if God would avenge anyone who killed Cain for what he had done, sevenfold, then all the more a curse be put upon anyone who would avenge Lamech, because his actions were out of self defense, unlike Cain. 
  The second point of significance that I see here is that Lamech’s reference to his patriarch Cain. Cain had to bear the burden of his sin, and a part of this burden is to pass this on to his descendants. Was it Cain who passed this story on to his descendants? or was it the descendants of Seth, whose daughters that were married into Cains family. In my opinion I would venture to guess the latter. I say this because Cain never felt any remorse or signs of repentance for what he did to Abel. Cain probably wanted to forget everything that happened that day.

25. And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and named him Seth, “For God has appointed another seed for me instead of Abel, whom Cain killed.”       Luke.3:38

Seth: (h8352) שׁת: shêth;
BDB Definition: Seth = “compensation”

Hence we can see why Seth was named such. 

26. And as for Seth, to him also a son was born; and he named him Enosh. Then men began to call on the name of the Lord.    Rom. 10:13

Enosh(h583): אנושׁ ‘ĕnôsh:                                                                                                                   BDB Definition:                                                                                                                             Enos = “man”

  The reason i’m listing the Hebrew definitions of the names is because I think it fascinating to learn that there is more to a persons’ name than just the name. This verse doesn’t say that Enosh was the first to call on the Lord, it says that men then began to call on the name of the Lord. There is more to God than burnt offerings, or sacrifices (So much more) We should call on the Lord daily and not just at appointed times(Which I guess is what i’m suggesting here).
  I think Adam and Eve have now come to realize that life will go on even after they are dead (that they are not the only ones who can produce of their own kind).  Yes God is the true source of all living, but he does this through the process of conception between a man and a woman. One can only imagine the joy of Adam and Eve and Seth and his wife, by the birth of Enosh. they therefore gave God praise and glory for what he had blessed them with. From there on men would start calling on God in a more meaningful manner.