GENESIS Chapters 9-11 June 29, 2003

Exodus 21:28 If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull must be stoned to death, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the bull will not be held responsible.

Nazarite Vow Numbers 6:3 he must abstain from wine and other fermented drink and must not drink vinegar made from wine or from other fermented drink.

Priests before church Leviticus 10:9 You and your sons are not to drink wine or other fermented drink whenever you go into the Tent of Meeting, or you will die. This is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come.

Drunkenness Isaiah 5:22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and champions at mixing drinks.

Drunkenness Proverbs 21:17 He who loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and oil will never be rich.

Drunkenness Proverbs 23:20 Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat, for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

Drunkenness Romans 13:13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.

Drunkenness Galatians 5:21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Drunkenness Galatians 5:21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Priests and Prophets Isaiah 28:7 Priests and prophets stagger from beer and are befuddled with wine; they reel from beer, they stagger when seeing visions, they stumble when rendering decisions.

Self-exposure Habakkuk 2:15 Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin till they are drunk, so that he can gaze on their naked bodies.

Self-exposure Genesis 19:33 That night they got their father to drink wine, and the older daughter went in and lay with him.

Analogous to Judgment Lamentations 4:21 Rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who live in the land of Uz. But to you also the cup will be passed; you will be drunk and stripped naked.

Analogous to Judgment Isaiah 63:6 I trampled the nations in my anger; in my wrath I made them drunk and poured their blood on the ground."

Analogous to Judgment Jeremiah 51:57 I will make her officials and wise men drunk, her governors, officers and warriors as well; they will sleep forever and not awake," declares the King.

Drinking not condemned Ecclesiastes 9:7 Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for it is now that God favors what you do.

Drinking not condemned John 2:9 and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew.

Drinking not condemned Psalm 104:15 wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil to make his face shine, and bread that sustains his heart.

Drinking not condemned Deuteronomy 11:14 then I will send rain on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and oil.

Drinking not condemned 1 Timothy 5:23 Stop drinking only water, and use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.

He points out that, according to 10:22, Elam was the eldest son of Shem, and according to 14:4, the Canaanite cities “served” (were slaves to, db[) Elam. Among Elam’s allies (14:1, 9) were the Goiim, a Japhetic group (10:5). Wenham, Gordon J., Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 1: Genesis 1-15, (Dallas, Texas: Word Books, Publisher) 1998.

Shem. 100. 500. 600 Arphaxad. 35. 403. 438 Shelah. 30. 403. 433 Eber Shem 100 500 600 Arphaxad 35 403 438 Shelah 30 403 433 Eber 34 430 464 Peleg 30 209 239 Reu 32 207 239 Serug 30 200 230 Nahor 29 119 148 Terah 70 125 205 Abram 175

Shem Shelah Eber All outlived Abraham!

Isaiah 40:22 He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in.