Daily Bible Reading - July 28th, 2019 | American Bible Society

Daily Bible Reading - July 28th, 2019 | American Bible Society: Genesis 6:1-22: Today we begin reading excerpts from Genesis, the first book in the Bible. The word “genesis” comes from a Greek word that means “beginning.” And the book of Genesis is about beginnings—the beginning of the world, the beginning of the human race, and the beginning of the people of Israel. The book is also a book of faith, which means that it is concerned with who God is and how God has been involved in the lives of people from the time of creation. Today’s reading is about how God saved Noah and his family from a great flood that destroyed the earth and all its sinful people. The chapter begins with an account of heavenly beings and the children born to the women they took. These offspring, described as “the great heroes and famous men of long ago,” were called Nephilim and most likely are the giants mentioned in Numbers 13:31-33.