Genesis 8:1
1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
Did Noah temporarally slip God's mind?
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Genesis 8:2
2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
What is the difference between the "windows of heaven stopping" and the "rain from heaven was restrained"?
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Genesis 8:3
3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
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Genesis 8:4
4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
Why is the month and day specifically mentioned?
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Genesis 8:5
5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
If the waters were only fifteen cubits, how fast did the waters decrease?
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Genesis 8:6
6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
Do you think this window was transparent like glass?
How much light was there in the ark?
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Genesis 8:7
7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
What made Noah send a raven of all birds?
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Genesis 8:8
8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
Why not another raven?
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Genesis 8:9
9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
How long do you think the dove was flying around?
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Genesis 8:10
10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
Is the raven still flying around?
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Genesis 8:11
11 And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
What was so important to send a female dove?
If all life on the earth was destroyed, how was there a olive leaf?
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Genesis 8:12
12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
Do you think this was the same dove?
Do you think the ark was sitting on the ground and water was still around it and just didn't go away yet?
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Genesis 8:13
13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
Do you think the ground was muddy?
How many days was it since he last sent the dove out?
What is the covering of the ark?
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Genesis 8:14
14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
This was a month and twenty seven days of water hanging around. Do you think the water was stagnent?
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Genesis 8:15
15 And God spake unto Noah, saying,
Why didn't God talk to Noah when He remembered him in verse 1?
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Genesis 8:16
16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.
Did God need to tell Noah to leave the ark?
Do you think the ark was feeling like home to them by now?
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Genesis 8:17
17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
God gave this commandment in the garden. Shortly afterwards He destroys the earth. Why make the same commandment?
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Genesis 8:18
18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him:
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Genesis 8:19
19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
If the ark was sitting in mud with the weight of all the animals, do you think it sunk in the mud at all?
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Genesis 8:20
20 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
How much time do you think it took Noah to prepare for this sacrifice?
What do we do for the LORD today that is similar or takes as much time?
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Genesis 8:21
21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
The LORD shares His heart with us. How touched are we?
When the LORD says He will not again curse the ground, is He talking about thorns and thistles?
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Genesis 8:22
22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
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