The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-05-16
STORY OF THE FLOOD
THERE ARE MANY AND VARIED YER
SI0NS OF THE DELUGe

THERE ARE MANY AND VARIED YER
sI0Ns OF The DELUGe.
The GreHt Event Is ChrOnicIed Not
only Ia the Tainud and Koran, but
In tn. Legends of Almost Every
HHce That Ever Lived on Earth.
one Of tho most powerful and vivid
descriptive portions Of the book OF
s}enesis Is that devoted to the wonder
full story Of the deluge Together with
the accounts Of Adams fall. the Stay
ing OF Abel aud the turning Of Lots
wife into pillar of suit. every one
remembers from childhood how Noah
was warned of the doom impending
over the children Of men and how he
constructed 1t huge ark la which he did
live. himself aud his family and two
of every heast Of the field and fowl OF
tue mir for the spaee OF 100 days, or
tuta the waters subsidized and the dry
laui appeared But the Biblical recital
uf this terrible visitation OF divine
wrath Is hv no means the only one.
In faet. tire most skeptlcally Inclined
must believe that something OF the sort
actually occurred long ago, for 1t has
been perpetuated not only In the Tai
mud aud Koran, but In the legends OF
almost every milton and race that ever
lived On the face Of the earth, including
the Chinese the ancient Aztecs OF
Mexico. Tire Indian tribes OF North and
South America and even the savages
of Africa
The story of course. varies material
IL In the multludnous traditions, but
The gist Of II remains substantially the
same NAMELY. that the earth was once
visited - ii great Hood IN which nearly
every living thing WAS overwhelmed
aud lost Thus Ia the Koran We read
That Aoah constructed tie ark with
dH4IHt.= assistance ard Vas ruled at for
lis palns by tie wicked When the
tine prescribed for the punishment OF
mankind arrived. water was seen 10
1uN from HE burning oven of Noah's
wife. aud Immediately ali the veins
and arteries uf the earth broke and
spurted out wafer
Noah Mas then adInonisbed Ia these
words luke aud bring into the ark
two couples Of every kind OF animal,
male aud female. With all Your family,
except him who has been condemned
hy YOUR mouth aud receive the faith
ful ant even the lnbelieS ing, but few
only VII enter tfhe Koran also says
tint the ark was built In two years
ana iHat il contained three stories. the
upper aHe for the birds. the middle one
for tie men und the provisions aud the
hold Tor the beasts. Canaan, the son
OF Ham. refused 10 be say ed There
fore Noah cursed him. and his posteri-
tg became biaek ana were enslaved,
The HersiaHs assert that Ham incurred
his fathers maiedietion ns well When
SIX months had pissed the ark rested
on the top Of Mount BJOndl (AraraO,
after having Iunde the circuit of the
world Tabafl says that two sorts OF
animals left the ark which had not en-
tered Il the pig aud the cut Concern
Ing the latter We have this interesting
piece of Information: When the rats be
gan Ia make trouble the Noyagers com
planned to Noah Whereapon the patrl
arch passed his hand down the back
OF the lion, who sueezed, and the cat
leapcd out Of its nose Aud the eat ate
the rats.
According 10 the Inlnud. Noah aud
his funily aud one pair of each kind Of
beast were to be saved In the ark, but
of every Glenn beast seven We're TO en-
ter IN The rhInoceros. however. had
TO be left out for the simple but sum
client reason that It's neck alone was
three miles long Nevertheless all the
rnbbinic writer's agree that the rhi
noceros survived the Hood, hence II Is
reasonable to suppose that the huge
beast was taken In tow by rope at
taChcd to its horn. Some authorities
likewise declare That Noah extended
his hospitality TO another outsider in
the shape Of pg. the giant, who climb
ed on the roof Of the ark and received
his daily food through II hole bored In
the side Of the vessel
Ararat has been known under this
name for 5000 years and an Armenian
writer declares that an entire country
WITS 81 callcd after Arnl the Fair, an
ancient Armenian king, who lived
about fo,h Il 9 lie fell In bloody
hallle WIN Tue taoNlohiais, ana the
scene oil his deall was theheeforth
known us Afal Arat or the ran or
Arai. losephhs refers to the mountain
as Naztalm ANA declares that the re
mains of the ark were there to be seen
carefully preserved.
Almost all the Asiatie traditions
closely resemble the biblical account
Berosus In his Chaldee history Oh. G..
@6ol speaks OF ten kings, who appear
TO correspond To the ten patriarchs In
Genesis before the Hood. The last OF
these kings Wis called Nisuthrus. Be
rosus relates That "hronos appeared to
Nlsnttrls IN a dream and warned him
that an men would lie DESTROYED 10y
BIOS anu 'nHlilaliued MN 10 write
mon a,l IN b,d. if IN tha snn c,tr