If you are looking for the beginning of this study you can start HERE with the brief introduction. At the bottom of that introduction will be the links to each section of the study guide as it becomes available. For this study the English Standard Version is the translation that is being utilized and you can read it online HERE or pick up the copy of your choice from Amazon or your local book store. I find THIS EDITION to be useful for deep study and annotation.
Grammar Questions: (The Information of the Text)
What is it that “grieved” Yahweh “to his heart”? (6:5-6)
Who found “favor in the eyes of Yahweh” (6:8)
What does Yahweh determine to do because of the way things are? (6:13)
What things does Yahweh tell Noah to do? (6:14-21)
Does Noah do these things? (6:22)
For how long did God send rains on the earth? (7:4)
How old was Noah when the flood started? (7:6)
What people enter the Ark besides Noah? (7:7)
How high above the mountains did the flood waters prevail? (7:20)
Where did the Ark come to rest as the flood waters subsided? (8:4)
What two kinds of birds does Noah send out from the Ark? (8:7-8)
What is the first thing Noah does after disembarking from the boat? (8:20)
What covenant promise does Yahweh make with Noah and his sons? (9:8-17)
What is the “sign” of the Noahic covenant? (9:13)
How long will the covenant God made with Noah last? (9:16)
Where do all the peoples of the world come from? (9:18)
What happens when Noah drinks too much wine? (9:20-27)
How old was Noah when he died? (9:29)
Logic Questions: (The Interpretation of the Text)
Who are the “sons of God”? (6:2)
Genesis 6:3 says, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.” What does this mean?
What does it mean for an animal to be “clean” versus “unclean?” Why would God have Noah bring more “clean” animals than the unclean? (7:2-3)
Genesis 7:14 uses the phrase “according to its kind” four times. Where have we read that phrase before and what might be the significance of repeating it here?
The Scriptures say that after Noah and his family entered the ark that “Yahweh shut him in.” (7:16) What significance might there be in that?
Why did Noah send two different types of birds from the Ark after the flood? (8:6-12)
How long was Noah and his family actually on the Ark? (7:6; 8:14)
Genesis 8:17 and 9:7 use the phrase “be fruitful and multiply.” Where have we read that phrase before and why might it be repeated here?
Why does God say that any animal or person who takes a human life should also lose their own life? (9:5-6)
What conditions does God place on the covenant he made with Noah and his descendents? In other words, what do Noah and his descendents have to do in order for God to keep his promise? (9:8-17)
Rhetoric Questions: (The Analysis of the Text)
What is the value of a “sign” such as the one Yahweh gives for his covenant with Noah? What is their purpose?
Is the covenant God makes with Noah the first covenant Yahweh made with man in the book of Genesis? Why or why not?
Was Noah a righteous man? Why or why not?
Should Christians support the death penalty today? Why or why not?
Theological Analysis: (Scripture Interprets Scripture)
Why is the story of Canaan’s curse (9:20-27) important to the larger story of the Bible? Consider Gen 10:15-20 and Numbers 13 in your answer.
Read Matthew 24:36-44. What correlation(s) does Jesus make between Noah’s story and “the coming of the Son of Man”?
According to Hebrews 11:7, what is the result of Noah’s faith?
Read 1 Peter 3:18-22. How does the apostle Peter use Noah’s story as an illustration of our salvation?
Read 2 Peter 2:4-10a. What is the relationship of the salvation of the godly to judgment of the wicked?
Virtues/Vices/Great Ideas: (Find them in the Text)
Faith, Indulgence
Westminster Shorter Catechism Questions:
Questions 82 - 90