It is easy to use the law to speak judgment on others, but God speaks grace and mercy on those who deserve death. 

The flood narrative is a story of de-creation and re-creation, of death and resurrection. The old world dies and all flesh with it; a new world rises from the grave and takes shape through the work of God.

The beginning of the book of Noah, the third of the toledoth sections.

God’s judgment inevitably falls on apostates. God will not have his Name mocked. He is patient; he often delays punishment; he delays punishment to see if folks will respond to His Word and repent. But if there is no repentance, then God will move in judgment and His judgment will fall swiftly and surely.

Moses’ genealogies answer the question, “Who shall inherit the earth?” Shall the unrighteous? Shall the descendants of Cain triumph in world history? No. Their line shall come to an end. All the ungodly shall perish. But those who fear the Lord shall continue and their descendants to a thousand generations. 

The theme of the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent is further expressed in the lives of Cain and Abel.

In God’s words to the serpent, the man, and the woman, we have a clear picture of the suffering we should expect in a fallen earth. We also hear God’s first declaration of his abundant mercy and the hope to come in Christ. From the very moment of our rebellion, God shows his love toward us.