Bereshit (Genesis) 6:9 - 11:32 | Haphtorah: Yeshiyahu (Isaiah) 54:1 - 55:5 |
Great Flood -- Genesis 6:9-8:14
Noah was righteous in his wicked generation. Hashem decided to destroy the world in a flood. He, therefore, instructed Noach to build an ark, on which there would be two of each creature, seven pairs of clean animals.
Ark
materials: gopher wood, caulked inside and outside with pitch
dimensions: 300 cubits long; 50 cubits wide; 30 cubits high
three decks with a skylight
120 years to build
Chronology of the Flood
Day of Flood
0 365 |
Hebrew Date 1656-1657
17 Cheshvan 27 Cheshvan |
Civil Date 2106-2105 BCE
October 27 October 27 |
Flood begins. Forty-day rain ends; torrents begin. 150-day period of torrents ends. Water begins to recede. Ark rests on Ararat. Mountaintops are visible Raven sent out. Dove sent out. Dove brings olive leaf. Dove does not return. Water gone and earth begins to dry. Earth completely dry. |
After the Flood
Covenant of the rainbow -- Genesis 8:15-9:19
Noach and his family left the ark. Noach built an altar and made a sacrifice to thank Gd.
- covenant with Man, never to destroy the world with water
- Do not eat the limb of a living animal.
- He who spills the blood of man, through man shall his blood be spilled....
Noach's vineyard-- Genesis 9:20-29
Noach planted a vineyard.
His son, Ham, saw him in his nakedness while he was drunk.
Shem and Yefeth covered him.
When he awoke, he cursed Ham's fourth son Canaan.
Noach lived 350 years after the flood, dying at age 950.
The Seventy Nations -- Genesis 10
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16. HAM 17. Cush (Ethiopia) 18. Mitzraim (Egypt) 19. Put 20. Canaan 21. Seba 22. Havilah 23. Sabta 24. Raamah 25. Sabteka 26. Sheba 27. Dedan 28. Ludim 29. Anamim 30. Lehabim 31. Naphtuchim 32. Pathrusim 33. Casluchim 34. Philistines 35. Caphtorim 36. Sidon 37. Heth 38. Jebusites 39. Amorites 40. Girgashites 41. Hivites 42. Arkites 43. Sinites 44. Arvadites 45. Tzemarites 46. Chamathites 47. Nimrod |
(SHEM) 48. Elam 49. Asshur (Assyria) 50. Lud (Lydia) 51. Aram 52. Utz 53. Chul 54. Gether 55. Mash 56. Peleg 57. Yaktan 58. Almodad 59. Shelef 60. Chatzarmaveth 61. Yerach 62. Hadoram 63. Uzal 64. Diklah 65. Oval 66. Avimael 67. Sheba 68. Ophir 69. Havilah 70. Yovev |
The Tower of Babel-- Genesis 11:1-9
The earth had one language. People migrated to Shinar to build a city and a tower,in rebellion against Gd. He confused their language and dispersed them over the earth.
Second Ten Generations -- Genesis 11:10-29
Lived |
Age at Fatherhood |
Age at Death | ||
Noah | 1056-2006
|
500 | 950 | |
1. | Shem | 1558-2158 | 100 | 600 |
2. | Arpachshad | 1658-2096 | 35 | 403 |
3. | Shelach | 1693-2126 | 30 | 433 |
4. | Eber | 1723-2187 | 34 | 464 |
5. | Peleg | 1757-1996 | 30 | 239 |
6. | Reu | 1787-2026 | 32 | 239 |
7. | Serug | 1819-2049 | 30 | 230 |
8. | Nachor | 1849-1997 | 29 | 148 |
9. | Terach | 1878-2083 | 70 | 205 |
10. | Avraham | 1948-2123 | 175 |
Avraham's family -- Genesis 11:26-32
Terach fathered Avram, Nachor, and Haran.
Haran fathered Lot, Milcah, and Yiscah.
Avram married Sarai; Nachor married Milcah.
Terach moved the family from Ur Casdim to Charan.
Terach died in Charan at age 205.
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