The Nephilim appear on Earth and work to corrupt the whole society through match-making the inter-marriage between believers in the True God and followers of men, thus creating beings whose spirit is according to themselves. The birth of Noah is the harbinger of the new age to come. The next section records a major turn in history when Noah is born. The end of a pre-flood era with the life of the oldest recorded person, Enoch’s son, Methuselah. The account of Enoch and his walking with God,Įnoch’s forbears and descendants all taste death. Through to Jared (Jered) begetting Enoch (Chanoch). The genealogy of the holy race from the creation of Adam and Eve, The last verse in this section (4:26) indicates that profanation had also spread within the chosen line by the time of the birth of Enosh, just 230 years after Creation (see 5:5). The genealogy of Cain indicates there were good and talented peopleĪmongst his descendants, showing that God is not a respecter of persons.Īdam and Eve (Chavah) beget Seth and a fresh genealogical line (that eventually leads to Abraham) is restarted 130 years after Creation. The Offering of Abel and Cain 1425-29 by Jan van Eyck The Tree of Life is put under the guardianship of powerful CherubsĬain murders Abel through envy that God favors Abel’s offering: The Ghent Altarpiece: The results of the broken relationship and its mending.Īdam and Eve (Chavah) are expelled from the garden of Eden. The serpent deceives Eve, and then Adam goes along with the deception. This account of creation focuses on the relationship of God with man. The פ markers are for each day, but the separate days are left together as one section because of the unity of the 7-day week. The seven-day sequential creation narrative. Then, layer by layer, this helps build a picture in the reader’s mind. Sometimes the narrative becomes contemporaneous,Īnd at other times it goes back to a previous time. The chronological order of events is not strictly followed The Hebrew Masoretic Text is Unicode/XML Leningrad Codex, Version 1.3, This is a semi-literal translation project for Genesis 1 to 21.
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