Reading Diary A: Noah

I chose this unit because it is filled with stories we have all heard time and time again. The first reading "The Ark" is obviously about how GOD came to Noah and told him to build the ark along with specific dimensions and which animals to bring. "The Flood" talks about how for forty days and nights the heavens were opened up and water ran out. It continues to tell the story of how it took over a year for the waters to subside. In the reading "Noah's Sons" GOD tells about his promises to next flood the Earth again and gives them a token of the covenant better known as the rainbow. Also in this reading is the first mentioning of someone in a drunken state. Noah seems to be a well known alcoholic of wine. The reading also tells of how Satan came to curse the vineyards that Noah was growing. Satan said that if Noah would drink enough to become drunk he would act as if he were a monkey. In "The Tower of Babel" the story is told of how the different offsprings of Noah divided into different groups and took over various parts of the land. GOD came to the people of the land of Shinar because they were building a tower to reach the heavens and split them up across the earth and gave them all different languages so they couldn't communicate with one another. In "The Birth of Noah" a story is told about how Noah was born and a prophecy was told by an angel to the father of Noah that Noah would be the one chosen to build an ark but be the only one on it along with his three sons and wives when the earth would be wiped clean. Noah's actual name was hidden throughout life because his father believed he would be killed if his true identity was known.