Noah and His Dad

I never realized that Noah's father had murdered someone until the last post from Gen. 4. What kind of man was Lamech? How did that affect Noah? Maybe in that day and age it wasn't unusual.

But this is Noah of Noah and the Ark fame. Our Noah. It shakes my image of the man in the Bible story just a little.

But the scriptures add this tiny bit about Lamech, the father, and his son: "He named him Noah. Lamech said, 'He will comfort us when we are working. He'll comfort us when our hands work so hard they hurt. We have to work hard. That's because the Lord has put a curse on the ground.'" (Verse 29 NIrV) (There's the ground again.)

Imagine children living among such an ancient ancient people. Imagine children living among so much living history. Imagine Noah the child, comforting his father, comforting his family, comforting a community.