Pleading
In a world engulfed by corruption and violence, Noah stands as a steadfast beacon of righteousness amidst the chaos. With divine warnings echoing in his ears, he and Methuselah tirelessly plead with humanity to repent, their words falling on deaf ears as the earth hurtles towards imminent judgement. As Noah’s commitment to righteousness deepens, he receives a chilling vision of impending doom: angels of punishment poised to unleash cataclysmic waters upon a sinful world. Amidst this turmoil, Noah is tasked by God to build an ark, a colossal vessel designed to shelter the remnants of life from the coming cataclysm. With precise instructions and unwavering faith, Noah constructs the ark, sealing it inside and out with pitch, and gathering animals of every kind to preserve them from the impending catastrophe.
As Noah and his family prepare amidst rising tensions, the legacy of Methuselah weighs heavily upon them. The garments of skin, handed down from God Himself, serve as a symbol of hope and assurance to preserve Noah’s faith amidst the turbulent waters.
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Insignificant Characters
GENESIS
27%
ENOCH
26%
JASHER
41%
JUBILEES
6%
Exposition
Y: 1536 | YHWH tells Methuselah and Noah to preach for 120 years
Genesis 6:3, 6, Jasher 5:6-11, Jubilees 5:8
Y: 1553 | YHWH tells Noah to marry and have children
Jasher 5:12-15a
Y: 1554 | Noah marries Naamah (Emzara)
Jasher 5:15b-16, Jubilees 4:33a
Noah has 3 sons
Genesis 5:32, 6:9-10
Y: 1556 | Shem is born
Jasher 5:17b, Jubilees 4:33b
Y: 1558 | Ham is born
Jasher 5:18a, Jubilees 4:33c
Y: 1561 | Japheth is born
Jasher 5:17a, Jubilees 4:33d
The boys grew up righteous
Jasher 5:18b
J: 34 | Y: 1651 | Lamech (Seth’s line) died
Genesis 5:30-31, Jasher 5:19-20
Rising Action
The earth is corrupt
Genesis 6:11-12
Methuselah and Noah called to preach again
Jasher 5:21-24
Noah is shown angels holding back the deluge
Enoch 66:1-3
Climax
The waters of judgment
Enoch 67:1-13
Who can endure the judgment?
Enoch 68:1-4
Falling Action
YHWH tells Noah that the end is near
Genesis 6:13, Jasher 5:25, Jubilees 5:20-21a
YHWH tells Noah to build an ark
Genesis 6:14-18, Jasher 5:26-29, Jubilees 5:21b
YHWH tells Noah to bring animals into the ark
Genesis 6:19-20, Jasher 5:30
YHWH tells Noah to gather food into the ark
Genesis 6:21, Jasher 5:31
YHWH tells Noah to find wives for his sons
Jasher 5:32
Noah builds the ark
Genesis 6:22, Jasher 5:33-34, Jubilees 5:22
Noah finds wives for his sons
Jasher 5:35
Resolution
Y: 1656 | Methuselah died
Genesis 5:26-27, Jasher 5:36
The garments of skin from YHWH are taken by Noah
Jasher 7:26
Year: 1536
YHWH tells Methuselah and Noah to preach for 120 years
Jasher 5:6-7
6 And after the lapse of many years, in the four hundred and eightieth year of the life of Noah, when all those men, who followed the Lord had died away from amongst the sons of men, and only Methuselah was then left, God said unto Noah and Methuselah, saying,
7 Speak ye, and proclaim to the sons of men, saying, Thus saith the Lord, return from your evil ways and forsake your works, and the Lord will repent of the evil that he declared to do to you, so that it shall not come to pass.
Genesis 6:3
3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
Jasher 5:8
8 For thus saith the Lord, Behold I give you a period of one hundred and twenty years; if you will turn to me and forsake your evil ways, then will I also turn away from the evil which I told you, and it shall not exist, saith the Lord.
Jubilees 5:8
8 And He said ‘My spirit shall not always abide on man; for they also are flesh and their days shall be one hundred and twenty years’.
Jasher 5:9-11
9 And Noah and Methuselah spoke all the words of the Lord to the sons of men, day after day, constantly speaking to them.
10 But the sons of men would not hearken to them, nor incline their ears to their words, and they were stiffnecked.
11 And the Lord granted them a period of one hundred and twenty years, saying, If they will return, then will God repent of the evil, so as not to destroy the earth.
Genesis 6:6
6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
Year: 1553
YHWH tells Noah to marry and have children
Jasher 5:12-15a
12 Noah the son of Lamech refrained from taking a wife in those days, to beget children, for he said, Surely now God will destroy the earth, wherefore then shall I beget children?
13 And Noah was a just man, he was perfect in his generation, and the Lord chose him to raise up seed from his seed upon the face of the earth.
14 And the Lord said unto Noah, Take unto thee a wife, and beget children, for I have seen thee righteous before me in this generation.
15a And thou shalt raise up seed, and thy children with thee, in the midst of the earth;
Year: 1554
Noah marries Naamah (Emzara)i
Jasher 5:15b-16
15b and Noah went and took a wife, and he chose Naamah the daughter of Enoch, and she was five hundred and eighty years old.
16 And Noah was four hundred and ninety-eight years old, when he took Naamah for a wife.
Jubilees 4:33a
33a And in the twenty-fifth [1205 A.M.] jubilee Noah took to himself a wife, and her name was `Emzârâ, the daughter of Râkê’êl, the daughter of his father’s brother, in the first year in the fifth week
Noah has 3 sons
Genesis 6:9-10
9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 5:32
32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Year: 1556
Shem is bornii
Jasher 5:17b
17b and she conceived again and bare a son, and he called his name Shem, saying, God has made me a remnant, to raise up seed in the midst of the earth.
Jubilees 4:33b
33b [1207 A.M.]:Âand in the third year thereof she bare him Shem,
Year: 1558
Ham is born
Jasher 5:18a
18a And Noah was five hundred and two years old when Naamah bare Ham
Jubilees 4:33c
33c in the fifth year thereof [1209 A.M.] she bare him Ham,
Year: 1561
Japheth is born
Jasher 5:17a
17a And Naamah conceived and bare a son, and he called his name Japheth, saying, God has enlarged me in the earth;
Jubilees 4:33d
33d and in the first year in the sixth week [1212 A.M.] she bare him Japheth.
The boys grew up righteous
Jasher 5:18b
18b and the boys grew up and went in the ways of the Lord, in all that Methuselah and Noah their father taught them.
Jubilee: 34
Year: 1651
Lamech (Seth's line) diediii
Genesis 5:30
30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:31
31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
Jasher 5:19-20
19 And Lamech the father of Noah, died in those days; yet verily he did not go with all his heart in the ways of his father, and he died in the hundred and ninety-fifth year of the life of Noah.
20 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy years, and he died.
The earth is corrupt
Genesis 6:11-12
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
Methuselah and Noah called to preach again
Jasher 5:21-24
21 And all the sons of men who knew the Lord, died in that year before the Lord brought evil upon them; for the Lord willed them to die, so as not to behold the evil that God would bring upon their brothers and relatives, as he had so declared to do.
22 In that time, the Lord said to Noah and Methuselah, Stand forth and proclaim to the sons of men all the words that I spoke to you in those days, peradventure they may turn from their evil ways, and I will then repent of the evil and will not bring it.
23 And Noah and Methuselah stood forth, and said in the ears of the sons of men, all that God had spoken concerning them.
24 But the sons of men would not hearken, neither would they incline their ears to all their declarations.
Noah is shown angels holding back the deluge
Enoch 66:1-3
1 And after that he showed me the angels of punishment who are prepared to come and let loose all the powers of the waters which are beneath in the earth in order to bring judgement and destruction on all who [abide and] dwell on the earth.
2 And the Lord of Spirits gave commandment to the angels who were going forth, that they should not cause the waters to rise but should hold them in check; for those angels were over the powers of the waters.
3 And I went away from the presence of Enoch.
The waters of judgment
Enoch 67:1-13
1 And in those days the word of God came unto me, and He said unto me: ‘Noah, thy lot has come up before Me, a lot without blame, a lot of love and uprightness.
2 And now the angels are making a wooden (building), and when they have completed that task I will place My hand upon it and preserve it, and there shall come forth from it the seed of life, and a change shall set in so that the earth will not remain without inhabitant.
3 And I will make fast thy seed before me for ever and ever, and I will spread abroad those who dwell with thee: it shall not be unfruitful on the face of the earth, but it shall be blessed and multiply on the earth in the name of the Lord.’
4 And He will imprison those angels, who have shown unrighteousness, in that burning valley which my grandfather Enoch had formerly shown to me in the west among the mountains of gold and silver and iron and soft metal and tin.
5 And I saw that valley in which there was a great convulsion and a convulsion of the waters.
6 And when all this took place, from that fiery molten metal and from the convulsion thereof in that place, there was produced a smell of sulphur, and it was connected with those waters, and that valley of the angels who had led astray (mankind) burned beneath that land.
7 And through its valleys proceed streams of fire, where these angels are punished who had led astray those who dwell upon the earth.
8 But those waters shall in those days serve for the kings and the mighty and the exalted, and those who dwell on the earth, for the healing of the body, but for the punishment of the spirit; now their spirit is full of lust, that they may be punished in their body, for they have denied the Lord of Spirits and see their punishment daily, and yet believe not in His name.
9 And in proportion as the burning of their bodies becomes severe, a corresponding change shall take place in their spirit for ever and ever; for before the Lord of Spirits none shall utter an idle word.
10 For the judgement shall come upon them, because they believe in the lust of their body and deny the Spirit of the Lord.
11 And those same waters will undergo a change in those days; for when those angels are punished in these waters, these water-springs shall change their temperature, and when the angels ascend, this water of the springs shall change and become cold.
12 And I heard Michael answering and saying: ‘This judgement wherewith the angels are judged is a testimony for the kings and the mighty who possess the earth.’
13 Because these waters of judgement minister to the healing of the body of the kings and the lust of their body; therefore they will not see and will not believe that those waters will change and become a fire which burns for ever.
Who can endure the judgment?
Enoch 68:1-4
1 And after that my grandfather Enoch gave me the teaching of all the secrets in the book in the Parables which had been given to him, and he put them together for me in the words of the book of the Parables.
2 And on that day Michael answered Raphael and said: ‘The power of the spirit transports and makes me to tremble because of the severity of the judgement of the secrets, the judgement of the angels: who can endure the severe judgement which has been executed, and before which they melt away?’
3 And Michael answered again, and said to Raphael: ‘Who is he whose heart is not softened concerning it, and whose reins are not troubled by this word of judgement (that) has gone forth upon them because of those who have thus led them out?’
4 And it came to pass when he stood before the Lord of Spirits, Michael said thus to Raphael: ‘I will not take their part under the eye of the Lord; for the Lord of Spirits has been angry with them because they do as if they were the Lord. Therefore all that is hidden shall come upon them for ever and ever; for neither angel nor man shall have his portion (in it), but alone they have received their judgement for ever and ever.’
YHWH tells Noah that the end is near
Genesis 6:13
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Jasher 5:25
25 And it was after this that the Lord said to Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me, on account of their evil deeds, and behold I will destroy the earth.
Jubilees 5:20-21a
20 And the Lord said that he would destroy everything which was upon the earth, both men and cattle, and
21a beasts, and fowls of the air, and that which moveth on the earth.
YHWH tells Noah to build an ark
Genesis 6:14
14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
Jasher 5:26
26 And do thou take unto thee gopher wood, and go to a certain place and make a large ark, and place it in that spot.
Jubilees 5:21b
21b And He commanded Noah to make him an ark, that he might save himself from the waters of the flood.
Genesis 6:15-17
15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
Jasher 5:27-29
27 And thus shalt thou make it; three hundred cubits its length, fifty cubits broad and thirty cubits high.
28 And thou shalt make unto thee a door, open at its side, and to a cubit thou shalt finish above, and cover it within and without with pitch.
29 And behold I will bring the flood of waters upon the earth, and all flesh be destroyed, from under the heavens all that is upon earth shall perish.
Genesis 6:18
18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
YHWH tells Noah to bring animals into the ark
Genesis 6:19-20
19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
Jasher 5:30
30 And thou and thy household shall go and gather two couple of all living things, male and female, and shall bring them to the ark, to raise up seed from them upon earth.
YHWH tells Noah to gather food into the ark
Genesis 6:21
21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
Jasher 5:31
31 And gather unto thee all food that is eaten by all the animals, that there may be food for thee and for them.
YHWH tells Noah to find wives for his sons
Jasher 5:32
32 And thou shalt choose for thy sons three maidens, from the daughters of men, and they shall be wives to thy sons.
Noah builds the arkiv
Genesis 6:22
22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
Jasher 5:33-34
33 And Noah rose up, and he made the ark, in the place where God had commanded him, and Noah did as God had ordered him.
34 In his five hundred and ninety-fifth year Noah commenced to make the ark, and he made the ark in five years, as the Lord had commanded.
Jubilees 5:22
22 And Noah made the ark in all respects as He commanded him, in the twenty-seventh jubilee of years, in the fifth week in the fifth year (on the new moon of the first month). [1307 A.M.]
Noah finds wives for his sons
Jasher 5:35
35 Then Noah took the three daughters of Eliakim, son of Methuselah, for wives for his sons, as the Lord had commanded Noah.
Year: 1656
Methuselah diedv
Genesis 5:26-27
26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
Jasher 5:36
36 And it was at that time Methuselah the son of Enoch died, nine hundred and sixty years old was he, at his death.
The garments of skin from YHWH are taken by Noah
Jasher 7:26
26 And at the death of Methuselah, Noah took them and brought them to the ark, and they were with him until he went out of the ark.
i. If Emzara is Naamah, then that would mean that Rake’el is Enoch. However, this seems strange since earlier in Jubilees 4:16 and 4:22 Enoch is not associated as Rake’el. Also, the phrase “the daughter of his father’s brother” doesn’t make sense either since Enoch is not the brother of anyone’s line that reaches Noah. It’s also interesting to note that Naamah, the daughter of Lamech from Cain’s line is born around the same time as Enoch’s daughter Naamah is born.
ii. In Genesis, Jasher, and Jubilees, Ham is the secondborn. However, there is a difference in Jasher which says that Japheth was firstborn and Ham was thirdborn. Because the order in Jubilees matches with Genesis, I went with that order.
iii. Jasher 5:19 suggests that Lamech died in the 195th year of the life of Noah which would be year 1251, not 1651 which matches Lamech’s lifespan. Also, Jasher states Lamech’s lifespan to be 770 years whereas Genesis states 777 years.
iv. Jubilees 5:22 suggests that Noah built the ark the year before the flood whereas Jasher 5:33-34 suggests it was 5 years before the flood.Â
v. Jasher states that Methuselah lived for 960 years whereas Genesis states that he lived for 969 years.
Exposition
Y: 1536 | YHWH tells Methuselah and Noah to preach for 120 years
Genesis 6:3, 6, Jasher 5:6-11, Jubilees 5:8
And after the lapse of many years, in the 480th year of the life of Noah, when all those men, who followed the Lord had died away from among the sons of men, and only Methuselah was then left, God said to Noah and Methuselah, saying, “Speak and proclaim to the sons of men, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord, return from your evil ways and forsake your works, and the Lord will repent of the evil that he declared to do to you, so that it shall not come to pass.'”
The LORD declared, “My spirit shall not always strive with man, for he is also flesh, and his days shall be limited to 120 years.”
He further said, “Behold, I give you a period of 120 years. If you turn to me and forsake your evil ways, I will also turn away from the evil that I have foretold, and it shall not come to pass,” says the Lord.
And Noah and Methuselah spoke all the words of the Lord to the sons of men, day after day, constantly speaking to them. But the sons of men would not listen to them, nor incline their ears to their words, and they were stiffnecked. And the Lord granted them a period of 120 years, saying, “If they will return, then will God repent of the evil, so as not to destroy the earth.”
And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
Y: 1553 | YHWH tells Noah to marry and have children
Jasher 5:12-15a
Noah the son of Lamech refrained from taking a wife in those days, to beget children, for he said, “Surely now God will destroy the earth, wherefore then shall I beget children?”
And Noah was a just man, he was perfect in his generation, and the Lord chose him to raise up seed from his seed upon the face of the earth. And the Lord said to Noah, “Take a wife, and beget children, for I have seen you righteous before me in this generation and you shall raise up seed, and your children with you, in the midst of the earth.”
Y: 1554 | Noah marries Naamah (Emzara)
Jasher 5:15b-16, Jubilees 4:33a
And in the 25th jubilee Noah took to himself a wife, and her name was Emzara (Naamah), the daughter of Rake’el, the daughter of his father’s brother, in the 1st year in the 5th week. Naamah was 580 years old and Noah was 498 years old.
Noah has 3 sons
Genesis 5:32, 6:9-10
These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. And Noah was 500 years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Y: 1556 | Shem is born
Jasher 5:17b, Jubilees 4:33b
Naamah conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Shem, saying, “God has made me a remnant, to raise up seed in the midst of the earth.”
Y: 1558 | Ham is born
Jasher 5:18a, Jubilees 4:33c
And Noah was 502 years old when Naamah bore Ham.
Y: 1561 | Japheth is born
Jasher 5:17a, Jubilees 4:33d
And Naamah conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Japheth, saying, “God has enlarged me in the earth.”
The boys grew up righteous
Jasher 5:18b
And the boys grew up and went in the ways of the Lord, in all that Methuselah and Noah their father taught them.
J: 34 | Y: 1651 | Lamech (Seth’s line) died
Genesis 5:30-31,Jasher 5:19-20
And Lamech lived after he begat Noah 595 years, and begat sons and daughters. And Lamech the father of Noah, died in those days; yet verily he did not go with all his heart in the ways of his father, and he died in the 195th year of the life of Noah. And all the days of Lamech were 777 years, and he died.
Rising Action
The earth is corrupt
Genesis 6:11-12
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
Methuselah and Noah called to preach again
Jasher 5:21-24
And all the sons of men who knew the Lord, died in that year before the Lord brought evil upon them; for the Lord willed them to die, so as not to behold the evil that God would bring upon their brothers and relatives, as he had so declared to do. In that time, the Lord said to Noah and Methuselah, “Stand forth and proclaim to the sons of men all the words that I spoke to you in those days, peradventure they may turn from their evil ways, and I will then repent of the evil and will not bring it.”
And Noah and Methuselah stood forth, and said in the ears of the sons of men, all that God had spoken concerning them. But the sons of men would not listen, neither would they incline their ears to all their declarations.
Noah is shown angels holding back the deluge
Enoch 66:1-3
And after that he showed me, Noah, the angels of punishment who are prepared to come and let loose all the powers of the waters which are beneath in the earth in order to bring judgment and destruction on all who abide and dwell on the earth. And the Lord of Spirits gave commandment to the angels who were going forth, that they should not cause the waters to rise but should hold them in check; for those angels were over the powers of the waters. And I went away from the presence of Enoch.
Climax
The waters of judgment
Enoch 67:1-13
And in those days the word of God came to me, and He said to me: “Noah, your lot has come up before Me, a lot without blame, a lot of love and uprightness. And now the angels are making a wooden building, and when they have completed that task I will place My hand upon it and preserve it, and there shall come forth from it the seed of life, and a change shall set in so that the earth will not remain without inhabitant. And I will make fast your seed before me forever and ever, and I will spread abroad those who dwell with you: it shall not be unfruitful on the face of the earth, but it shall be blessed and multiply on the earth in the name of the Lord.”
And He will imprison those angels, who have shown unrighteousness, in that burning valley which my grandfather Enoch had formerly shown to me in the west among the mountains of gold and silver and iron and soft metal and tin. And I saw that valley in which there was a great convulsion and a convulsion of the waters. And when all this took place, from that fiery molten metal and from the convulsion thereof in that place, there was produced a smell of sulfur, and it was connected with those waters, and that valley of the angels who had led astray mankind burned beneath that land. And through its valleys proceed streams of fire, where these angels are punished who had led astray those who dwell upon the earth. But those waters shall in those days serve for the kings and the mighty and the exalted, and those who dwell on the earth, for the healing of the body, but for the punishment of the spirit; now their spirit is full of lust, that they may be punished in their body, for they have denied the Lord of Spirits and see their punishment daily, and yet believe not in His name. And in proportion as the burning of their bodies becomes severe, a corresponding change shall take place in their spirit forever and ever; for before the Lord of Spirits none shall utter an idle word. For the judgement shall come upon them, because they believe in the lust of their body and deny the Spirit of the Lord. And those same waters will undergo a change in those days; for when those angels are punished in these waters, these water-springs shall change their temperature, and when the angels ascend, this water of the springs shall change and become cold. And I heard Michael answering and saying: “This judgment wherewith the angels are judged is a testimony for the kings and the mighty who possess the earth.”
Because these waters of judgement minister to the healing of the body of the kings and the lust of their body; therefore they will not see and will not believe that those waters will change and become a fire that burns forever.
Who can endure the judgment?
Enoch 68:1-4
And after that my grandfather Enoch gave me the teaching of all the secrets in the book in the Parables which had been given to him, and he put them together for me in the words of the book of the Parables. And on that day Michael answered Raphael and said: “The power of the spirit transports and makes me to tremble because of the severity of the judgement of the secrets, the judgement of the angels: who can endure the severe judgement which has been executed, and before which they melt away?”
And Michael answered again, and said to Raphael: “Who is he whose heart is not softened concerning it, and whose reins are not troubled by this word of judgement that has gone forth upon them because of those who have thus led them out?”
And it came to pass when he stood before the Lord of Spirits, Michael said to Raphael: “I will not take their part under the eye of the Lord; for the Lord of Spirits has been angry with them because they do as if they were the Lord. Therefore all that is hidden shall come upon them forever and ever; for neither angel nor man shall have his portion in it, but alone they have received their judgement for ever and ever.”
Falling Action
YHWH tells Noah that the end is near
Genesis 6:13, Jasher 5:25, Jubilees 5:20-21a
God spoke to Noah, declaring that the end of all flesh had come before Him, as the earth was filled with violence committed by them. The Lord expressed His intention to eradicate everything that dwelt upon the earth, including men, cattle, beasts, and fowls of the air, as well as all moving creatures on the earth.
YHWH tells Noah to build an ark
Genesis 6:14-18, Jasher 5:26-29, Jubilees 5:21b
God instructed Noah to construct an ark using gopher wood, and to make rooms within the ark. He also instructed Noah to pitch the ark both inside and outside with pitch, for sealing and waterproofing. Noah was commanded to build a large ark in a designated location. The purpose of the ark was to serve as a means of salvation for Noah and his family from the impending flood waters.
“And this is the fashion which you shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be 300 cubits, the breadth of it 50 cubits, and the height of it 30 cubits. A window shall you make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt you finish it above; and the door of the ark shall you set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shall you make it. Cover it within and without with pitch. And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. But with you will I establish my covenant; and you shall come into the ark, you, and your sons, and your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.”
YHWH tells Noah to bring animals into the ark
Genesis 6:19-20, Jasher 5:30
“And of every living thing of all flesh, 2 of every sort shall you bring into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, 2 of every sort shall come to you, to keep them alive.”
YHWH tells Noah to gather food into the ark
Genesis 6:21, Jasher 5:31
“And take of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it to you; and it shall be for food for you, and for them.”
YHWH tells Noah to find wives for his sons
Jasher 5:32
“And you shall choose for your sons 3 maidens, from the daughters of men, and they shall be wives to your sons.”
Noah builds the ark
Genesis 6:22, Jasher 5:33-34, Jubilees 5:22
And Noah rose up, and he made the ark, in the place where God had commanded him, and Noah did as God had ordered him. In his 595th year, in the 27th jubilee of years, in the 5th week in the 5th year on the new moon of the 1st month, Noah commenced to make the ark, and he made the ark in 5 years, as the Lord had commanded.
Noah finds wives for his sons
Jasher 5:35
Then Noah took the 3 daughters of Eliakim, son of Methuselah, for wives for his sons, as the Lord had commanded Noah.
Resolution
Y: 1656 | Methuselah died
Genesis 5:26-27, Jasher 5:36
And Methuselah, son of Enoch, lived after he begat Lamech 782 years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Methuselah were 969 years and he died.
The garments of skin from YHWH are taken by Noah
Jasher 7:26
And at the death of Methuselah, Noah took the garments of skin from God and brought them to the ark, and they were with him until he went out of the ark.
This chart shows who was alive in the years 1030-1656.
Years with question marks are estimates.