Genesis 7: The Flood

1Then the LORD said to Noah, "Enter the ark, you and all your household, for you alone I have seen to be righteous before Me in this time. 2"You shall take with you of every clean animal by sevens, a male and his female; and of the animals that are not clean two, a male and his female; 3also of the birds of the sky, by sevens, male and female, to keep offspring alive on the face of all the earth. 4"For after seven more days, I will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights; and I will blot out from the face of the land every living thing that I have made." 5Noah did according to all that the LORD had commanded him. 6Now Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of water came upon the earth. 7Then Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him entered the ark because of the water of the flood. 8Of clean animals and animals that are not clean and birds and everything that creeps on the ground, 9there went into the ark to Noah by twos, male and female, as God had commanded Noah. 10It came about after the seven days, that the water of the flood came upon the earth. 11In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened. 12The rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. 13On the very same day Noah and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark, 14they and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, all sorts of birds. 15So they went into the ark to Noah, by twos of all flesh in which was the breath of life. 16Those that entered, male and female of all flesh, entered as God had commanded him; and the LORD closed it behind him. 17Then the flood came upon the earth for forty days, and the water increased and lifted up the ark, so that it rose above the earth. 18The water prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water. 19The water prevailed more and more upon the earth, so that all the high mountains everywhere under the heavens were covered. 20The water prevailed fifteen cubits higher, and the mountains were covered. 21All flesh that moved on the earth perished, birds and cattle and beasts and every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind; 22of all that was on the dry land, all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died. 23Thus He blotted out every living thing that was upon the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky, and they were blotted out from the earth; and only Noah was left, together with those that were with him in the ark. 24The water prevailed upon the earth one hundred and fifty days.

1) v. 2 "You shall take with you of every clean animal by sevens, a male and his female; and of the animals that are not clean two, a male and his female;
Where before this text are we given an explanation of what counts as a "clean" animal and an "unclean" animal? My bible refers to Leviticus but were the writers of this chapter supposing that we already new these definitions?

2) v. 4 God annouces that the flood will be upon the earth for 40 days and 40 nights.
Do we know why God chose this timeframe? What is the significance of the 40's?

3) v. 6-7 The flood begins and Noah enters the ark. v. 11 seems like a huge shift in writing (it gets very descriptive...very Robert Frosty). This happens again in v. 13 and the story of them entering the ark is described again. v. 17 states the flood started and a majorly descriptive explanation occurs again. Any thoughts on this repetitiveness and shift in writing style?

4) v. 24 The water prevailed upon the earth one hundred and fifty days.
Does this mean that Noah and the crew remained in the ark for 150 days?

A Little Behind (Genesis)

Hey guys. I'll be posting the next installment of Cindar's discovery of Genesis either tonight or tomorrow. I was dealing with a major head-ache/migraine yesterday. And now I have to survive Walmart for some groceries. (grin)

Neo and Trinity

Feeling sort of sad. Got home tonight, ate some left-over Chinese, flipped on the tv and the Matrix was on. I caught the last 30 minutes and am now watching the Animatrix. It makes me feel sad that ******* and I could not work it out. (Me deciding to walk away and he pushing me away annually like clockwork) It's the first time I have watched Animatrix or any of the films without him. In relation to a lot of things, it's as if a big chunk of my heart has been removed and is now missing. An execution of my own will..........what did he expect each time he pushed me to the edge? I feel numb right now, throat is tense trying not to cry because I've done so well so far. Three months two and a half weeks of my heart being unplugged, numb, tore up, lifeless, and sad. Asking why all of this had to happen. It sucks being the one to walk away, to call it quits, to let the other go. Because you know you had control of the situation and decided to let him go. To know how much you love him but that it's safer for you to turn your back and not look behind. To erase the pain along with the beauty and joy you once had. / Please rent Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. It is coming out September 28th. ******* and I went to Atlanta to try and catch a show (you might say concert) on a whim a long time ago. Well, the box office had closed by the time we made it, which was just 30 minutes late, so we decided to see a movie while in town. We went to a mall and saw that Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind had been released. Living in Montgomery meant that it would probably be a month, if at all, before it came to the theaters so we decided to see it. We were so excited. Well, we left there utterly amazed. It was a beautiful movie, amazing music, but most important was the story. If you have ever had to 'walk away' from someone that you loved deeply you will relate to this film. Or if you want to know what I am going through right now, it will explain a lot.

You wish so badly you could just erase them from your mind and heart so the pain wouldn't suffocate you.................
http://www.eternalsunshine.com/
http://www.lacunainc.com/ for information on "the procedure".
Although I am heartbroken I wouldn't want to erase the past 8 years. He meant a lot to me and I hope that he felt love.

I miss him but what was there left for me to do? You can be someone's soul-mate but when they allow the hurt and spitefulness to infiltrate the relationship, there's not a battle you can win................ Plus, me being by his side did not help him succeed over his confusions. So, me sacrificing the relationship meant that hopefully he could find peace on his own and be happy within himself down the road. I just hope that I find that also.

(saves entry, shuts down computer............wipes eyes and curls up in the bed to sleep away the sadness)