Genesis
1:1-31 Creation during six days: 1. light and darkness 2. seperation from water and air (sky), water and vapor 3. seperation from water and continents, creation of plants 4. creation of two major lights and the stars in charge of lightening day and night, marking seasons, days, and years Notice that the Sun and the Moon didn't appear until the "Day" 4; how come there was a concept of "day" since the Sun didn't exist then? So it is only a description for a certain period of time counting, not the exact meaning of "day" as we today are used to recognize. 5. sea life in the waters and birds 6. animals, reptiles, bugs (insects), and the last, GODLIKE HUMANS, reflectiing God's nature and taking charging in Earth.
1:29 All the plants, fruits, and vegis were food for humans. Yet God didn't mention that animals were edible.
Chapter 2 may be a brief summary and guideline on human's creation. Therefore the details of creation may be not here to be emphasized.
2:5 The plants were created on Day 3, when there's no rain yet. Why? There's no Sun, no vaporization. But why wasn't there yet rainfall on Day 6? Saturized vapor pressure!
2:5 Just at the same moment, God created Adam. Did Adam show up early on Day 3 or even earlier, living alone in a special garden, or to be more precisely, sanctuary God made for him, for the greens didn't sprout then yet? Not likely, such big headline should be recorded on Day 3. Besides, sprouting is reproducing, not producing itself, while creating is letting them exist. They might be of different conditions. Until Day 6, God then created "human beings", which referred that Adam and Eve together.
3:11-13 The very beginning of evading and dishonesty. They just wouldn't admit their mistakes, imputing the faults and blames to others.
4:1 With God's help, humans began to acquire more and more knowledge. The pain, the instant pain of giving birth, would only be mentioned once in the last chapter 3:16, then never again. This is the style of God. He always describes things with plain words, not in sensational breaking news.
4:19 Monogamy, God's original intention, has been broken by Lamech.
4:23 Lamech's words are the model of nowadays revenge. Paying back is the last way to solve hatred. [Song of Revenge]
4:26 "And then Seth had a son whom he named Enosh. That's when men and women began praying and worshiping in the name of God."
5:24 Enoch walked with God and was taken away by God at the age of 365. He never experienced death, as Elijah (2 Kings 2:11)
5:29 Noah alleviated the toil from his offsprings there after.
6:2 the sons of God: 1. fallen Angels (Job 1:6, 2:1, 38:7) 2. sons of Seth (married the daughters of Cain)
6:3 "...from now on they can expect a life span of 120 years.", which means human longivity could therefore in manipulation within only 120 years more. Then God would wipe off all His works on earth, when Noah was about 600 years old. (Ge 8:13)
6:4 Giants, the mighty men, the Transformers - the union of God's sons (Angels) and men's daughters
6:6 "後悔" means "being sorry", not "to repent". Besides, God has expectations upon us, or He'll never feel sad.
6:9 How to prove Noah is a "righteous" person according to Jesus? He walked with God.
6:14 In today's language, the ship is made of teakwood, 450 feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and forty-five feet high, with a roof and windows every eighteen inches from the top, a door on the side of the ship, and three decks, lower, middle, and upper.
7:15 "-everything that has a breath of life...", everything, that's really hard to imagine!
8:7-8 The raven symbols self-survival; a dove, relying on God, and God offers help.
8:1-17 For how long could the brimming prodigality be enough to reproduce and flourish? (How long shall we hold our essence to nourish ourselves?)
9 months+1+40+7+7 = 330 days aprx.!!!
8:21 The ground was cursed, so humans have this bent toward evil since very young? Is there a relationship between them? 【性惡】
9:3 We are authorized to eat meat. But not one with blood.
9:24 Noah practiced his own creterion to prize (wish) Shem and Jepheth and punish (curse) Ham's son, Canaan, whose father might have insulted his grandpa. But why could a son have to bear his father's fault? Why should Noah curse his grandson instead of his youngest son? Well, that's his creterion, but it did change the history in the coming future. Just remember two things: 1. Noah was human, too. 2. Noah did this after being drunk and with a hangover. Getting drunk is really not a good idea.
10:6 Egypt was Ham's son.
10:8-12 Nimrod was the first great warrior ever since, who later built the Babel Tower in Shinar.
10:17 Ham - Canaan - offsprings in Sodom, Gomorrah
11:6 Don't get too strong on your own and in your way, or you will be losing the pure purpose for coming into this world.
11:28 Abram, Shem's offspring, and Sarai and Lot, Haran's son, Abram's nephew, first on stage.
12:3 Because Jesus is his offspring.
12:7 God first promised Abram to grant his offsprings the land of Canaan.
12:13 A tumble of faith! Even Abram experienced self-survival and told a lie.
12:18 How did Pharao know the truth? Through wizards, charmers, or the familiar spirits?
13:6 What is so much money for? What will so much money be?
13:8 Abram cared no wealth; he preferred harmony and God's order!
13:18 Abram never forgot to owe all the glory to God.
14:4 "事奉" means "be under the thumb of ..."
14:12 What happened when Abram went west? (13:8) Being good and nice for the time being in front of our eyes doesn't seem to be so all the time...
14:18 Melchizedek, king and prime priest of Jerusalem (Salem), took the tenth of Abram from the battle.
14:20 The earliest tenth ever written.
14:22-23 The offering of Sodom was quite troublesome (In 15:1, God told him not to be afraid... Your reward will be grand.) in the long run, so Abram didn't accept his "generosity".
15:6 "Believed God! God declared him "Set-Right-with-God." Faith consummates righteousness. Here is the first stated.
15:13 Isrealites will be slaves in Egypt for 430 years. Exodus 12:40
15:17 "smoking firepot" and "flamming torch"; compare Ex 13:21
16:2 A tumble of faith again. A toil and carnage of the descendants in the future...
16:4-6 Vanity fo Hagar. Abram's ignorance and neglect of the dispute between Hagar and Sarai brought about family tragedy - Hagar's runaway.
17:5 Abram - Abraham, father of many nations
17:15 Sarai - Sarah, princess
18:1 The Oaks of Mamre, in Hebron, I love this name!
18:8 God also ate plumppy calf! ^^
18:15 God never questions people bitterly.
18:26 Bad people would be left survived only for the sake of good people, regardless of its minority.
19:1 Sitting at the city gate means good reputation.
19:10-11 Angels' might!
19:26 Lot's wife - curiosity kills the cat.
19:36 Incest immorality.
20:2 A tumble of faith part III! Humans are so weak! (12:13, 16:2)
20:7 First time mentioned "prophet" in Bible.
20:11 Self-survival... (20:2)
20:18 Sarah's womb "has to" give birth from Abraham's legacy.

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