Covenant With Noah
God’s Covenant With Noah (Genesis 9:1-17), consists of verses that recount the narrative of God’s covenant with Noah and the specific guidelines outlined to Noah for him and future generations. This covenant marks the second one God has made with humanity, a new re- alliance with humanity. Noah’s righteous family, were used as a metaphor to represent humanity within these passages. The previous passage details the story of The Flood (Genesis 6:9-9:17), and presents an image of an angry God as opposed to the all-forgiving God we know and see in these passages. God makes various references in these verses to Genesis 1, the creation story, as he is reestablishing the order of creation. God focuses more on the prominence of the human race and
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C) it is most likely a lesson written for future generations as a guide to living a wholesome Catholic life. It is interpreted differently by different individuals though the main message is God’s covenant with humans so they live good lives according to God’s words and upkeep the commandments. When we read “Then God blessed Noah and his sons” (Gen 9:1) this passage seems to be all words and promises, one large passage detailing the promises they are making. Many of the things promised are non-physical like forgiveness, salvation and eternal life. God also expresses to Noah and his sons, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth” (Gen 9:7) insisting they continue to increase the number of life on earth, inhabiting the earth with a vast number of humans and all other living things. Man's responsibility to populate the earth is reaffirmed. This is a similar commandment that God had given Adam and Eve to fill the earth. God virtually supplies Noah with a mandate, since Noah essentially began all over again just as Adam and Eve started from nothing. Throughout this passage God reestablishes the commandments he previously gave Noah. God reestablishes the marriage laws within the verse "being fruitful and replenishing the earth”(Genesis 1:28). Within this commandment God is detailing the responsibility for us Catholics to live a life of blessedness apart from sin as well as to produce children. Whereas
C) it is most likely a lesson written for future generations as a guide to living a wholesome Catholic life. It is interpreted differently by different individuals though the main message is God’s covenant with humans so they live good lives according to God’s words and upkeep the commandments. When we read “Then God blessed Noah and his sons” (Gen 9:1) this passage seems to be all words and promises, one large passage detailing the promises they are making. Many of the things promised are non-physical like forgiveness, salvation and eternal life. God also expresses to Noah and his sons, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth” (Gen 9:7) insisting they continue to increase the number of life on earth, inhabiting the earth with a vast number of humans and all other living things. Man's responsibility to populate the earth is reaffirmed. This is a similar commandment that God had given Adam and Eve to fill the earth. God virtually supplies Noah with a mandate, since Noah essentially began all over again just as Adam and Eve started from nothing. Throughout this passage God reestablishes the commandments he previously gave Noah. God reestablishes the marriage laws within the verse "being fruitful and replenishing the earth”(Genesis 1:28). Within this commandment God is detailing the responsibility for us Catholics to live a life of blessedness apart from sin as well as to produce children. Whereas