Genesis 5-7

Genesis 5 (Adams descendants to Noah)

Out of both Cain and Seth's lineage brought change! See the lineages below:

               Adam & Eve

Cain                             Seth

Enoch                          Enosh

Irad                              Kenan

Mehujael                    Mahalalel

Methushael                 Jared

Lamech                      Enoch

Jabal                          Methuselah

Tubalcain                  Lamech

Noamah (sister)         NOAH

Jubal                         Shem

                                 Ham

                                 

                                 Japheth

*Notice the closeness in names and even same names (Lamech & Enoch)

A few things to note about some of the sethite men:

Enoch, along with Elijah are the only 2 men in the bible that God took to heaven alive!

Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.

(5:24)

Methuselah was the oldest man to live

Altogether, Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died. (5:27)

Noah (meaning rescue) was named to bring comfort/relief to the family (5:29)

*Foreshadow to the flood which Noah and his family would be spared from! 

Genesis 6 (Building up to the flood)

Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not contend with^[a] humans forever, for they are mortal^[b]; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.” (6:3)

*Foreshadow to the flood.

The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. ⁶ TheLord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. ⁷ So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.” ⁸ But Noah found favor in the eyes of theLord. (6:6-8)

Genesis 1:25

God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

Parallels to 

Genesis 6:12

God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.

*Since Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord (6:8)

God gives Noah a specific plan for preparing for the flood to come.

Although Noah prepared he waited on GOD!

** This shows us the importance of waiting on God! Even if we KNOW we have heard from God and our doing His work we must wait for his anointing and trust in his perfect timing; regardless of our desire to know what is next! HIS faithfulness and timing prove themselves to exceed even our "best" time and time again...

But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you. (6:18)

*First time the word covenant is mentioned in the Old Testament.