Jenelle Fiori

The Book of “Genesis” from the Bible, specifically chapters six through 7, is a story about Noah’s ark and the flood story. “Genesis” is a very renowned story because it is a very old tale that has been passed from generation to generation. However, the key reason why the Book of Genesis is so popular is because of the story’s purpose, which is to give a meaning to the beginning of life and to give human beings moral ethics. The story of Noah is the first to tell of a God whole allows His subjects to have free will, which is evident when humans on earth having and corrupting their power, seen in Genesis 6.6 “his heart was only evil”. After using Noah as a vessel to renew Earth, commanding Noah to build an arc as seen in chapter 7, the Lord begins the rain for “forty days and forty nights” to cleanse Earth, symbolic of baptism, so it may begin anew. Noah being used as a vessel instead of a servant to God is evident in chapter 8 when he send forth a Raven, the a dove two times who comes back with an olive branch and burns this as an offering to God to prove his loyalty. In return God gives Noah the Earth, made a covenant or promise that he will no longer destroy mankind as long as they “be fruitful and multiply”, as repeated several times throughout chapter 9, and as long as they do not unlawfully shed the blood of other men. Ideally, through this cleansing the Lord is seen as loving and forgiving throughout this passage, making the “Book of Genesis” a world renowned tale.