Thematic Bible: Son of lamech
Thematic Bible
Noah » Son of lamech » Builds an ark (ship) and saves his family from the great flood
By faith Noah honoured God, after that he was warned of things which were not seen, and prepared the ark to the saving of his household, through the which ark he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which cometh by faith.
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Make thee an ark of pine tree, and make chambers in the ark, and pitch it, within and without, with pitch. And of this fashion shalt thou make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, and the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. A window shalt thou make above in the ark. And within a cubit compass shalt thou finish it. And the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side of it: and thou shalt make it with three lofts - one above another. read more.
For behold, I will bring in a flood of water upon the earth to destroy all flesh from under heaven, wherein breath of life is, so that all that is in the earth shall perish. But I will make mine covenant with thee, that both thou shalt come into the ark and thy sons, thy wife and thy sons' wives with thee. "And of all that liveth, whatsoever flesh it be, shalt thou bring into the ark, of every thing a pair, to keep them alive with thee. And male and female see that they be, of birds in their kind, and of beasts in their kind, and of all manner of worms of the earth in their kind: a pair of every thing shall come unto thee to keep them alive. And take unto thee of all manner of meat that may be eaten and lay it up in store by thee, that it may be meat both for thee and for them." And Noah did according to all that God commanded him.
For behold, I will bring in a flood of water upon the earth to destroy all flesh from under heaven, wherein breath of life is, so that all that is in the earth shall perish. But I will make mine covenant with thee, that both thou shalt come into the ark and thy sons, thy wife and thy sons' wives with thee. "And of all that liveth, whatsoever flesh it be, shalt thou bring into the ark, of every thing a pair, to keep them alive with thee. And male and female see that they be, of birds in their kind, and of beasts in their kind, and of all manner of worms of the earth in their kind: a pair of every thing shall come unto thee to keep them alive. And take unto thee of all manner of meat that may be eaten and lay it up in store by thee, that it may be meat both for thee and for them." And Noah did according to all that God commanded him.
For as in the days before the flood: they did eat and drink, marry, and were married, even unto the day that Noah entered in to the ship,
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which were in time past disobedient, when the long suffering of God abode exceeding patiently in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few - that is to say eight souls - were saved by water,
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They ate, they drank, they married wives and were married even unto the same day that Noah went into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
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Noah » Son of lamech » Receives the covenant from God that no flood would ever again visit the earth; the rainbow instituted as a token of the covenant
Neither shall sowing time and harvest, cold, and heat, summer and winter, day and night cease, as long as the earth endureth."
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And Noah made an altar unto the LORD, and took of all manner of clean beasts and all manner of clean fowls, and offered sacrifice upon the altar.
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"See, I make my covenant with you and your seed after you, and with all living things that is with you: both fowl and cattle, and all manner beast of the earth that is with you, of all that cometh out of the ark, whatsoever beast of the earth it be. I make my covenant with you, that henceforth all flesh shall not be destroyed with the waters of any flood, and that henceforth there shall not be a flood to destroy the earth." read more.
And God said, "This is the token of my covenant which I make between me and you, and between all living thing, that is with you forever: I will set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant made between me and the earth; so that when I bring in clouds upon the earth, the bow shall appear in the clouds. And then will I think upon my covenant which I have made between me and you, and all that liveth, whatsoever flesh it be. So that henceforth there shall be no more waters to make a flood to destroy all flesh. The bow shall be in the clouds, and I will look upon it, to remember the everlasting covenant between God and all that liveth upon the earth, whatsoever flesh it be." And God said unto Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have made between me and all flesh that is on the earth."
And God said, "This is the token of my covenant which I make between me and you, and between all living thing, that is with you forever: I will set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant made between me and the earth; so that when I bring in clouds upon the earth, the bow shall appear in the clouds. And then will I think upon my covenant which I have made between me and you, and all that liveth, whatsoever flesh it be. So that henceforth there shall be no more waters to make a flood to destroy all flesh. The bow shall be in the clouds, and I will look upon it, to remember the everlasting covenant between God and all that liveth upon the earth, whatsoever flesh it be." And God said unto Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have made between me and all flesh that is on the earth."
Noah » Son of lamech » Dies at the age of nine-hundred and fifty years
And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years: So that all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years, and then he died.
Noah » Son of lamech » Intoxication of, and his curse upon canaan
And Noah, being a husbandman, went forth and planted a vineyard, and drank of the wine and was drunk, and lay uncovered in the midst of his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's privities, and told his two brethren that were without. read more.
And Shem and Japheth took a mantle, and put it on both their shoulders and went backward, and covered their father's secrets, but their faces were backward, so that they saw not their father's nakedness. As soon as Noah was awaked from his wine and wist what his youngest son had done unto him, he said, "Cursed be Canaan, and a servant, of all servants be he to his brethren." And he said, "Blessed be the LORD God of Shem, and Canaan be his servant. God increase Japheth that he may dwell in the tents of Shem. And Canaan be their servant."
And Shem and Japheth took a mantle, and put it on both their shoulders and went backward, and covered their father's secrets, but their faces were backward, so that they saw not their father's nakedness. As soon as Noah was awaked from his wine and wist what his youngest son had done unto him, he said, "Cursed be Canaan, and a servant, of all servants be he to his brethren." And he said, "Blessed be the LORD God of Shem, and Canaan be his servant. God increase Japheth that he may dwell in the tents of Shem. And Canaan be their servant."
Noah » Son of lamech » Builds an altar and offers sacrifices
And Noah made an altar unto the LORD, and took of all manner of clean beasts and all manner of clean fowls, and offered sacrifice upon the altar. And the LORD smelled a sweet savour and said in his heart, "I will henceforth no more curse the earth for man's sake, for the imagination of man's heart is evil even from the very youth of him. Moreover I will not destroy from henceforth all that liveth as I have done.
Noah » Son of lamech » His blessing upon shem and japheth
And he said, "Blessed be the LORD God of Shem, and Canaan be his servant. God increase Japheth that he may dwell in the tents of Shem. And Canaan be their servant."
Noah » Son of lamech
And Lamech lived a hundred eighty two years and begat a son, and called him Noah, saying, "This same shall comfort us: as concerning our work and sorrow of our hands which we have about the earth that the LORD hath cursed."