About this half of my reading here are some of my notes:
The holy book is that what Noah was needed for building the ark, which was to have space for all beings on the earth, even the spirits. God sent the archangel Raphael to Noah to give him the holy book which has all the secrets and mysteries written inside it to help Noah build the ark. After Noah finished building the ark began to yell at people last-minute appeal to get into the ark before they see God’s wrath, but unfortunately no one listened to him. When the flood came, Noah had difficulties like provide all the creatures in the ark with food for a year and he had experienced difficulty all along in ascertaining the state of the waters. The “Noah leaves the ark” episode talks about Noah’s sacrifices of different kinds of animals.
The holy book is that what Noah was needed for building the ark, which was to have space for all beings on the earth, even the spirits. God sent the archangel Raphael to Noah to give him the holy book which has all the secrets and mysteries written inside it to help Noah build the ark. After Noah finished building the ark began to yell at people last-minute appeal to get into the ark before they see God’s wrath, but unfortunately no one listened to him. When the flood came, Noah had difficulties like provide all the creatures in the ark with food for a year and he had experienced difficulty all along in ascertaining the state of the waters. The “Noah leaves the ark” episode talks about Noah’s sacrifices of different kinds of animals.
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After a while Noah got in a partnership with a Satan in business of planting a vineyard, so he lost his epithet “the pious”. Two of Noah’s sons abandon him and went to build their own cities. Also there were divided one hundred and four lands and ninety-nine islands among seventy-two nations, each with a language of its own, using sixteen different sets of characters for writing. About the Depravity of Mankind, the descendants of Noah wanted to make for them a great name upon the earth and make bricks, and each one write his name upon his brick." Nimrod was the first among the leaders of the corrupt men and the source of his unconquerable strength was not known. The great success that attended all of Nimrod's undertakings produced a sinister effect. Men no longer trusted in God, but rather in their own prowess and ability, an attitude to which Nimrod tried to convert the whole world. The iniquity and godlessness of Nimrod reached their climax in the building of the Tower of Babel. On account of rapine the generation of the flood were utterly destroyed, while the generation of the tower were preserved in spite of their blasphemies and all their other acts offensive to God. The reason is that God sets a high value upon peace and harmony. Therefore the generation of the deluge, who gave themselves up to depredation, and bore hatred to one another, were extirpated, root and branch, while the generation of the Tower of Babel dwelling amicably together, and loving one another, were spared alive, at least a remnant of them.
This story is part of the Noah unit. Story source: The Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg (1909): Book 1, Chapter 4 Noah.
This story is part of the Noah unit. Story source: The Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg (1909): Book 1, Chapter 4 Noah.
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