Genesis 9: 1-19 Analysis

Genesis 7, 8, and 9:1-19 focuses on Noah and his family in the ark with animals, insects, and birds for about 370 days. Some of the main events that happen in these verses are when Noah and his family board the ark along with the animals and birds. The flood rains came down on the Earth for forty days and forty nights. Forty days after the ship landed on a mountain top Noah opened the window and sent out a raven then a dove and both came back with nothing. Seven days later she sent the dove back out and this time it came back with an olive leaf. Lastly seven days later Noah sent out the dove for a third time and this time it did not come back, and when the earth was completely dry all inhabitants of the ark came out of the boat. Noah built an alter to God and God made a covenant with saying he will never destroy the earth by flood again.
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In the Bible the numbers forty and seven are significant in different ways. The number forty is mostly used when it is a number of trial or tribulation. Any time forty is used it is the time God was punishing people, someone was going through a type of tribulation, or fixing something wrong his people. When Moses led the Hebrews out of Egypt they wandered the desert for forty years because …show more content…
After the Great Flood, it would have taken a while for the plants, trees, and bushes to grow to a food bearing size to meet human consumption needs. Unlike the humans animals eat grass which grows fairly quick. Therefore God allowed humans to eat the animals. Furthermore, the Great Flood most likely would have changed the climate so that there were waterless regions. In such regions, the only way to stay alive was to eat animals that can live off the scarce vegetation in such areas. It is not wrong to eat meat; in the scriptures there are records of Jesus eating fish. Some people can function well as vegans, and others' health performs poorly. It depends on the