Session 7

Exit (Genesis 8:15-19)

how everyone came out of the ark.

15 Then God spoke to Noah,
16 “Come out of the ark,
you, your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives with you.
17 Bring out all the living creatures that are with you ?-
?birds, livestock, those that crawl on the earth ?-
?and they will spread over the earth and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.”
18 So Noah, along with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives,
came out.
19 All the animals, all the creatures that crawl, and all the flying creatures ?-
?everything that moves on the earth ?- ?came out of the ark by their families.

Emphasize:

verse 15
there is no record that God spoke to Noah during the cataclysm flood,
yet Noah remained faithful to the Lord during its entirety.

discuss times when God has spoken to you.

Ask:

• How important was it for the people and the animals to spread out and multiply? (p. 63)

share:

verse 17 echoes the words of God in Genesis 1:28.
consider how this verse should affect the way people think about God’s creation.

Transition:

After Noah and his family left the ark,
Noah determined to worship God for all that He had done.