Re-Creation (8-9)

A. Re-Creation (8-9)

The devastation of the flood eliminated all life from the earth. We are told that the waters rose even higher than the highest peak, essentially removing the earth itself. The narrative in effect takes us back to the pre-creation state of the world, and it would have been a totally formless, watery void except for the preservation of Noah and those with him in the boat.
    The remaking phase of the Primeval Story establishes important thematic points. Noah is pictured as a second Adam and the earth is recreated. God brings the divine relationship with humans to a new level and, in an episode of suspicious sexuality, we see the return of wrongdoing.