Noah

Chapter 6

1
And it came to pass, when men began to
multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

2

That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they
were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

3
And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with
man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty
years.

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.

5
And God saw that the wickedness of man was
great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was
only evil continually.

6
And it repented the LORD that
he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

7
And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created
from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the
fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

8
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

9
These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and
perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

10
And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11

The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth
was filled with violence.

12
And God looked upon the
earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the
earth.

13
And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh
is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and,
behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

14
Make
thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it
within and without with pitch.

15
And this is the
fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three
hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty
cubits.

16
A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in
a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in
the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make
it.

17
And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of
waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from
under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

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.

19
And of every living thing of all flesh,
two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee;
they shall be male and female.

20
Of fowls after their
kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after
his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.

21
And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and
thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for
them.

22
Thus did Noah; according to all that God
commanded him, so did he.

I also have problems reconciling the first 12 verses here to the common Christian oratory in relation to my earlier assertions. I would like clarification if it is out there. This is a study not a teaching site, I whole heartedly invite others to the discussion. I have to wonder where my cocontributers are, if they wish to shift the blogs direction they have the power to, until then I will continue from the beginning as I have no other starting point. Pope John Paul even endorsed the web as a place for theologic discussion as people can lose their shyness to ask questions in relative anominity. I believe He wants us to ask questions and persue a higher level of thought, not to flounder in the narrow fundamentalism of denial.