william chiu

Genesis 6-9 tells of the story of the great flood which is familiar to many. However to people such as myself, the exact details of the story are unknown. After reading the passages, it is apparent that the story is meant to invoke a sense of morality into human beings. It forces the readers to wonder how they can achieve mercy from the almighty god the way Noah was spared from the flood. what duties should one perform? what attributes or characteristics should one posses or strive to posses? I was also able to see a similarity in the method of using a natural disaster to carry out a certain purpose in these passages and films and even the extinction of the dinosaurs. Many times have I seen films where a natural disaster strikes an area or earth. But all is well in the end when the natural disaster has cleared leaving the those who survived with a bright future in store. The extinction of the dinosaurs left the earth barren and uninhabitable. However out of such despair arose life forms which blossomed into the world we live in today. Perhaps the moral of genesis 6-9 is to always have faith and hope for the best.
Although the story is easy to follow along, I could not find the link between the ending of part 9 and the rest of the story. Why did Noah curse canaan? What is the significance of Noah's nakedness in the presence of his son?