Genesis 4-8 Analysis

Thoughts for Genesis 4-8

I’ve always wondered why God didn’t accept Cain’s gift. The judgmental messages of bring your best to the Father didn’t ring in my ear when I read it this time. He worked the soil, he brought what was produced from the soil. I read it over and over again and received new insight of the answers from God. It won’t always be what we are expecting but the bringing of the offering still has to happen. I constantly have to teach my daughter that a high five or affirmation won’t be given every time she is good. Her good behavior is expected daily, you didn’t get it right this time, try again tomorrow. Are we continuing only on this offering journey for favor or because it’s the right thing to do? Oh, you restless wanderer!

Just even reading it has me stirring at the same that we do to God. We have killed our brother with shame, guilt and inharmonious words and think we can hide in the garden and field of life. And yet still after suffering consequences he STILL covers his life from death.

“At that time people started to call on the name of the Lord” I am anxious to hear what the class has to say to this. Interesting intersection for this passage. When the sons started to marry anyone God’s disposition changed. Marriages are a catalyst for the movement of God. We hold it to be so secondary and small. The unhealthy decision brings forth God’s attitude of regret towards mankind.

At just a breathe of God the waters receded on earth. His breath continues to recede the overtaking waters of life in my life. Just as he did with Noah, he continues to breath it out on our

The conversation between Cain and Yahweh is about his personal choice of what he does with his own anger or sin. The same applies to us today, if we personally recognize the sin at our own door it could lead to maturity, if not mastered it could lead to death. (Towner, 61) It is left up to us to make a decree to grow through what we go through.

Genesis 5 documents the genealogies that at first sight makes us view them as unnecessary necessities, but as we continue to read them they become essential components of our story. (Arnold 83) We can now link us to the story and the beginning. Towner explains this genealogy order as a great list that portrays unity amongst humankind and establishes the bible as a historical archive. (Towner, 73)

Through the generation archive we have linked Adam to Noah. At this exact time that I am writing this I am here in Houston helping my family that was impacted by Hurricane Harvey. It’s even hard to imagine the destruction of all humankind except a few. Although Towner explains the flood in two separate themes of human depravity and God’s flexibility. (Towner, 82) I wouldn’t put them in two separate