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A P l A n o f S A lvat i o n Seek Him nd You Will Find Him M ost of us spend our time just living our lives dy to dy. eh dy looks pretty muh like the lst one nd we re just iding our time; usying ourselves until we die. We n try to fill our time with worldly things nd pursuits; ut ll the things of this world will ome to n end they will die, get rusty, rek, go out of style, or wer out. only the love of God nd his eternl kingdom will never end. We were not reted for futile, world-entered existene. God reted us for purposefilled lives nd produtive eternity ording to his design; nd he wnts eh one Think of your reltionship with God s fine romne. he onstntly whispers to you of his love for you. he sustins you; he provides for you; he demonstrtes his love for you every moment of every dy. he hs hosen you s one of his people; he hs hosen you s his ride nd he is your Bridegroom. But he gives you free will you n hoose to love him or not. There is no in-etween; it must e one or the other either you respond to his love nd mke Jesus lord of your life, or you don t. Wht hve you hosen? If you were to die right now, wht would your hoie men in terms of eternity? If you re not sure who Jesus is, just sk nd he ll nswer. Jeremih 9:3 sys, And ye shll seek me, nd find me, when ye shll serh for me with ll your hert. And Mtthew 6:33 sys, But seek ye first the kingdom of God, nd his righteousness; nd ll these things shll e dded unto you. even if you were the only person who ever lived, Jesus would still hve srified himself on the ross to resue you. you re tht importnt to him. he wnts you to know him nd he wnts you to spend eternity with him. If you re redy to ommit to Jesus Christ, you n do it wherever you re, right now. Just sk him to forgive you for your sins nd invite him into your hert. Confess with your mouth tht he is your lord nd Svior of your life. Sy this pryer tody nd give Jesus your hert nd you will reeive undnt, eternl life through him. of us to spend ll of eternity with him. Do you wnt to fill the emptiness in your life? Is there prt of you tht ries out tht there must e something more? There is. you n e sved y the one who loves you with n eternl love nd, through him, find mening, purpose, fulfillment, nd n eternlly rewrding life. Jesus is the one vitl differene etween Christinity nd every other religion. Jesus is one with God, ut he llowed himself to e lothed with flesh nd eme mn person, just like one of us. Think of it, the perfet, sinless Son of God, me to erth s mn nd lived sinless life. he is the only one who tully deserves heven. But he hose to leve heven s glorious shores nd ly down his humn life in order to py the prie for every sin you hve ever ommitted or ever will ommit. he died horrile deth he took upon himself your sin nd ssumed your penlty deth. he pid the full prie for your sins! The power of sin ws defeted y Jesus deth nd the power of deth ws roken when Jesus ws resurreted from the ded. Without Christ, ll of us re slves to the sin in our lives euse there is nothing strong enough in us to fight ginst it. But one we ept Christ, we reeive the holy Spirit, Who is God within us. With the power of the Spirit live in us, we hve the strength nd hert to fight ginst sin. As we grow with Christ, we win more nd more ttles ginst the lure of sin s we grow in our fith nd eome more like Christ. Then one dy, when we meet Christ fe to fe, we will e perfeted in him euse we gve our herts to him. So now, if we elieve tht Jesus ws the Son of God nd we ept him into our herts, God gives us the free gift of eternl life. When you ept Jesus s your Svior (the one who sved you from the penlty of deth), you re no longer guilty in the eyes of God. The wy hs een mde for you to spend eternity in heven with the Fther. you n live forever in tht perfet ple where there will e no sikness, sorrow, or pin. And no sin will ever enter into its holy gtes. There is nothing you n do to ern heven. It s not out eing good enough or doing ll the right things. The residents of heven will only e those who ept the free gift of slvtion tht Jesus mde possile when he died on the ross. If you pryed this pryer, you hve een totlly trnsformed. you re now hild of God omplete with ll the enefits his fmily enjoys. you hve reeived new nture or spirit; you hve literlly een hnged nd re new type of eing! Now you live in n eternl kingdom nd hve glorious future with Christ. you n wlk with him nd tlk with him every dy. Jesus will tke the reins of your life nd led you fithfully into his perfet will life filled with purpose nd promise. The lord is trustworthy nd will never led you wrong, even when he tkes you ples you 4 5 God, I ome in the nme of Jesus Christ. I m tired of trying to do this ll y myself. I don t know where I m going or why I m here. My life is empty nd full of sin. I know there is something missing. But, I elieve you re rel nd you mde me for reson. Lord, I reeive you into my hert nd ept you s my personl Lord nd Svior. Thnk you, Lord, for sving me nd giving me new life in you. Amen.
Sisters In Fith Bile Highlights ile highlights The Sisters in Fith Bile hs een speifilly developed to ddress the mjor onerns of tody s Christin women who don t fit the trditionl imge of the hurh ldy. you, our reder, re no longer defined y ny prtiulr role, ut need God s wisdom nd guidne in every re of your omplex life. Using this Bile will help you grow in your Christin wlk nd eome ll God lled you to e. The rtiles nd ommentry in the Sister of Fith Bile ome from the hert of Afrin-Amerin women with nswers nd insights tht fous on five ruil life res: God, Self, Creer, Fmily, nd others. Within the pges of this Bile, you will find nine different fetures designed to help you pply the truth of God s Word to the relities of your life: t he h e A rt ptures n enrihing overview of eh ook of the Bile, llowing you to get quinted with its ontent nd theme. In ddition, personl insight hs een dded s to how eh ook speifilly spoke to the herts of our Afrin-Amerin ontriutors. AriS e! re devotions tht hve een developed y women, who just like you, re seeking reveltion in God s Word. These women shre their herts nd their understnding of God s Word in wys tht diretly ddress the life you live. you will find fifty devotionl rtiles pled throughout the pges of this Bile. eh life re will e ddressed y the following ten topis: God :: ) Pryer life ) Churh 3) our identity 4) our righteousness 5) Slvtion 6) Friend of God 7) holiness: Be ye holy 8) Trusting God 9) The Word 0) our Fith Fmily :: ) Prents ) Mrrige 3) Teengers 4) Divore 5) Children 6) Spiritul Fmily 7) Adoption 8) Inheritne 9) Grndprents 0) extended Fmily others :: ) Aountility ) Forgiveness 3) Jelousy 4) Commitment 5) Srifie 6) Friendship 7) Servie 8) Trust 9) Mentoring 0) Do Unto others Creer :: ) Drems ) Money 3) Weknesses 4) Strengths 5) Stress Mngement 6) ledership 7) Gret Follower 8) Wisdom 9) orgniztion 0) Work ethi Self :: ) Aging ) Ptiene 3) Self-Control 4) Depression 5) loneliness 6) Selfesteem 7) Fer 8) Tempttion 9) heling 0) Pee QueS t A nd d i S overy re questions nd nswers tht fe hed-on some of the most diffiult situtions life n ring your wy. Bsed totlly on the truth of Sripture, the ries of mny herts re nswered in wys tht mke rising ove the hllenges of life seem ttinle. Quest nd Disovery ddresses eh of the five life res to help you find God s truth. She SP e A k S offers the reder hne to look t life through the eyes of the women in the Bile. These re inviting, first person ounts tht llow the reder to truly relte to the joys, sorrows, vitories, nd defets of these sisters from long go. n otes to Self ontins fifty snippets of wisdom drwn stright from the Word of God. eh presents ilil insight, the supporting Sripture, nd is followed y personl resolution to hllenge nd enourge the reder. All five life res re ddressed with wisdom nd hope. A PlA e of h onor presents lessons of fith to e gined through the lives of ten ilil women of Afrin desent. Their lives re used s ojet lessons to help you pply the truth of God s Word to your life of fith. lyria l e x P ressions, like hidden tresures of wisdom, re poems tht n e found periodilly within the pges of this Bile. eh of the five poems ddresses rel-life dilemms nd the resulting drm. And eh will led the reder to the foot of the ross the only ple true help n e found. e m P owered faith re motivtionl rtiles, overing ll five life res. eh rtile offers words of wisdom to help you find the trust nd onfidene we re lled to ple in our Fther nd those he hs given us to enhne our lives. Through the Word of God, we re empowered to live fruitful, undnt lives fully engged in the pursuit of helthy reltionships with God nd others. To enhne your journey, tke the time to red ny Sripture referenes inluded in the nine fetures of this Bile nd onsider your own life in light of the truth presented. you hve muh to gin through the tresures ontined in the living nd powerful Word of God. My the Sisters in Fith Bile less nd enourge your soul. 6 7
Empowered F AITh Pryer Life: ThI r STy SoU l ArISe Pslm 63: O God, thou rt my God; erly will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in dry nd thirsty lnd, where no wter is. God Fith in God Here s seret: mommies eds re powerful. When my kids snuggled in ed with me, olds were ured, d dys got etter, ters dried up, nd no reepy thing or ump in the night stood hne! For my kids, life ws right in my presene. Sisters, life is right when we snuggle in God s presene, too Moses understood this power priniple etter thn nyone; in exodus 33:5, he sid to the lord, If thy presene go not with me, rry us not up hene. In essene, Moses ws sying to God: Dddy, we don t feel sfe without you, nd we ren t going to do life without you. he flt-out refused to leve God s presene. And so should we. In our dy-to-dy lives s women, we feel we hve to hve the nswers, we hve to mnge our homes, we hve to tke re of everyone s needs nd, honestly, it s just too esy to forget tht we re God hild. Moses didn t forget tht there is sfety, provision, omfort, nd pee in God s presene. When you hve fith in God you n run into his presene in times of troule, just like my little ones rn to me. It s time tht we, s elievers, run to our God, putting omplete fith nd onfidene in him. hve you hd ny d dys reently? Then lift your hnds right now nd get into God s presene. hve there een ters, reepy things, or umps in the night tht hve left you feeling vulnerle, frid, lonely, or ferful? Then know your hevenly Fther is witing right now with wrm spot right next to him just for you to snuggle lose in his presene. life will e so right when you do. Dvid, the shepherd oy who eme king of Isrel, hd virnt reltionship with God; nd this verse gives us glimpse s to why. In the ups nd downs nd twists nd turns of his life, he hd one onstnt pryer. But it wsn t out of mehnil oligtion. It stemmed from deep understnding tht he needed God. Dvid s flesh longed for God; his very soul thirsted for Him. He ouldn t wit to seek Him out; he ouldn t fford to wit. Dvid sought Him first-thing, so tht ll else ould e ordered right. He sought Him s wy of life. We might e inlined to run to God in times of troule, when we feel wek nd vulnerle. But we ultivte strong reltionship only when we reognize our onstnt need of Him. The truth is, whether we know it or not, our flesh is lwys wek nd vulnerle. And we live in dry nd thirsty lnd in whih we re promised to lwys hve troule (see John 6:33). But pryer keeps us onneted to power, gre, joy, nd pee. Pryer helps us to ide dily in the Lord. Pryer reminds us tht, though people let us down, there is One who will never leve us nor forske us (see Herews 3:5). It fouses our herts nd minds on wht truly mtters. When our pryer life eomes s nturl s rething, we n t help ut wlk in vitory. PrACTICAl APPl ICATIo N With so mny demnds on our time, virnt pryer life n fll y the wyside. But it s not out setting side the sme numer of minutes t the sme time every dy. Pryer simply mens tlking to God, ny time, ny ple. No mtter the irumstne, turn to Him. He s witing. Pryer Lord, thnk You for inviting us to run to Your throne of gre. Cultivte in me the preious hit of pryer, tht I my mintin strong reltionship with You. 8 9
lyria l exp ressions Poem derived from Pslm 9 The Stillness In the stillness of the night Fer ptivtes my hert. Lk of sunlight drowns my sight; Culminting filure in the revies of the drk. Depression deeivingly reeps in; Inseurities motivte distrust. Fmilir sents of sin Seep within the depths of hlf-empty up. Rememering tht sfe ple, Clothed in ompssion nd hope, I prise in the midst of drkness, Seeking the deliverer of my soul. Old Testment I now see flikering light In this se of inseurity nd stress. Pee nd purpose penetrte my sight. All round I notie fortress. I strt shouting, Glory! Immeditely I feel God s gre. The joy of the Lord overtkes me; Anxiety nd worry feel out of ple. The flikering light ignites flme. I notie shdow, ut it s not mine; I m overed in shield of fith. A shelter surrounds my mind. Suddenly, oldness ursts from within! I know I m proteted from ny hrm. A hven in the stillness of the night; Sfe in my Fther s rms. A hven in the stillness of the night Sfe in my Fther s rms 0
Feture Index Tle of Contents t o P i feature S uj et loation PAge god Arise Friend of God: God s Got your Bk Joshu :9 Trusting God: he is our help Chroniles 3:7 Slvtion: The Gift of God ezekiel :9 The Word: In him is life John :4 Identity: one in Christ Reveltion 5:9 Quest & Disovery Fer of Deth Misrepresenting Christ Desires of the hert rism The lord s loylty family Arise Spiritul Fmily: Ruth :6 7 Ativte the Blessing Teengers: A Positive Fous Nehemih :5 Grndprents: A resoure of Wisdom Mih 6:8 Mrrige: Bthe it in Pryer Song of Solomon 8:7 Divore: heling Cn Come John :9 Areer Arise Wisdom: Aville to All Pslms 9:98 ledership: Shre the Vision Hkkuk : Gret Follower: Deny yourself Mrk 8:34 orgniztion: Get it Done Thesslonins : Work ethi: Visile Fith Jmes :4, 6 others Arise Servie: love Inspired Deuteronomy 0:, 3 Srifie: God is Clling kings 9:0, Friendship: Fithful in All Sesons Jo : Commitment: love God, love Hose 6: 3 People, e heled Do Unto others: The Golden rule Hggi :7 Self Arise Fer: More thn Conquerors exodus 4:3 Self-esteem: rising the Stndrd Judges 4:9 heling: By his Stripes Jeremih 7:4 Pee: Gurded hert nd Mind Philippins 4:7 Tempttion: It s only Test Jmes : Introdution Foreword Front Setion Two Front Setion Three mtthew...3 mrk...4 Old Testment mtthew...3 mrk...4 mtthew...3 mrk...4 New Testment mtthew...3 mrk...4 ix xiii xiv xv mtthew...3 mrk...4 mtthew...3 mrk...4 Conordne 3 0
Genesis T HE Book of Brief Overview All Sripture is inspired y God literlly God-rethed. Eh ook of the Bile hs two uthors: God nd humn instrument to whom God reveled His Word. It is trditionlly epted tht Moses penned the first five ooks of the Bile (the Pentteuh), the first of whih is Genesis (the Book of Beginnings), whih he wrote during the period of the exodus in pproximtely 45 B.C. Genesis estlishes God s the retor of the universe. At His Word, the world me into existene. Firmment (:6), hevens (:8), erth nd ses (:0), retures of the se (:0), irds of the ir (:), ests of the field (:4) ll responded to His Word. However, He eme intimtely involved in the retion of the first mn (:7) nd the first womn (:) s He shped nd rfted their eings with His own hnds nd rethed into them the very reth of life. They eme imge erers, reted in His very imge. Tht singulr t of intimte involvement with mn distinguishes him from the rest of God s retion nd demonstrtes the hert of God. We see His hert for mn reveled in the first eleven hpters s He dels with mnkind, sin (3:4 ), nd the flood (6:7 ). And we glimpse His wesome gre nd mery in Genesis 50 s He lls out the mn Arhm nd mkes ovennt with him nd his desendnts: n eternl ovennt (: 3), nd one tht would reverse the urse of the sin set in motion in the Grden. Genesis is the eginning of God s reveltion of His hrter nd nture to His retion. It sets in motion His story nd revels His perfet will for mnkind nd His hoie of people who will usher Svior into the world. It ll egins here in the Book of Beginnings Genesis. Genesis s It Reltes to Sisters in Fith When God pled the first womn in the Grden, He estlished immutle truths tht should serve s n nhor s we nvigte life nd ll it enompsses. These key truths spek powerfully to Afrin-Amerin women in these dys of reltive truth. Mrrige is divine institution. God lls us to His stndrd of one mn nd one womn joined in ommitted reltionship. In ulture tht now prizes shking up nd sme-sex mrriges, we hve ome long wy from the dys of old when our nestors would jump the room to symolize their ommitment to one nother. Even though lws prohiited them from legl mrrige, they were ound y higher lw. Genesis lls us k to these ilil foundtions. GENESIS : Cretion of the World IN the eginning God reted the heven nd the erth. And the erth ws without form, nd void; nd drkness ws upon the fe of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the fe of the wters. 3 And God sid, Let there e light: nd there ws light. 4 And God sw the light, tht it ws good: nd God divided the light from the drkness. 5 And God lled the light Dy, nd the drkness he lled Night. And the evening nd the morning were the first dy. 6 And God sid, Let there e firmment in the midst of the wters, nd let it divide the wters from the wters. 7 And God mde the firmment, nd divided the wters whih were under the firmment from the wters whih were ove the firmment: nd it ws so. 8 And God lled the firmment Heven. And the evening nd the morning were the seond dy. 9 And God sid, Let the wters under the heven e gthered together unto one ple, nd let the dry lnd pper: nd it ws so. 0 And God lled the dry lnd Erth; nd the gthering together of the wters lled he Ses: nd God sw tht it ws good. And God sid, Let the erth ring forth grss, the her yielding seed, nd the fruit tree yielding fruit fter his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the erth: nd it ws so. And the erth rought forth grss, nd her yielding seed fter his kind, nd the tree yielding fruit, whose seed ws in itself, fter his kind: nd God sw tht it ws good. 3 And the evening nd the morning were the third dy. 4 And God sid, Let there e lights in the firmment of the heven to divide the dy from the night; nd let them e Chpter [John : 3] Ats 7:4 Jer. 4:3 Is. 40:3, 4 ws hovering over 3 Ps. 33:6, 9 Cor. 4:6 [He. :3] 5 Ps. 9:; 33:6; 74:6; 04:0; 36:5 6 Jer. 0: expnse 7 Prov. 8:7 9 Ps. 48:4 8 expnse 9 Jo 6:0 Ps. 4:, ; 33:7; 95:5 He. 6:7 Sm. 6: 4 Ps. 74:6; 36:5 9 Ps. 04:9 6 Ps. 36:8 Ps. 8:3 Jo 38:7 luminries 7 Gen. 5:5 8 Jer. 3:35 0 ound with n undne of living retures let irds fly 3 ross the fe of the expnse of heven Ps. 04:5 8 se retures ounded Gen. 8:7 6 [Eph. 4:4] Gen. 9: for signs, nd for sesons, nd for dys, nd yers: 5 And let them e for lights in the firmment of the heven to give light upon the erth: nd it ws so. 6 And God mde two gret lights; the greter light to rule the dy, nd the lesser light to rule the night: he mde the strs lso. 7 And God set them in the firmment of the heven to give light upon the erth, 8 And to rule over the dy nd over the night, nd to divide the light from the drkness: nd God sw tht it ws good. 9 And the evening nd the morning were the fourth dy. 0 And God sid, Let the wters ring forth undntly the moving reture tht hth life, nd fowl tht my fly ove the erth in the 3 open firmment of heven. And God reted gret whles, nd every living reture tht moveth, whih the wters rought forth undntly, fter their kind, nd every winged fowl fter his kind: nd God sw tht it ws good. And God lessed them, sying, Be fruitful, nd multiply, nd fill the wters in the ses, nd let fowl multiply in the erth. 3 And the evening nd the morning were the fifth dy. 4 And God sid, Let the erth ring forth the living reture fter his kind, ttle, nd reeping thing, nd est of the erth fter his kind: nd it ws so. 5 And God mde the est of the erth fter his kind, nd ttle fter their kind, nd every thing tht reepeth upon the erth fter his kind: nd God sw tht it ws good. 6 And God sid, Let us mke mn in our imge, fter our likeness: nd let them hve dominion over the fish of the se, nd over the fowl of the ir, nd over the ttle, nd over ll the erth, nd over every reeping thing tht reepeth upon the erth.
3 GENESIS :7 GENESIS :8 4 7 So God reted mn in his own imge, in the imge of God reted he him; mle nd femle reted he them. 8 And God lessed them, nd God sid unto them, Be fruitful, nd multiply, nd replenish the erth, nd sudue it: nd hve dominion over the fish of the se, nd over the fowl of the ir, nd over every living thing tht moveth upon the erth. 9 And God sid, Behold, I hve given you every her ering seed, whih is upon the fe of ll the erth, nd every tree, in the whih is the fruit of tree yielding seed; to you it shll e for met. 30 And to every est of the erth, nd to every fowl of the ir, nd to every thing tht reepeth upon the erth, wherein there is life, I hve given every green her for met: nd it ws so. 3 And God sw every thing tht he hd mde, nd, ehold, it ws very good. And the evening nd the morning were the sixth dy. Thus the hevens nd the erth were finished, nd ll the host of them. And on the seventh dy God ended his work whih he hd mde; nd he rested on the seventh dy from ll his work whih he hd mde. 3 And God lessed the seventh dy, nd sntified it: euse tht in it he hd rested from ll his work whih God reted nd mde. Cretion of Mn 4 These re the genertions of the hevens nd of the erth when they were reted, in the dy tht the Lord God mde the erth nd the hevens, 5 And every plnt of the field efore it ws in the erth, nd every her of the field efore it grew: for the Lord God hd not used it to rin upon the erth, nd there ws not mn to till the ground. 6 But there went up mist from the 7 Gen. 5: Mtt. 9:4 8 Gen. 9:, 7 Cor. 9:7 fill moves out 9 Gen. 9:3 yielding food 30 Ps. 45:5 Jo 38:4 living soul food 3 [Ps. 04:4] Chpter Ps. 33:6 Ex. 0:9 ; 3:7 3 [Is. 58:3] 4 Gen. : This is the history 5 Gen. :, Gen. 7:4 Gen. 3:3 7 Gen. 3:9, 3 Jo 33:4 Gen. 7: d Cor. 5:45 8 Is. 5:3 Gen. 3:3, 4 Gen. 4:6 9 Ezek. 3:8 [Gen. 3:] [Deut. :39] 0 riverheds Gen. 5:8 Num. :7 3 Cush 4 Dn. 0:4 The Tigris He. Ashshur 5 Adm tend or ultivte 7 Gen. 3:, 3,, 7 Gen. 3:3, 9 Rom. 5: Lit. dying you shll die erth, nd wtered the whole fe of the ground. 7 And the Lord God formed mn of the dust of the ground, nd rethed into his nostrils the reth of life; nd d mn eme living soul. 8 And the Lord God plnted grden estwrd in Eden; nd there he put the mn whom he hd formed. 9 And out of the ground mde the Lord God to grow every tree tht is plesnt :3 And God sw every thing tht he hd mde, nd, ehold, it ws very good. And the evening nd the morning were the sixth dy. to the sight, nd good for food; the tree of life lso in the midst of the grden, nd the tree of knowledge of good nd evil. 0 And river went out of Eden to wter the grden; nd from thene it ws prted, nd eme into four heds. The nme of the first is Pi -son: tht is it whih ompsseth the whole lnd of Hv -i-lh, where there is gold; And the gold of tht lnd is good: there is dellium nd the onyx stone. 3 And the nme of the seond river is Gi -hon: the sme is it tht ompsseth the whole lnd of E-thi-o -pi-. 4 And the nme of the third river is Hid -de-kel: tht is it whih goeth towrd the est of Assyri. And the fourth river is Eu-phr -tes. 5 And the Lord God took the mn, nd put him into the grden of Eden to dress it nd to keep it. 6 And the Lord God ommnded the mn, sying, Of every tree of the grden thou myest freely et: 7 But of the tree of the knowledge of good nd evil, thou shlt not et of it: for in the dy tht thou etest thereof thou shlt surely die. 8 And the Lord God sid, It is not good tht the mn should e lone; I will mke him n help meet for him. 9 And out of the ground the Lord God formed every est of the field, nd every fowl of the ir; nd rought them unto Adm to see wht he would ll them: nd whtsoever Adm lled every living reture, tht ws the nme thereof. 0 And Adm gve nmes to ll ttle, nd to the fowl of the ir, nd to every est of the field; ut for Adm there ws not found n help meet for him. And the Lord God used deep sleep to fll upon Adm, nd he slept: nd he took one of his ris, nd losed up the flesh insted thereof; And the ri, whih the Lord God hd tken from mn, mde he womn, nd rought her unto the mn. 3 And Adm sid, This is now one of my ones, nd flesh of my flesh: she shll e lled Womn, euse she ws tken out of Mn. 4 Therefore shll mn leve his fther nd his mother, nd shll leve unto his wife: nd they shll e one flesh. 5 And they were oth nked, the mn nd his wife, nd were not shmed. Tempttion of Mn 3 Now the serpent ws more sutil thn ny est of the field whih the Lord God hd mde. And he sid unto the womn, Ye, hth God sid, Ye shll not et of every tree of the grden? And the womn sid unto the serpent, We my et of the fruit of the trees of the grden: 3 But of the fruit of the tree whih is in the midst of the grden, God hth sid, Ye shll not et of it, neither shll ye touh it, lest ye die. 4 And the serpent sid unto the womn, Ye shll not surely die: 5 For God doth know tht in the dy ye et thereof, then your eyes shll e 8 Cor. :8, 9 helper omprle to him 9 Gen. :0, 4 Ps. 8:6 the mn 0 helper omprle to him Sm. 6: Tim. :3 He. 3:4 Lit. he uilt into 3 Gen. 9:4 Cor. :8, 9 He. Ishshh He. Ish 4 Mtt. 9:5 Mrk 0:6 8 e joined 5 Gen. 3:7, 0 Is. 47:3 Chpter 3 Chr. : Cor. :3 unning Gen. :6, 7 3 Ex. 9:, 3 4 [ Cor. :3] 5 God 6 John :6 Tim. :4 Lit. desirle thing 7 Gen. :5 girding overings 8 Jo 38: Jo 3:33 sound reeze 0 Gen. :5 [Prov. 8:3] 3 Cor. :3 deeived opened, nd ye shll e s gods, knowing good nd evil. Fll of Mn 6 And when the womn sw tht the tree ws good for food, nd tht it ws plesnt to the eyes, nd tree to e desired :4 Therefore shll mn leve his fther nd his mother, nd shll leve unto his wife: nd they shll e one flesh. to mke one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, nd did et, nd gve lso unto her husnd with her; nd he did et. 7 And the eyes of them oth were opened, nd they knew tht they were nked; nd they sewed fig leves together, nd mde themselves prons. Judgment on Mn 8 And they herd the voie of the Lord God wlking in the grden in the ool of the dy: nd Adm nd his wife hid themselves from the presene of the Lord God mongst the trees of the grden. 9 And the Lord God lled unto Adm, nd sid unto him, Where rt thou? 0 And he sid, I herd thy voie in the grden, nd I ws frid, euse I ws nked; nd I hid myself. And he sid, Who told thee tht thou wst nked? Hst thou eten of the tree, whereof I ommnded thee tht thou shouldest not et? And the mn sid, The womn whom thou gvest to e with me, she gve me of the tree, nd I did et. 3 And the Lord God sid unto the womn, Wht is this tht thou hst done? And the womn sid, The serpent eguiled me, nd I did et. 4 And the Lord God sid unto the
5 GENESIS 4:4 GENESIS 4:5 6 serpent, Beuse thou hst done this, thou rt ursed ove ll ttle, nd ove every est of the field; upon thy elly shlt thou go, nd dust shlt thou et ll the dys of thy life: 5 And I will put enmity etween thee nd the womn, nd etween thy seed nd her seed; it shll ruise thy hed, nd thou shlt ruise his heel. 6 Unto the womn he sid, I will gretly multiply thy sorrow nd thy oneption; in sorrow thou shlt ring forth hildren; nd thy desire shll e to thy husnd, nd he shll rule over thee. 7 And unto Adm he sid, Beuse thou hst herkened unto the voie of thy wife, nd hst eten of the tree, of whih I ommnded thee, sying, Thou shlt not et of it: ursed is the ground for thy ske; d in sorrow shlt thou et of it ll the dys of thy life; 8 Thorns lso nd thistles shll it ring forth to thee; nd thou shlt et the her of the field; 9 In the swet of thy fe shlt thou et red, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wst thou tken: for dust thou rt, nd unto dust shlt thou return. 0 And Adm lled his wife s nme Eve; euse she ws the mother of ll living. Unto Adm lso nd to his wife did the Lord God mke ots of skins, nd lothed them. And the Lord God sid, Behold, the mn is eome s one of us, to know good nd evil: nd now, lest he put forth his hnd, nd tke lso of the tree of life, nd et, nd live for ever: 3 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the grden of Eden, to till the ground from whene he ws tken. 4 So he drove out the mn; nd he pled t the est of the grden of Eden Cher -u-ims, nd flming sword whih turned every wy, to keep the wy of the tree of d life. 4 Deut. 8:5 0 5 John 8:44 Is. 7:4 Rom. 6:0 Lit. he 6 John 6: Gen. 4:7 Cor. :3 pin towrd 7 Sm. 5:3 Gen. :7 Rom. 8:0 d El. :3 toil 8 Ps. 04:4 9 Thess. 3:0 Gen. :7; 5:5 Jo :6 0 Cor. :3 Life or Living tunis 3 Gen. 4:; 9:0 4 Ezek. 3:3, Gen. :8 Ps. 04:4 d Gen. :9 gurd Chpter 4 Lit. Aquire Luke :50, 5 Lit. Breth or Nothing 3 Num. 8: Lit. t the end of dys 4 Num. 8:7 Lev. 3:6 He. :4 5 ngry 7 its desire is for you should 8 [ John 3: 5] Sm., LXX, Syr., Vg. dd Let us go out to the field. 9 John 8:44 Cor. 8: 3 0 He. :4 Gen. 3:4 3 iniquity 4 Ps. 5: Is. :5 The Initil Conflit 4 And Adm knew Eve his wife; nd she oneived, nd re Cin, nd sid, I hve gotten mn from the Lord. And she gin re his rother Ael. And Ael ws keeper of sheep, ut Cin ws tiller of the ground. 3 And in proess of time it me to pss, tht Cin rought of the fruit of the ground n offering unto the Lord. 4 And Ael, he lso rought of the firstlings of his flok nd of the ft thereof. And the Lord hd respet unto Ael nd to his offering: 5 But unto Cin nd to his offering he hd not respet. And Cin ws very wroth, nd his ountenne fell. 6 And the Lord sid unto Cin, Why rt thou wroth? nd why is thy ountenne fllen? 7 If thou doest well, shlt thou not e epted? nd if thou doest not well, sin lieth t the door. And unto thee shll e his desire, nd thou shlt rule over him. 8 And Cin tlked with Ael his rother: nd it me to pss, when they were in the field, tht Cin rose up ginst Ael his rother, nd slew him. 9 And the Lord sid unto Cin, Where is Ael thy rother? And he sid, I know not: Am I my rother s keeper? 0 And he sid, Wht hst thou done? the voie of thy rother s lood rieth unto me from the ground. And now rt thou ursed from the erth, whih hth opened her mouth to reeive thy rother s lood from thy hnd; When thou tillest the ground, it shll not heneforth yield unto thee her strength; fugitive nd vgond shlt thou e in the erth. 3 And Cin sid unto the Lord, My punishment is greter thn I n er. 4 Behold, thou hst driven me out this dy from the fe of the erth; nd from thy fe shll I e hid; nd I shll e fugitive nd vgond in the erth; nd it shll ome to pss, tht every one tht findeth me shll sly me. 5 And the Lord sid unto him, Therefore whosoever slyeth Cin, vengene shll e tken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set mrk upon Cin, lest ny finding him should kill him. The Ungodly Line of Cin 6 And Cin went out from the presene of the Lord, nd dwelt in the lnd of Nod, on the est of Eden. 7 And Cin knew his wife; nd she oneived, nd re E -noh: nd he uilded ity, nd lled the nme of the ity, fter the nme of his son, E -noh. 8 And unto E -noh ws orn I -rd: nd I -rd egt Me-hu -j-el: nd 4 Num. 35:9,, 7 5 Gen. 4:4 Ezek. 9:4, 6 LXX, Syr., Vg. dd Not so 6 Kin. 3:3; 4:0 Jon. :3 Lit. Wndering 7 Ps. 49: 9 Gen. :4; 6:3 0 livestok flute Lit. rftsmn in ronze Me-hu -j-el egt Me-thu -s-el: nd Me-thu -s-el egt L -meh. 9 And L -meh took unto him two wives: the nme of the one ws A -dh, nd the nme of the other Zil -lh. 0 And A -dh re J -l: he ws the fther of suh s dwell in tents, nd of suh s hve ttle. And his rother s nme ws Ju -l: he ws the fther of ll suh s hndle the hrp nd orgn. And Zil -lh, she lso re Tu -l in, n instruter of every rtifier in rss nd iron: nd the sister of Tu -l in ws N --mh. 3 And L -meh sid unto his wives, A -dh nd Zil -lh, Her my voie; ye wives of L -meh, herken unto my A PlACE o F Honor HoN ore d y God Eve Eve ws the first womn reted. Unfortuntely, we ll rememer tht she roke the only ommndment God hd given her she elieved Stn s lies nd te from the only foridden tree in the Grden of Eden. And she onvined Adm to do the sme. As result, she lso eme the gent through whom deth entered the world. Wow, tlk out your reputtion preeding you! She hd lot to live down. It would seem tht nothing good ould ever hve ome from Eve. But her sin is not the only thing we rememer out Eve; from her we lso lern tht God n use the worst in us for good. Eve s nme mens soure of life. Even though Eve is onsidered the soure of deth, s the mother of ll living people, she is lso the mother of ll life. Wht n honor God estowed on this first of sinners. THE PLACE of HoNor EVE GAVE US To rememer: Eve hd life fter she fell from gre nd ws evited from the Grden. It ws life seprted from God, ut not without His love. God llowed her to mintin her purpose s the mother of ll life through her son, Seth. It ws Seth s hildren who egn to ll on the nme of the lord nd whose hildren s hildren wited for the Messih, one of Eve s own loodline, to restore true life to ll. (See Genesis 4:5, 6.)
7 GENESIS 5:30 GENESIS 5:3 8 speeh: for I hve slin mn to my wounding, nd young mn to my hurt. 4 If Cin shll e venged sevenfold, truly L -meh seventy nd sevenfold. The Godly Line of Seth Chr. : 4; Luke 3:36 38 5 And Adm knew his wife gin; nd she re son, nd lled his nme Seth: For God, sid she, hth ppointed me nother seed insted of Ael, whom Cin slew. 6 And to Seth, to him lso there ws orn son; nd he lled his nme E -nos: then egn men to ll upon the nme of the Lord. 5 This is the ook of the genertions of Adm. In the dy tht God reted mn, in the likeness of God mde he him; Mle nd femle reted he them; nd lessed them, nd lled their nme Adm, in the dy when they were reted. 3 And Adm lived n hundred nd thirty yers, nd egt son in his own likeness, fter his imge; nd lled his nme Seth: 4 And the dys of Adm fter he hd egotten Seth were eight hundred yers: nd he egt sons nd dughters: 5 And ll the dys tht Adm lived were nine hundred nd thirty yers: nd he died. 6 And Seth lived n hundred nd five yers, nd egt E -nos: 7 And Seth lived fter he egt E -nos eight hundred nd seven yers, nd egt sons nd dughters: 8 And ll the dys of Seth were nine hundred nd twelve yers: nd he died. 9 And E -nos lived ninety yers, nd egt C-i -nn: 0 And E -nos lived fter he egt C-i - nn eight hundred nd fifteen yers, nd egt sons nd dughters: And ll the dys of E -nos were nine hundred nd five yers: nd he died. And C-i -nn lived seventy yers, nd egt M-h -l-le-el: 3 killed mn for wounding me for hurting me 4 Gen. 4:5 5 Gen. 5:3 Lit. Appointed 6 Gen. 5:6 Zeph. 3:9 He. Enosh; Gr. Enos Chpter 5 Gen. :4; 6:9 Gen. :6; 9:6 genelogy Mrk 0:6 Gen. :8; 9: Lit. Mnkind 3 Cor. 5:48, 49 Gen. 4:5 4 Luke 3:36 38 Gen. :8; 4:5 5 [He. 9:7] 6 Gen. 4:6 He. Enosh Mleleel, Luke 3:37 8 Jude 4, 5 Gen. 6:9; 7:; 4:40; 48:5 4 Kin. : He. :5 9 Luke 3:36 Gen. 3:7 9; 4: Lit. Rest 3 And C-i -nn lived fter he egt M-h -l-le-el eight hundred nd forty yers, nd egt sons nd dughters: 4 And ll the dys of C-i -nn were nine hundred nd ten yers: nd he died. 5 And M-h -l-le-el lived sixty nd five yers, nd egt J -red: 6 And M-h -l-le-el lived fter he egt J -red eight hundred nd thirty yers, nd egt sons nd dughters: 7 And ll the dys of M-h -l-le-el were eight hundred ninety nd five yers: nd he died. 8 And J -red lived n hundred sixty nd two yers, nd he egt E -noh: 9 And J -red lived fter he egt E -noh eight hundred yers, nd egt sons nd dughters: 0 And ll the dys of J -red were nine hundred sixty nd two yers: nd he died. And E -noh lived sixty nd five yers, nd egt Me-thu -se-lh: And E -noh wlked with God fter he egt Me-thu -se-lh three hundred yers, nd egt sons nd dughters: 3 And ll the dys of E -noh were three hundred sixty nd five yers: 4 And E -noh wlked with God: nd he ws not; for God took him. 5 And Me-thu -se-lh lived n hundred eighty nd seven yers, nd egt L - meh: 6 And Me-thu -se-lh lived fter he egt L -meh seven hundred eighty nd two yers, nd egt sons nd dughters: 7 And ll the dys of Me-thu -se-lh were nine hundred sixty nd nine yers: nd he died. 8 And L -meh lived n hundred eighty nd two yers, nd egt son: 9 And he lled his nme Noh, sying, This sme shll omfort us onerning our work nd toil of our hnds, euse of the ground whih the Lord hth ursed. 30 And L -meh lived fter he egt Noh five hundred ninety nd five yers, nd egt sons nd dughters: 3 And ll the dys of L -meh were seven hundred seventy nd seven yers: nd he died. 3 And Noh ws five hundred yers old: nd Noh egt Shem, Hm, nd J -pheth. The Ungodly Multiply 6 And it me to pss, when men egn to multiply on the fe of the erth, nd dughters were orn unto them, Tht the sons of God sw the dughters of men tht they were fir; nd they took them wives of ll whih they hose. 3 And the Lord sid, My spirit shll not lwys strive with mn, for tht he lso is flesh: yet his dys shll e n hundred nd twenty yers. 4 There were gints in the erth in those dys; nd lso fter tht, when the sons of God me in unto the dughters of men, nd they re hildren to them, the sme eme mighty men whih were of old, men of renown. The Ungodly Sin Continully 5 And God sw tht the wikedness of mn ws gret in the erth, nd tht every imgintion of the thoughts of his hert ws only evil 3 ontinully. The Ungodly to e destroyed 6 And it repented the Lord tht he hd mde mn on the erth, nd it grieved him t his hert. 7 And the Lord sid, I will de stroy mn whom I hve reted from the fe of the erth; oth mn, nd est, nd the reeping thing, nd the fowls of the ir; for it repenteth me tht I hve mde them. The Godly to e Sved 8 But Noh found gre in the eyes of the Lord. 9 These re the genertions of Noh: 3 Gen. 6:0; 7:3 Gen. 0: Chpter 6 Gen. :8 Deut. 7:3, 4 3 [Gl. 5:6, 7] Thess. :7 Ps. 78:39 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. ide 4 Num. 3:3, 33 He. nephilim, mighty or fllen ones 5 Gen. 8: MT Lord intent or thought 3 Lit. ll the dy 6 Sm. 5:, 9 Is. 63:0 Mrk 3:5 the Lord ws sorry 7 Gen. 7:4, 3 I m sorry 8 Gen. 9:9 9 Pet. :5 Gen. 5:, 4 This is the genelogy lmeless 0 Gen. 5:3; 7:3 Rom. :3 Ezek. 8:7 Ps. 4:; 53:, 3 Ps. 4: 3 3 Pet. 4:7 Gen. 6:7 Pet. :4 0 4 Lit. omprtments or nests 5 A uit is out 8 inhes. 6 for to uit from ove you shll finish it 7 Pet. :5 Pet. 3:6 Luke 6: m ringing 8 Gen. 8:0 9:7; 7:7 Gen. 7:, 7, 3 9 Gen. 7:, 8, 9, 4 6 0 Gen. 7:9, 5 nimls Noh ws just mn nd perfet in his genertions, nd Noh wlked with God. 0 And Noh egt three sons, Shem, Hm, nd J -pheth. The erth lso ws orrupt efore God, nd the erth ws filled with violene. And God looked upon the erth, nd, ehold, it ws orrupt; for ll flesh hd orrupted his wy upon the erth. 3 And God sid unto Noh, The end of ll flesh is ome efore me; for the erth is filled with violene through them; nd, ehold, I will destroy them with the erth. 4 Mke thee n rk of go -pher wood; rooms shlt thou mke in the rk, nd shlt pith it within nd without with pith. 5 And this is the fshion whih thou shlt mke it of: The length of the rk shll e three hundred uits, the redth of it fifty uits, nd the height of it thirty uits. 6 A window shlt thou mke to the rk, nd in uit shlt thou finish it ove; nd the door of the rk shlt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, seond, nd third stories shlt thou mke it. 7 And, ehold, I, even I, do ring flood of wters upon the erth, to destroy ll flesh, wherein is the reth of life, from under heven; nd every thing tht is in the erth shll die. 8 But with thee will I estlish my ovennt; nd thou shlt ome into the rk, thou, nd thy sons, nd thy wife, nd thy sons wives with thee. 9 And of every living thing of ll flesh, two of every sort shlt thou ring into the rk, to keep them live with thee; they shll e mle nd femle. 0 Of fowls fter their kind, nd of ttle fter their kind, of every reeping thing of the erth fter his kind, two of every sort shll ome unto thee, to keep them live. And tke thou unto thee of ll food
9 GENESIS 7:9 GENESIS 7:0 0 tht is eten, nd thou shlt gther it to thee; nd it shll e for food for thee, nd for them. Thus did Noh; ording to ll tht God ommnded him, so did he. The Ark Is Entered 7 And the Lord sid unto Noh, Come thou nd ll thy house into the rk; for thee hve I seen righteous efore me in this genertion. Of every len est thou shlt tke to thee y sevens, the mle nd his femle: nd of ests tht re not len y two, the mle nd his femle. 3 Of fowls lso of the ir y sevens, the mle nd the femle; to keep seed live upon the fe of ll the erth. Gen. 7:5; :4, 5 Gen. 7:5, 9, 6 [ John 5:3] Chpter 7 Mtt. :8 Mtt. 4:38 Gen. 6:9 Lev. Lev. 0:0 3 the speies 4 Gen. 7:0 Gen. 7:, 7 fter seven more dys Lit. lot out 5 Gen. 6: 6 Gen. 5:4, 3 7 Mtt. 4:38 4 For yet seven dys, nd I will use it to rin upon the erth forty dys nd forty nights; nd every living sustne tht I hve mde will I destroy from off the fe of the erth. 5 And Noh did ording unto ll tht the Lord ommnded him. 6 And Noh ws six hundred yers old when the flood of wters ws upon the erth. 7 And Noh went in, nd his sons, nd his wife, nd his sons wives with him, into the rk, euse of the wters of the flood. 8 Of len ests, nd of ests tht re not len, nd of fowls, nd of every thing tht reepeth upon the erth, 9 There went in two nd two unto Noh She Speks Noh s Wife In the selfsme dy entered Noh, nd Shem, nd Hm, nd Jpheth, the sons of Noh, nd Noh s wife, nd the three wives of his sons with them, into the rk. (Genesis 7:3) I m mrried to noh, mn of strong fith. Beuse my husnd follows God, I will follow him wherever he leds. There is nothing etter thn eing mrried to mn who hers from God. God lled my husnd to uild very lrge ot lled n rk. Everyone lughed t him s he, in oediene, egn to uild the huge rk on dry lnd. noh tried to wrn everyone tht God hd promised to send gret flood to over ll of the lnd nd wipe evil from the erth; ut no one exept his fmily listened. I never douted my husnd. After yers of mrrige, I knew noh s word ws true nd relile. Time proved noh herd from God the flood ws rel. I know every womn doesn t hve mn who is s solid s noh. But I wonder how mny men would step up if their wives elieved in them. How mny men would rise to the osion nd use God s ompss to led their fmilies if only their women would not fight them every step of the wy? How different things might hve een hd I not elieved in noh nd the word God gve him? Would our sons nd their wives hve followed him if I refused? nothing mkes mn stronger thn womn who enourges him on his pth of righteousness. into the rk, the mle nd the femle, s God hd ommnded Noh. 0 And it me to pss fter seven dys, tht the wters of the flood were upon the erth. The Erth Is Flooded In the six hundredth yer of Noh s life, in the seond month, the seventeenth dy of the month, the sme dy were ll the fountins of the gret deep roken up, nd the windows of heven were opened. And the rin ws upon the erth forty dys nd forty nights. 3 In the selfsme dy entered Noh, nd Shem, nd Hm, nd J -pheth, the sons of Noh, nd Noh s wife, nd the three wives of his sons with them, into the rk; 4 They, nd every est fter his kind, nd ll the ttle fter their kind, nd every reeping thing tht reepeth upon the erth fter his kind, nd every fowl fter his kind, every ird of every sort. 5 And they went in unto Noh into the rk, two nd two of ll flesh, wherein is the reth of life. 6 And they tht went in, went in mle nd femle of ll flesh, s God hd ommnded him: nd the Lord shut him in. 7 And the flood ws forty dys upon the erth; nd the wters inresed, nd re up the rk, nd it ws lift up ove the erth. 8 And the wters previled, nd were inresed gretly upon the erth; nd the rk went upon the fe of the wters. 9 And the wters previled exeedingly upon the erth; nd ll the high hills, tht were under the whole heven, were overed. 0 Fifteen uits upwrd did the wters previl; nd the mountins were overed. And ll flesh died tht moved upon the erth, oth of fowl, nd of ttle, nd of est, nd of every reeping thing tht reepeth upon the erth, nd every mn: All in whose nostrils ws the reth Mtt. 4:39 Gen. 8: Ps. 78:3 Gen. 7:4, 7 4 Gen. 6:9 Gen. : 5 Gen. 6:9, 0; 7:9 6 Gen. 7:, 3 7 Gen. 7:4, ; 8:6 lifted rose high 8 Ps. 04:6 surfe Gen. 6:7, 3, 7; 7:4 the lnd Gen. :7 MT the spirit of life 3 Pet. :5 4 Gen. 8:3, 4 Chpter 8 Gen. 9:9 Ex. 4:; 5:0 nimls susided Gen. 7: Deut. :7 Jo 38:37 3 Gen. 7:4 reeded deresed 6 Gen. 6:6 of life, of ll tht ws in the dry lnd, died. 3 And every living sustne ws destroyed whih ws upon the fe of the ground, oth mn, nd ttle, nd the reeping things, nd the fowl of the heven; nd they were destroyed from the erth: nd Noh only remined live, nd they tht were with him in the rk. 4 And the wters previled upon the erth n hundred nd fifty dys. The Flood reedes 8 And God rememered Noh, nd every living thing, nd ll the ttle tht ws with him in the rk: nd God mde wind to pss over the erth, nd the wters sswged; The fountins lso of the deep nd the windows of heven were stopped, nd the rin from heven ws restrined; 3 And the wters returned from off the erth ontinully: nd fter the end of the hundred nd fifty dys the wters were ted. 4 And the rk rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth dy of the month, upon the mountins of Ar --rt. 5 And the wters deresed ontinully until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first dy of the month, were the tops of the mountins seen. 6 And it me to pss t the end of forty dys, tht Noh opened the window of the rk whih he hd mde: 7 And he sent forth rven, whih went forth to nd fro, until the wters were dried up from off the erth. 8 Also he sent forth dove from him, to see if the wters were ted from off the fe of the ground; 9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, nd she returned unto him into the rk, for the wters were on the fe of the whole erth: then he put forth his hnd, nd took her, nd pulled her in unto him into the rk. 0 And he styed yet other seven dys;
GENESIS 9: nd gin he sent forth the dove out of the rk; And the dove me in to him in the evening; nd, lo, in her mouth ws n olive lef plukt off: so Noh knew tht the wters were ted from off the erth. And he styed yet other seven dys; nd sent forth the dove; whih returned not gin unto him ny more. 3 And it me to pss in the six hundredth nd first yer, in the first month, the first dy of the month, the wters were dried up from off the erth: nd Noh removed the overing of the rk, nd looked, nd, ehold, the fe of the ground ws dry. 4 And in the seond month, on the seven nd twentieth dy of the month, ws the erth dried. 5 And God spke unto Noh, sying, 6 Go forth of the rk, thou, nd thy wife, nd thy sons, nd thy sons wives with thee. 7 Bring forth with thee every living thing tht is with thee, of ll flesh, oth of fowl, nd of ttle, nd of every reeping thing tht reepeth upon the erth; tht they my reed undntly in the erth, nd e fruitful, nd multiply upon the erth. 8 And Noh went forth, nd his sons, nd his wife, nd his sons wives with him: 9 Every est, every reeping thing, nd every fowl, nd whtsoever reepeth upon the erth, fter their kinds, went forth out of the rk. Noh Worships God 0 And Noh uilded n ltr unto the Lord; nd took of every len est, nd of every len fowl, nd offered urnt offerings on the ltr. And the Lord smelled sweet svour; nd the Lord sid in his hert, I will not gin urse the ground ny more for mn s ske; for the imgintion 3 of mn s hert is evil from his youth; d nei ther will I freshly pluked 6 Gen. 7:3 7 Gen. :, 8; 9:, 7 9 Lit. fmilies 0 Gen. :7 Lev. Ex. 0:5 Ex. 9:8, 5 Gen. 3:7; 6:7, 3, 7 Gen. 6:5; :6 d Gen. 9:, 5 soothing rom lthough 3 intent or thought Is. 54:9 Jer. 33:0, 5 Chpter 9 Gen. :8, 9; 8:7; 9:7, 9; 0:3 Lit. fill Ps. 8:6 Lit. given 3 Deut. :5; 4:3, 9, Rom. 4:4, 0 Gen. :9 food 4 Sm. 4:33, 34 5 Ex. :8 Gen. 4:9, 0 Ats 7:6 6 Lev. 4:7 Gen. :6, 7 7 Gen. 9:, 9 9 Gen. 6:8 Is. 54:9 desendnts 0 Ps. 45:9 Is. 54:9 gin smite ny more every thing living, s I hve done. While the erth remineth, seedtime nd hrvest, nd old nd het, nd summer nd winter, nd dy nd night shll not ese. God s Covennt with Noh 9 And God lessed Noh nd his sons, nd sid unto them, Be fruitful, nd multiply, nd replenish the erth. And the fer of you nd the dred of you shll e upon every est of the erth, nd upon every fowl of the ir, upon ll tht moveth upon the erth, nd upon ll the fishes of the se; into your hnd re they delivered. 3 Every moving thing tht liveth shll e met for you; even s the green her hve I given you ll things. 4 But flesh with the life thereof, whih is the lood thereof, shll ye not et. 5 And surely your lood of your lives will I require; t the hnd of every est will I require it, nd t the hnd of mn; t the hnd of every mn s rother will I require the life of mn. 6 Whoso sheddeth mn s lood, y mn shll his lood e shed: for in the imge of God mde he mn. 7 And you, e ye fruitful, nd multiply; ring forth undntly in the erth, nd multiply therein. 8 And God spke unto Noh, nd to his sons with him, sying, 9 And I, ehold, I estlish my ovennt with you, nd with your seed fter you; 0 And with every living reture tht is with you, of the fowl, of the ttle, nd of every est of the erth with you; from ll tht go out of the rk, to every est of the erth. And I will estlish my ovennt with you; neither shll ll flesh e ut off ny more y the wters of flood; neither shll there ny more e flood to destroy the erth. Exeutive Editors of The Sisters in Fith Bile Mihele Clrk Jenkins, o-founder of Sisters in Fith, is the Senior Diretor of the Consulting Group for Griffin & Strong, P.C. nd speilizes in entertinment ontrts nd usiness development. She is formerly VP Progrmming for Blk Fmily Chnnel, Generl Mnger for the Estte of Dr. Mrtin L. King, Jr., Diretor, Business Affirs, Progrmming for HBO. Mihele s pulishing reer hs inluded suh hievements s: Co-Cretor of Rel: The Complete New Testment Bilezine (Thoms Nelson), writer/editor of the Children of Color Storyook Bile (Thoms Nelson), nd ontriutions to numerous Bile projets suh s Women of Color Devotionl Bile (Ni Pulishing/World) nd Wisdom nd Gre Devotionl Bile (Ni Pulishing/World). Mihele nd her husnd, Kym, re home group leders t Lierty Churh in Mriett, Georgi, nd hve three dughters. Stephnie Perry Moore is the uthor of over fifty young dult, Inspirtionl fition titles, inluding: the Pyton Skky series, the Perry Skky, Jr. series, the Ysmin Pee series, the Fith Thoms Novelzine series, the Crmen Browne series, the Morgn Love series, the Bet Gmm Pi series, nd the Cheer Drm series. Mrs. Moore hs four dult titles; the ltest is Chsing Fith. She ws lso the o-editor for severl Bile projets: the Women of Color Devotionl Bile, the Wisdom nd Gre Bile, nd Rel Bilezine. Mrs. Moore speks with young people ross the ountry, enourging them to hieve every ttinle drem. She urrently lives in the greter Atlnt re with her husnd, Derrik, nd their three hildren. Visit her wesite t www.stephnieperrymoore.om.
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