Genesis chapter 8

After reading chapter 8:

* God remembered Noah? Verse 1. Was he in danger of forgetting?

*The ark was afloat from the 17th of the 2nd month ( chapter 7) to the 17th of the seventh (!) month, which makes six months. Then it landed on the mountains of Ararat, which, contrary to popular belief, has not been verified.

*It took another two and a half months for the mountain tops to become visible, and another 40(!) days after that for Noah to open THE window to send out a raven. The fresh air must have been awesome. The raven just kept flying back and forth until the water dried up. That was one raven with a lot of pent up energy. The dove was less enthusiastic and came back quickly. After another 7(!) days  ,the dove brought back an olive branch. After another 7(!) days, the dove flew the coop.

*On the very first day of the new year, the water was gone. But did they come out? No. They waited till 27th day of the second month to make sure the ground was really, really dry.

*When all the months and days are counted up, after about one year of being shut up in a floating zoo, everyone and everything came out. One wonders if there were more creatures and people coming out than originally went in, or less? Think about it.

*Noah builds an altar to the lord and roasts some livestock and birds on it. Barbecue! It smelled really good to God, in spite of the fact that he doesn't have a nose. Then Noah and his family probably feasted on the cooked meat, because that is what was done with meat sacrificed to gods. Gods can't eat meat (no digestive systems), they just smell it.

*Then, God  supposedly took back his curse on the ground, (verse21) but people still sweat and toil and contend with weeds and pests. ( chapter 3:17-19) So, one wonders what curse he was talking about.

*In spite of us all being evil from childhood, God promises never to kill the whole world again. We should be grateful.