Noah:

Obedient Builder
SUNDAY SCHOOL
GENESIS BIBLE STUDY
Read Genesis
5:28-9:29.
Gen 5:28 And Lamech was a hundred and
eighty-two years old when he had a son:
Gen 5:29 And he gave him the name of Noah,
saying, Truly, he will give us rest from our
trouble and the hard work of our hands,
because of the earth which was cursed by God.
Gen 5:30 And after the birth of Noah, Lamech
went on living for five hundred and ninety-five
years, and had sons and daughters:
Gen 5:31 And all the years of Lamech's life were
seven hundred and seventy-seven: and he came to
his end.
Gen 5:32 And when Noah was five hundred years
old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and
Japheth.
 Gen 6:1 And after a time, when men were increasing on the
earth, and had daughters,
 Gen 6:2 The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were
fair; and they took wives for themselves from those who were
pleasing to them.
 Gen 6:3 And the Lord said, My spirit will not be in man for
ever, for he is only flesh; so the days of his life will be a hundred
and twenty years.
 Gen 6:4 There were men of great strength and size on the earth
in those days; and after that, when the sons of God had
connection with the daughters of men, they gave birth to
children: these were the great men of old days, the men of great
name.
 Gen 6:5 And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and
that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.
 Gen 6:6 And the Lord had sorrow because he had made man on the earth,
and grief was in his heart.
 Gen 6:7 And the Lord said, I will take away man, whom I have made,
from the face of the earth, even man and beast and that which goes on the
earth and every bird of the air; for I have sorrow for having made them.
 Gen 6:8 But Noah had grace in the eyes of God.
 Gen 6:9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was an upright man and
without sin in his generation: he went in the ways of God.
Gen 6:10 And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham,
and Japheth.
Gen 6:11 And the earth was evil in God's eyes and
full of violent ways.
Gen 6:12 And God, looking on the earth, saw that it
was evil: for the way of all flesh had become evil on
the earth.
 Gen 6:13 And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has
come; the earth is full of their violent doings, and now I will
put an end to them with the earth.
 Gen6:14 Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood with
rooms in it, and make it safe from the water inside and out.
 Gen 6:15 And this is the way you are to make it: it is to be
three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits
high.
 Gen 6:16 You are to put a window in the ark, a cubit from the roof, and a
door in the side of it, and you are to make it with a lower and second and
third floors.
 Gen 6:17 For truly, I will send a great flow of waters over the earth, for the
destruction from under the heaven of all flesh in which is the breath of life;
everything on the earth will come to an end.
 Gen 6:18 But with you I will make an agreement; and you will come into
the ark, you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you.
 Gen 6:19 And you will take with you into the ark two of every
sort of living thing, and keep them safe with you; they will be
male and female.
 Gen 6:20 Two of every sort of bird and cattle and of every sort of
living thing which goes on the earth will you take with you to
keep them from destruction.
 Gen6:21 And make a store of every sort of food for yourself and
them.
 Gen 6:22 And all these things Noah did; as God said, so he did.
 Gen 7:1 And the Lord said to Noah, Take all your family and go into the ark, for
you only in this generation have I seen to be upright.
 Gen 7:2 Of every clean beast you will take seven males and seven females, and of
the beasts which are not clean, two, the male and his female;
 Gen 7:3 And of the birds of the air, seven males and seven females, so that their
seed may still be living on the face of the earth.
 Gen 7:4 For after seven days I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty
nights, for the destruction of every living thing which I have made on the face of the
earth.
 Gen 7:5 And Noah did everything which the Lord said he was to do.
 Gen 7:6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the waters came flowing over all
the earth.
 Gen 7:7 And Noah, with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives, went into the ark
because of the flowing of the waters.
 Gen 7:8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts which are not clean, and of birds, and of
everything which goes on the earth,
 Gen 7:9 In twos, male and female, they went into the ark with Noah, as God had said.
 Gen 7:10 And after the seven days, the waters came over all the earth.
 Gen 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the
seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep came bursting
through, and the windows of heaven were open;
 Gen 7:12 And rain came down on the earth for forty days and forty nights.
 Gen 7:13 On the same day Noah, with Shem, Ham, and Japheth, his sons, and his wife
and his sons' wives, went into the ark;
 Gen 7:14 And with them, every sort of beast and cattle, and every sort of thing which
goes on the earth, and every sort of bird.
 Gen 7:15 They went with Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh in which is the
breath of life.
 Gen 7:16 Male and female of all flesh went in, as God had said, and the ark was shut
by the Lord.
 Gen 7:17 And for forty days the waters were over all the earth; and the waters were
increased so that the ark was lifted up high over the earth.
 Gen 7:18 And the waters overcame everything and were increased greatly on the earth,
and the ark was resting on the face of the waters.
 Gen 7:19 And the waters overcame everything on the earth; and all the mountains
under heaven were covered.
 Gen 7:20 The waters went fifteen cubits higher, till all the mountains were covered.
 Gen 7:21 And destruction came on every living thing moving on the earth, birds and
cattle and beasts and everything which went on the earth, and every man.
 Gen 7:22 Everything on the dry land, in which was the breath of life, came to its end.
 Gen 7:23 Every living thing on the face of all the earth, man and cattle and things
moving on the face of the earth, and birds of the air, came to destruction: only Noah and
those who were with him in the ark, were kept from death.
 Gen 7:24 And the waters were over the earth a hundred and fifty days.
 Gen 8:1 And God kept Noah in mind, and all the living things and the
cattle which were with him in the ark: and God sent a wind over the earth,
and the waters went down.
 Gen 8:2 And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were
shut, and the rain from heaven was stopped.
 Gen 8:3 And the waters went slowly back from the earth, and at the end
of a hundred and fifty days the waters were lower.
 Gen 8:4 And on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to
rest on the mountains of Ararat.
 Gen 8:5 And still the waters went on falling, till on the first day of the tenth month
the tops of the mountains were seen.
 Gen 8:6 Then, after forty days, through the open window of the ark which he had
made,
 Gen 8:7 Noah sent out a raven, which went this way and that till the waters were
gone from the earth.
 Gen 8:8 And he sent out a dove, to see if the waters had gone from the face of the
earth;
 Gen 8:9 But the dove saw no resting-place for her foot, and came back to the ark,
for the waters were still over all the earth; and he put out his hand, and took her into
the ark.
 Gen 8:10 And after waiting another seven days, he sent the dove out again;
 Gen 8:11 And the dove came back at evening, and in her mouth was an olive-leaf
broken off: so Noah was certain that the waters had gone down on the earth.
 Gen 8:12 And after seven days more, he sent the dove out again, but she did not come
back to him.
 Gen 8:13 And in the six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the
waters were dry on the earth: and Noah took the cover off the ark and saw that the face
of the earth was dry.
 Gen 8:14 And on the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth was dry.
 Gen 8:15 And God said to Noah,
 Gen 8:16 Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and your sons' wives.
 Gen 8:17 Take out with you every living thing which is with you, birds and cattle and everything
which goes on the earth, so that they may have offspring and be fertile and be increased on the earth.
 Gen 8:18 And Noah went out with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives;
 Gen 8:19 And every beast and bird and every living thing of every sort which goes on the earth, went
out of the ark.
 Gen 8:20 And Noah made an altar to the Lord, and from every clean beast and bird he made burned
offerings on the altar.
 Gen 8:21 And when the sweet smell came up to the Lord, he said in his heart, I will not again put a
curse on the earth because of man, for the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days;
never again will I send destruction on all living things as I have done.
 Gen 8:22 While the earth goes on, seed time and the getting in of the grain, cold and heat, summer
and winter, day and night, will not come to an end.
 Gen 9:1 And God gave his blessing to Noah and his sons, and said, Be fertile, and
have increase, and make the earth full.
 Gen 9:2 And the fear of you will be strong in every beast of the earth and every bird
of the air; everything which goes on the land, and all the fishes of the sea, are given
into your hands.
 Gen 9:3 Every living and moving thing will be food for you; I give them all to you as
before I gave you all green things.
 Gen 9:4 But flesh with the life-blood in it you may not take for food.
 Gen 9:5 And for your blood, which is your life, will I take payment; from every beast
I will take it, and from every man will I take payment for the blood of his brother-
man.
 Gen 9:6 Whoever takes a man's life, by man will his life be taken; because God made
man in his image.
 Gen 9:7 And now, be fertile and have increase; have offspring on the earth and
become great in number.
 Gen 9:8 And God said to Noah and to his sons,
 Gen 9:9 Truly, I will make my agreement with you and with your seed after you,
 Gen 9:10 And with every living thing with you, all birds and cattle and every beast
of the earth which comes out of the ark with you.
 Gen 9:11 And I will make my agreement with you; never again will all flesh be cut
off by the waters; never again will the waters come over all the earth for its
destruction.
 Gen 9:12 And God said, This is the sign of the agreement which I make between me
and you and every living thing with you, for all future generations:
 Gen 9:13 I will put my bow in the cloud and it will be for a sign of the agreement
between me and the earth.
 Gen 9:14 And whenever I make a cloud come over the earth, the bow will be seen in
the cloud,
 Gen 9:15 And I will keep in mind the agreement between me and you and every living
thing; and never again will there be a great flow of waters causing destruction to all
flesh.
 Gen 9:16 And the bow will be in the cloud, and looking on it, I will keep in mind the
eternal agreement between God and every living thing on the earth.
 Gen 9:17 And God said to Noah, This is the sign of the agreement which I have made
between me and all flesh on the earth.
 Gen 9:18 And the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and
Japheth; and Ham is the father of Canaan.
 Gen9:19 These three were the sons of Noah and from them all the earth
was peopled.
 Gen 9:20 In those days Noah became a farmer, and he made a vine-garden.
 Gen9:21 And he took of the wine of it and was overcome by drink; and he
was uncovered in his tent.
 Gen9:22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father unclothed, and
gave news of it to his two brothers outside.
 Gen9:23 And Shem and Japheth took a robe, and putting it on their backs
went in with their faces turned away, and put it over their father so that they
might not see him unclothed.
 Gen 9:24 And, awaking from his wine, Noah saw what his youngest son had done to him,
and he said,
 Gen 9:25 Cursed be Canaan; let him be a servant of servants to his brothers.
 Gen 9:26 And he said, Praise to the Lord, the God of Shem; let Canaan be his servant.
 Gen 9:27 May God make Japheth great, and let his living-place be in the tents of Shem,
and let Canaan be his servant.
 Gen 9:28 And Noah went on living three hundred and fifty years after the great flow of
waters;
 Gen 9:29 all the years of his life were nine hundred and fifty: and he came to his end.
Exactly what was
God’s mission in
this story?
What was Noah’s role or assignment
in this mission–besides his colossal
construction project?
What other jobs
did God give Noah
to do?
What did Peter
call Noah? (2
Peter 2:5)
In this particular
role, how successful
was Noah?
How many
people were
saved from
destruction?
Why did God
choose to save
them?
 Notice
how God uses His man or woman when He begins to do
something in our world.
 When He wanted to raise up a Chosen People, He sent word to a
100-year-old man that it was time for his 90-year-old wife to have a
baby.
 WhenHe was ready to deliver His people from slavery, He
commissioned an 80-year-old shepherd to do battle with Pharaoh.
 When a giant challenged His people to a dual, God sent a boy with a
slingshot.
 WhenHe was ready to send a Savior, He sent Gabriel with a
message to a teenage girl.
 WhenHe wanted the whole world to know Him, He gave you
and me the gospel and told us to go and make disciples.
 And in this story, when God was planning to destroy the whole
world and start over again, He gave His blueprints and plans for
salvation to a 600-year-old man and his three sons.
Take a close look at
Noah’s life. What does
the word “walk” in
Genesis 6:9 mean?
How do you think
God
communicated
with Noah?
What
complications did
God’s call place on
his life?
Who were Noah’s
partners in
completing his
mission?
How do you think
Noah’s prayer life
was affected by his
assignment?
How do you
think God helped
Noah with his
task?
After Noah and his family
moved into the ark, how did he
know when to close the door,
shutting out all his neighbors
and his other relatives? (Look
out! It’s a trick question.)
Which task was more difficult for
Noah: building the enormous floating
zoo or preaching righteousness to his
neighbors?
He has commissioned us to build
structures, organizations and tools useful
for carrying lost people to a relationship
with Him through Christ.
What does God want
you to “build” that
can help carry lost
people to Him?
How do you
experience God
speaking to you?
How do you expect
Him to
communicate with
you today?
Who are your
partners in
completing the
mission God has
given you?
Although none of Noah’s
neighbors believed his
message, he was successful
in convincing his family.
What about your family?

Isyour family safe in Christ? ❍

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Bible Study 3 Abraham: A
Man Committed to the Plan