Chronological Life Application Study Bible Sampler - Book - Page 23
BEGINNINGS
undated–2100 BC
GOD’S CHOSEN FAMILY
2100–1800 BC
BIRTH OF ISRAEL
1800–1406 BC
GENESIS 8:1-22 (cont.)
the mountains of Ararat. 5Two and a half months
later,* as the waters continued to go down, other
mountain peaks became visible.
6After another forty days, Noah opened the window
he had made in the boat 7and released a raven. The
bird flew back and forth until the floodwaters on the
earth had dried up. 8He also released a dove to see if
the water had receded and it could find dry ground.
9But the dove could find no place to land because
the water still covered the ground. So it returned to
the boat, and Noah held out his hand and drew the
dove back inside. 10After waiting another seven days,
Noah released the dove again. 11This time the dove
returned to him in the evening with a fresh olive leaf
in its beak. Then Noah knew that the floodwaters
were almost gone. 12He waited another seven days
and then released the dove again. This time it did
not come back.
13Noah was now 601 years old. On the first day of
the new year, ten and a half months after the flood
began,* the floodwaters had almost dried up from
the earth. Noah lifted back the covering of the boat
POSSESSING THE LAND
1406–1050 BC
UNITED MONARCHY
1050–930 BC
and saw that the surface of the ground was drying.
Two more months went by,* and at last the earth
was dry!
15Then God said to Noah, 16“Leave the boat, all
of you—you and your wife, and your sons and their
wives. 17Release all the animals—the birds, the livestock, and the small animals that scurry along the
ground—so they can be fruitful and multiply throughout the earth.”
18So Noah, his wife, and his sons and their wives left
the boat. 19And all of the large and small animals and
birds came out of the boat, pair by pair.
20Then Noah built an altar to the Lord, and there
he sacrificed as burnt offerings the animals and
birds that had been approved for that purpose.*
21And the Lord was pleased with the aroma of the
sacrifice and said to himself, “I will never again curse
the ground because of the human race, even though
everything they think or imagine is bent toward evil
from childhood. I will never again destroy all living
things. 22As long as the earth remains, there will be
planting and harvest, cold and heat, summer and
winter, day and night.”
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Gn 8:5 Hebrew On the first day of the tenth month; see 7:11 and note on 8:4. Gn 8:13 Hebrew On the first day of the first month; see 7:11.
seventh day of the second month arrived; see note on 8:13. Gn 8:20 Hebrew every clean animal and every clean bird.
Gn 8:14 Hebrew The twenty-
After the destruction of the Flood, God renewed his covenant with humanity through Noah and his
family, promising never again to submit the earth to judgment through a catastrophic flood. All of the
nations of earth descend from Noah and his sons.
God Confirms His Covenant
that scurry along the ground, and all the fish in the
sea will look on you with fear and terror. I have placed
Then God blessed Noah and his sons and told them, them in your power. 3I have given them to you for food,
“Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth. 2All the animals just as I have given you grain and vegetables. 4But you
of the earth, all the birds of the sky, all the small animals must never eat any meat that still has the lifeblood in it.
GENESIS 9:1-17
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586–538 BC
RETURN & DIASPORA
538–6 BC
5“And I will require the blood of anyone who takes
another person’s life. If a wild animal kills a person, it
must die. And anyone who murders a fellow human
must die. 6If anyone takes a human life, that person’s
life will also be taken by human hands. For God made
human beings* in his own image. 7Now be fruitful and
multiply, and repopulate the earth.”
8Then God told Noah and his sons, 9“I hereby confirm my covenant with you and your descendants,
10and with all the animals that were on the boat
with you—the birds, the livestock, and all the wild
animals—every living creature on earth. 11Yes, I am
confirming my covenant with you. Never again will
floodwaters kill all living creatures; never again will a
flood destroy the earth.”
12Then God said, “I am giving you a sign of my
covenant with you and with all living creatures, for
all generations to come. 13I have placed my rainbow
in the clouds. It is the sign of my covenant with you
and with all the earth. 14When I send clouds over
the earth, the rainbow will appear in the clouds,
15and I will remember my cov enant with you and
with all living creatures. Never again will the floodwaters destroy all life. 16When I see the rainbow in
the clouds, I will remember the eternal covenant
between God and every living creature on earth.”
JESUS CHRIST
6 BC–AD 30
THE CHURCH
AD 30–present
Then God said to Noah, “Yes, this rainbow is the
sign of the covenant I am confirming with all the
creatures on earth.”
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Noah’s Sons
GENESIS 9:18–10:1
The sons of Noah who came out of the boat with their
father were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham is the father of Canaan.) 19From these three sons of Noah came
all the people who now populate the earth.
20After the flood, Noah began to cultivate the
ground, and he planted a vineyard. 21One day he drank
some wine he had made, and he became drunk and lay
naked inside his tent. 22Ham, the father of Canaan, saw
that his father was naked and went outside and told
his brothers. 23Then Shem and Japheth took a robe,
held it over their shoulders, and backed into the tent
to cover their father. As they did this, they looked the
other way so they would not see him naked.
24When Noah woke up from his stupor, he learned
what Ham, his youngest son, had done. 25Then he
cursed Canaan, the son of Ham:
“May Canaan be cursed!
May he be the lowest of servants to his
relatives.”
Gn 9:6 Or man; Hebrew reads ha-adam.
2. REPOPULATING THE EARTH
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SPLINTERED NATION
930–586 BC
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MOUNTAINS OF ARARAT Noah’s boat touched land in the mountains of Ararat,
located in modern-day Turkey. There it rested for almost eight months before Noah,
his family, and the animals stepped onto dry land.
Gen 8:6-16 Occasionally Noah would send
a bird out to test the earth and see if it was
dry. But Noah didn’t get out of the boat
until God told him to. He was waiting for
God’s timing. God knew that even though
the water was gone, the earth was not dry
enough for Noah and his family to venture
out. What patience Noah showed, especially
after spending an entire year inside his boat!
We, like Noah, must trust God to give us
patience during those difficult times when
we must wait.
Gen 8:21-22 Countless times throughout
the Bible we see God showing his love and
patience toward men and women in order
to save them. Although he realizes that
their hearts are evil, he continues to reach
out to them. When we sin or fall away from
God, we surely deserve to be destroyed by
his judgment. But God has promised never
again to destroy everything on earth until the
judgment day when Christ returns to destroy
evil forever. Now every change of season is a
reminder of his promise.
Gen 9:5 God will require each person to
account for his or her actions. We cannot
harm or kill another human being without
answering to God. A penalty must be paid.
Justice will be served.
Gen 9:5-6 Here God explains why murder is
so wrong: To kill a person is to kill one made
in God’s image. Because all human beings
are made in God’s image, all people possess the qualities that distinguish them from
animals: morality, reason, creativity, and selfworth. When we interact with others, we are
interacting with beings made by God, beings
to whom God offers eternal life. God wants us
to recognize his image in all people.
Gen 9:8-17 Noah stepped out of the boat
onto an earth devoid of human life. But God
gave him a reassuring promise. This covenant had three parts: (1) Never again will
a flood do such destruction; ( 2) as long as
the earth remains, the seasons will always
come as expected; (3) a rainbow will be
visible when it rains as a sign to all that God
will keep his promises. The earth’s order and
seasons are still preserved, and rainbows still
remind us of God’s faithfulness to his word.
Gen 9:20-27 Noah, the great hero of faith,
got drunk—a poor example of godliness to
his sons. Perhaps this story is included to
show us that even godly people can sin and
“When I see the rainbow in the clouds,
I will remember the eternal covenant between
God and every living creature on earth.”
Genesis 9:16
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that their bad choice affects their families.
Although the ungodly people had all been
killed, the possibility of evil still existed in the
hearts of Noah and his family. Ham’s mocking attitude revealed a severe lack of respect
for his father and for God.
Gen 9:25 This verse has been wrongfully
used to support racial prejudice and even
slavery. But Noah’s curse wasn’t directed
toward any particular race; rather, it was
directed at the Canaanite nation—a nation
God knew would become wicked. The curse
was fulfilled when the Israelites entered the
Promised Land and drove the Canaanites out
(see the book of Joshua).