Filson bowman biography of abraham

Noah, the firstborn son of Lamech who represent the tenth generation of man on the earth, came into the world when his father was 182 years old!

The Bible reveals that Noah's name means "relief" or "comfort" from all the hard work man has had to endure since the curse (Genesis 5:29).

The "curse" referred to goes all the way back to the Garden of Eden, when man was condemned to a life of hard labor so that he could eat (Genesis 3:17 - 19).

At the age of 480, God told Noah something he suspected based upon his experiences in life.

Man, for generations, had been sliding steadily into a life dedicated to plotting and carrying out evil against others.

Filson bowman biography of abraham

What may have been surprising, however, was God's solution to the situation. This solution entailed wiping mankind off the face of the earth (Genesis 6:5 - 7)!

God commanded Noah to build an ark and gave humans 120 years to repent before the floodwaters would come (Genesis 6:3).

God’s warn