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Genesis
Ch. 5–6
The Descendants of Adam
1This is the list of the descendants of Adam. (When God created human beings, he made them like himself.
2He created them male and female, blessed them, and named them “Human Beings.”)
3When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son who was like him, and he named him Seth.
4After that, Adam lived another 800 years. He had other children
5and died at the age of 930.
6When Seth was 105, he had a son, Enosh,
7and then lived another 807 years. He had other children
8and died at the age of 912.
9When Enosh was 90, he had a son, Kenan,
10and then lived another 815 years. He had other children
11and died at the age of 905.
12When Kenan was 70, he had a son, Mahalalel,
13and then lived another 840 years. He had other children
14and died at the age of 910.
15When Mahalalel was 65, he had a son, Jared,
16and then lived another 830 years. He had other children
17and died at the age of 895.
18When Jared was 162, he had a son, Enoch,
19and then lived another 800 years. He had other children
20and died at the age of 962.
21When Enoch was 65, he had a son, Methuselah.
22After that, Enoch lived in fellowship with God for 300 years and had other children.
23He lived to be 365 years old.
24He spent his life in fellowship with God, and then he disappeared, because God took him away.
25When Methuselah was 187, he had a son, Lamech,
26and then lived another 782 years. He had other children
27and died at the age of 969.
28When Lamech was 182, he had a son
29and said, “From the very ground on which the Lord put a curse, this child will bring us relief from all our hard work”; so he named him Noah.
30Lamech lived another 595 years. He had other children
31and died at the age of 777.
32After Noah was 500 years old, he had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 6
Human Wickedness
1When people had spread all over the world, and daughters were being born,
2some of the heavenly beings saw that these young women were beautiful, so they took the ones they liked.
3Then the Lord said, “I will not allow people to live forever; they are mortal. From now on they will live no longer than 120 years.”
4In those days, and even later, there were giants on the earth who were descendants of human women and the heavenly beings. They were the great heroes and famous men of long ago.
5When the Lord saw how wicked everyone on earth was and how evil their thoughts were all the time,
6he was sorry that he had ever made them and put them on the earth. He was so filled with regret
7that he said, “I will wipe out these people I have created, and also the animals and the birds, because I am sorry that I made any of them.”
8But the Lord was pleased with Noah.
Noah
9-10This is the story of Noah. He had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Noah had no faults and was the only good man of his time. He lived in fellowship with God,
11but everyone else was evil in God's sight, and violence had spread everywhere.
12God looked at the world and saw that it was evil, for the people were all living evil lives.
13God said to Noah, “I have decided to put an end to all people. I will destroy them completely, because the world is full of their violent deeds.
14Build a boat for yourself out of good timber; make rooms in it and cover it with tar inside and out.
15Make it 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.
16Make a roof for the boat and leave a space of 18 inches between the roof and the sides. Build it with three decks and put a door in the side.
17I am going to send a flood on the earth to destroy every living being. Everything on the earth will die,
18but I will make a covenant with you. Go into the boat with your wife, your sons, and their wives.
19-20Take into the boat with you a male and a female of every kind of animal and of every kind of bird, in order to keep them alive.
21Take along all kinds of food for you and for them.”
22Noah did everything that God commanded.
Psalms
Ch. 136
A Hymn of Thanksgiving
1Give thanks to the Lord, because he is good; his love is eternal.
2Give thanks to the greatest of all gods; his love is eternal.
3Give thanks to the mightiest of all lords; his love is eternal.
4He alone performs great miracles; his love is eternal.
5By his wisdom he made the heavens; his love is eternal;
6he built the earth on the deep waters; his love is eternal.
7He made the sun and the moon; his love is eternal;
8the sun to rule over the day; his love is eternal;
9the moon and the stars to rule over the night; his love is eternal.
10He killed the first-born sons of the Egyptians; his love is eternal.
11He led the people of Israel out of Egypt; his love is eternal;
12with his strong hand, his powerful arm; his love is eternal.
13He divided the Red Sea; his love is eternal;
14he led his people through it; his love is eternal;
15but he drowned the king of Egypt and his army; his love is eternal.
16He led his people through the desert; his love is eternal.
17He killed powerful kings; his love is eternal;
18he killed famous kings; his love is eternal;
19Sihon, king of the Amorites; his love is eternal;
20and Og, king of Bashan; his love is eternal.
21He gave their lands to his people; his love is eternal;
22he gave them to Israel, his servant; his love is eternal.
23He did not forget us when we were defeated; his love is eternal;
24he freed us from our enemies; his love is eternal.
25He gives food to every living creature; his love is eternal.
26Give thanks to the God of heaven; his love is eternal.