God explains why all the animals will now be afraid of man, but makes it clear that killing another man is still murder. God also tells them they don't need to be afraid of clouds that appear in the sky in the future and that the rainbow will remind everyone of God's promise. Ham makes a very bad decision. Read from the World English Bible.

The record is very precise about how long it took and when the flood waters receded from the earth. A raven proves it can fly for a long time. It seems that maybe all the olive trees weren't destroyed in the flood. Noah apparently needs some encouragement to leave the ark. And God makes some very far reaching promises. Reading from the World English Bible.

Noah and his family all went into the ark on the same day, then God shut the door. God still waited a week, but no one else asked to go in. Then what had to be a horrifying event even from inside the ark proceeded. Read from the World English Bible.

The Nephilim (possibly where the stories of Greek heroes come from) are one symptom of the pervasive wickedness of mankind before the flood that corrupted the whole earth. Read from the World English Bible.

The life spans of people before the flood were amazingly long. People could have known their 4 x great grandparents. Then, there is the special case of Enoch whom God took. Reading from the World English Bible.

It doesn't take very long for the first recorded murder to take place. There are indications that Adam and Eve already had a significant number of other off spring from Cain's reaction to his punishment. Reading Genesis Chapter 4 (World English Bible)

Wherein the serpent twists God's words in order to make the woman think she will become a god if she disobeys. Then God protects the man and woman from making their situation worse. Reading Genesis Chapter 3 (World English Bible)

After the summary of creation in chapter 1, some more details are given here in chapter 2. This includes the first man getting the name all the animals and the unique way the first woman was created, to show the special bond between man and wife. Reading of Genesis chapter 2 (World English Bible).