The Ark (Genesis): This story discusses how God began to see the wickedness in man. It is here that he declares his plan to destroy all living things of sin. I did not know that Noah took his entire family including his sons wives.
The Flood (Genesis): As God continues with his plan, he begins to brief Noah. Another fact about the Noah stories that I didn't know was how old Noah actually. I'm guessing that the difference between the sons of God and men were their life spans. Once the rain, that came down from the heavens, starts and lasts for 40 long days.
After the Flood (Genesis): I was surprised to find out that the reference of the dove and the olive branch that is so often used was in this chapter. I think it would be safe to assume that this is one of the original places that it pops up.
Noah: Noah's Sons (Genesis): The beginning of this story seems to be a spoken contract with God and Noah. God says that he will no more destroy all of the living things on the earth through a flood. I was unsure of what the last part of the story was trying to convey. In Noah's drunken state his son's cover him up since he is nude. This would seem like a good act, however, when Noah awakens it seems that he is condemning Canaan, Ham's son. I am particularly confused as to why this is.
The Tower of Babel (Genesis): This was by far the most boring story of this unit. It is basically an account of all of Noah's son's and grandson's. At the end, it seems that God restrains the ability of all of Noah's kin by "confounding" their speech. So God scattered them abroad making the world a more diverse place.
The Birth of Noah: This was a very enlightening story for me. From my understanding Noah was just a regular guy chosen by God to build this ark. From this account though he did much more than that. His birth caused the cows to obey the plowman and he also invented the plow and the scythe so man would no longer have to use their bare hands. I also found it interesting that Noah was in sorts a secret named that only his grandfather called him.
The Punishment of the Fallen Angels: This was a very interesting story. It accounts for all the reasons that God uses to make his decision on creating a flood to kill everything on the earth. It goes to show how full of sin mankind is that even they can corrupt angels. It reminds me a lot of the movie The Dark Night Rises. The main reason that the Joker does what he does is in order to corrupt Batman.
The Generation of the Deluge: This story including The Punishment of the Fallen Angels gives a really good account to all the sins that had befallen the world before the flood. God in his everlasting patience allowed Noah to preach to mankind about how they should change their ways. With the story ending with the death of Methuselah it seems that the flood is about to begin.
Noah: The Holy Book: It was a nice reprieve to find a story that wasn't all about Noah. I was wondering where the knowledge came to Noah in order to build the ark. Coming from a mechanical engineer mindset I thought that it would have been extremely difficult to design and build an ark that accounted for thousands of different animals and would still float. The weight of that ark must have been an egregious amount.
Noah Leaves the Ark: I find Noah's reluctance to leave the ark very peculiar. Before the flood he spoke to those who were begging him to let them on with such conviction about god, and afterwards he is on the fence about it all. And such the seven Noachian Laws were produced as well. Not to be confused with the seven deadly sins.
The Curse of Drunkenness: I am glad that there was a second recount of the story when Noah gets drunk off of wine. The first story didn't give much detail as to why Noah curses Ham's son Canaan. In this one it explains how Ham had spoke ill of his father as well as preventing Noah from bearing another child. Since Ham was blessed when he left the ark Noah could not put a curse on Ham himself. It was good to find that clarification.
The Depravity of Mankind: It goes to show that mankind cannot help themselves but sin. This story has similarities to the 12 apostles. I don't know if those are the same people or not. You also see the first "miracle" of God when he saves Abraham for always staying true to God.
The Tower of Babel: This is probably my favorite story of the reading. I have really not known anything surrounding the story other than just knowing its name and that it was a tower to heaven. I didn't realize that this was a thing that mankind was building wreak havoc on heaven itself. I thought that they would use it to gain more knowledge of heaven and its surroundings. Sadly, that was not the case.
After the Flood (Genesis): I was surprised to find out that the reference of the dove and the olive branch that is so often used was in this chapter. I think it would be safe to assume that this is one of the original places that it pops up.
Noah: Noah's Sons (Genesis): The beginning of this story seems to be a spoken contract with God and Noah. God says that he will no more destroy all of the living things on the earth through a flood. I was unsure of what the last part of the story was trying to convey. In Noah's drunken state his son's cover him up since he is nude. This would seem like a good act, however, when Noah awakens it seems that he is condemning Canaan, Ham's son. I am particularly confused as to why this is.
The Tower of Babel (Genesis): This was by far the most boring story of this unit. It is basically an account of all of Noah's son's and grandson's. At the end, it seems that God restrains the ability of all of Noah's kin by "confounding" their speech. So God scattered them abroad making the world a more diverse place.
The Birth of Noah: This was a very enlightening story for me. From my understanding Noah was just a regular guy chosen by God to build this ark. From this account though he did much more than that. His birth caused the cows to obey the plowman and he also invented the plow and the scythe so man would no longer have to use their bare hands. I also found it interesting that Noah was in sorts a secret named that only his grandfather called him.
The Punishment of the Fallen Angels: This was a very interesting story. It accounts for all the reasons that God uses to make his decision on creating a flood to kill everything on the earth. It goes to show how full of sin mankind is that even they can corrupt angels. It reminds me a lot of the movie The Dark Night Rises. The main reason that the Joker does what he does is in order to corrupt Batman.
The Generation of the Deluge: This story including The Punishment of the Fallen Angels gives a really good account to all the sins that had befallen the world before the flood. God in his everlasting patience allowed Noah to preach to mankind about how they should change their ways. With the story ending with the death of Methuselah it seems that the flood is about to begin.
Noah: The Holy Book: It was a nice reprieve to find a story that wasn't all about Noah. I was wondering where the knowledge came to Noah in order to build the ark. Coming from a mechanical engineer mindset I thought that it would have been extremely difficult to design and build an ark that accounted for thousands of different animals and would still float. The weight of that ark must have been an egregious amount.
Noah Leaves the Ark: I find Noah's reluctance to leave the ark very peculiar. Before the flood he spoke to those who were begging him to let them on with such conviction about god, and afterwards he is on the fence about it all. And such the seven Noachian Laws were produced as well. Not to be confused with the seven deadly sins.
The Curse of Drunkenness: I am glad that there was a second recount of the story when Noah gets drunk off of wine. The first story didn't give much detail as to why Noah curses Ham's son Canaan. In this one it explains how Ham had spoke ill of his father as well as preventing Noah from bearing another child. Since Ham was blessed when he left the ark Noah could not put a curse on Ham himself. It was good to find that clarification.
The Depravity of Mankind: It goes to show that mankind cannot help themselves but sin. This story has similarities to the 12 apostles. I don't know if those are the same people or not. You also see the first "miracle" of God when he saves Abraham for always staying true to God.
The Tower of Babel: This is probably my favorite story of the reading. I have really not known anything surrounding the story other than just knowing its name and that it was a tower to heaven. I didn't realize that this was a thing that mankind was building wreak havoc on heaven itself. I thought that they would use it to gain more knowledge of heaven and its surroundings. Sadly, that was not the case.
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