In this context, Adam and Christ are pictured as heads of two contrasting governments. The human race became increasingly violent and corrupt over the next few centuries, which led to God s punishment by a flood. God told his servant Noah to build an ark in which Noah and his family, and animal and bird life would be protected from this great flood. The Bible describes Noah as a saint among sinners, the only light in his crooked and perverse generation. For example, when Noah stepped out of the ark onto an earth devoid of human life, God gave him a reassuring promise, in three parts, shown below.
Genealogies provide valuable historical links.
Shem, Ham and Japheth. Shem s family appears last since the next major episode of the story develops around his descendants. But first, the story of Babel. During their wanderings eastward, the descendants of Noah came across a plain in southern Mesopotamia where they decided to settle. The people abandoned their ungodly project, leaving the city and tower unfinished.