A one-year cruise
Noah and his family didn’t stay on the boat for just 40 days. It took a year for the floodwater to subside enough for them to disembark. A Visual Walk Through Genesis, pages 59-60. Casual English Bible
Iraqi Noah
An Iraqi flood story from hundreds of years before Moses could have written Genesis tells about another man who built a boat to survive a flood. He took his family and animals aboard. He even released a dove and raven like Noah did to scout for land. …
The myth of Mt. Ararat
Explorers have searched Mt. Ararat for traces of Noah’s boat. But they need to widen their search area. The Bible says the boat came to halt “somewhere in the Ararat mountain range,” (Genesis 8:4, Casual English Bible). That’s a bit …
Desert aquifers fed the Flood?
Ground water helped feed Noah’s Flood: “Underground water erupted like geysers ” (Genesis 7:11 Casual English Bible). Saudi Arabia’s Disi Aquifer is an underground lake half the size of Iraq. A Visual Walk Through Genesis, page 53. Casual English …
Humans last 10 generations
The human race survives just 10 generations before God says they’ve gotten so evil that he needs a do-over. Cue Noah. A Visual Walk Through Genesis, page 50.
Methuselah: Flood victim?
The ancient version of the Bible used to create the King James Version puts the death of Methuselah (age 969) in the same year as Noah’s Flood. Numbers used in the first Greek translation add up to him living 14 years after the Flood. A stowaway? A …
Noah: Curse-Buster
Curse-Buster. That’s apparently Noah’s name, or close to it. His dad said he named his son Noah in hopes that God would give people relief from the hard work they had to do after God cursed the land. A Visual Walk Through Genesis, page 48. Genesis …
Long live Iraqi kings
A Sumerian Flood story from southern Iraq says the eight kings who reigned before the Flood reigned almost a total of a quarter of a million years. Shortest reign: 18,600 years. A Visual Walk Through Genesis, page 48. Casual English Bible
Adam’s 930th Happy Birthday
If people today lived as long as Adam and others before Noah’s Flood, we could watch on live television Pope Sixtus IV (1414–1484), who authorized the Spanish Inquisition, serving as a color commentator for Court TV. A Visual Walk Through Genesis, …
The Mark of Cain: a blessing
“The Lord put a mark on Cain to warn anyone who might try to kill him” (Genesis 4:15 NLT). This mark wasn’t bad or shameful or punishment. It was a mark of mercy. A Visual Walk Through Genesis, page 45.
Thumbs down on Cain
Two theories about why God accepted Abel’s offering of an animal but rejected Cain’s offering of crops. (1) Abel brought a premium offering; Cain brought the discount offering. (2) Abel had the right motive; Cain didn’t. A Visual Walk Through …
Earth’s first dead animal
The world’s first dead animal, as the Bible reports it, died to pay for the sins of Adam and Eve. After the couple sinned and realized they were naked, God covered them with animal skins. A Visual Walk Through Genesis, page 41.