Cain and Abel is the story of rebellion against God. Cain worked the fields and Abel kept the flocks. When it came time for them to make their gifts to God Abel made his willingly but Cain wasn't so happy about it so Abel was shown favor. This angered Cain and ultimately caused him to kill Abel.
The next chapter seems boring because it is who begat who and so on. But it shows the lineage of Noah. I noticed that they seem to live hundreds of years. Some think that it is because they didn't keep time as we do. Other's think it is because they lived healthier lives and didn't have all the junk we now do. It is in this passage of Scripture that Methuselah is mentioned.
Chapter 6 begins the story of Noah and the flood. God told Noah that man was evil and he was saddened that he made them, he was going to flood the earth and that Noah and his family would be spared if they built an ark. He gave Noah specific information as to how the ark was to be built. The passage, then, refutes pagan beliefs by declaring the truth. The sons of God were not divine; they were demon-controlled. Their marrying as many women as they wished (possibly this is the origin of harems) was to satisfy their baser instincts. They were just another low order of creatures, though powerful and demon-influenced. Children of these marriages, despite pagan ideas, were not god-kings. Though heroes and “men of renown,” they were flesh; and they died, in due course, like all members of the human race. When God judges the world — as He was about to — no giant, no deity, no human has any power against Him. God simply allots one’s days and brings his end. (BKC)
In chapter 7 it is the account of the flood. I noticed something I hadn't noticed before that God told Noah to bring 7 sets of clean animals for eating. He made it very clear that they were to be clean animals. He then was to bring two of all other animals. After doing this Noah and his family entered the ark and it started to rain. It rained for 40 days and 40 nights and the water stayed on the earth 150 days.
Next reading is Genesis 8-11
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