Genesis 6

Noah

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Overrated Lackey?
Dr. Dolittle?
Animal Pimp?

The first verse of the Noah story (Gen. 6:9):

"These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God."

This verse encapsulates Biblical commentary in all its glory!

B'keetzor (to sum up)-- Noah was super great "in his generations."

There are (at least) two ways to look at this verse--

1) Noah was great, a helluva guy... among all the douchebags that surrounded him. Just imagine imagine how great he would've been if he had been surrounded by actually half-way decent people. He would've really shined!
Was he righteous?

OR
2) Noah was great, a helluva guy... among all the douchebags that surrounded him. Compared to THOSE assclowns, he was righteous, but compared to anyone half-way decent, he was just so-so. Only because everyone else was so awful did Noah seem special.


A lovely flower surrounded by shit. Does it look or smell better, because it's so much better compared to its neighbors. Or, if you place it next to nice daisies, will it smell EVEN BETTER?
Like a great ballplayer on a crappy team-- In 1972, Steve Carlton was the best pitcher in baseball, leading the league in wins (27), strikeouts (310) and ERA (1.97). He did all of this while a member of the god-awful last-place Philadelphia Phillies, a team that won a league-worst 57 games (they lost 97).

In 1927, Babe Ruth hit an amazing 60 home runs and scored 158 runs (both among the all-time records). He was a member of a New York Yankees squad that notched 110 wins, featuring 5 Hall of Famers, in addition to Ruth.

Who was better, Carlton in '72 or Ruth in '27?

Or Noah?

It depends... what kind of curve ball did Noah have?
(ask his son, Kham)
ha ha, get it?
b/c in Genesis 9:22, Kham "saw the nakedness of his father." Oops!
Yechhhhh. Of course Kham's son, Canaan, is cursed, because Kham gazed on Noah's dingle-hopper. Bummer.

Or Babe Ruth in 1927? Better when surrounded by crap or by flowers?