In the early record of Genesis, we see the significant weight of the work that Adam was assigned. Among that work was; for him to control the various creatures that existed in the Garden. This is similar to the rigor that must have been a part of Noah’s life, as he prepared this new container for the creatures . . .
And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
(Genesis 6:13-16)
. . . So that, Noah would be ready to control them, as the LORD gave him this assignment.
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