Genesis 9:9-29

D. What became of Noah 6:9-9:29

The Lord destroyed the corrupt, violent human race and deluged its world, but He used righteous Noah to preserve life and establish a new world after the Flood.

"Noah’s experience presents decisively the author’s assertion that the Lord judges human sin but provides a means for perpetuating the creation blessing (Genesis 1:26-28) and the salvation hope for an elect seed (Genesis 3:15). The recurring theme of blessing, threatened by sin but preserved by divine mercy, is found in the two narratives that make up the Noah toledot: the flood story (Genesis 6:9 to Genesis 9:17) and the account of the patriarch’s drunkenness (Genesis 9:20-27). The former is worldwide in scope, and the latter is its microcosm. A genealogical note binds the two (Genesis 9:18-19), and another concludes it (Genesis 9:28-29). . . .

"Also Noah’s toledot contributes to the broader concerns of early Genesis by preparing the reader for the postdiluvian world. This ’new world’ is the setting for understanding the perpetuation of the ’blessing’ by the patriarchs (Genesis 11:27 to Genesis 50:26), which is the main deliberation of Genesis." [Note: Mathews, pp. 349-50.]