The Bible: In the Beginning... Page #2

than I can bear!

Thou hast driven me out this day

from the face of the Earth...

...and from thy face shall I be hid.

And I shall be a fugitive

and a vagabond in the Earth...

...and everyone that findeth me

shall slay me!

Whosoever slayeth Cain...

...vengeance shall be taken

on him sevenfold.

I set a mark upon Cain...

...lest any, finding him,

shall slay him.

And Cain left the presence

of the Lord...

...and dwelt in the Land of Nod,

east of Eden.

And Cain knew his wife,

and she conceived and bare a son.

In the generations of time...

...when his seed began

to people the Earth...

...there were born men

apt in knowledge and craft.

As Jabal, the father of such

as dwell in tents...

...and of such as have cattle.

They made vessels out of the earth...

...jars and pitchers by the skill

of their hands.

And Jabal's brother's name was Jubal.

He was the father of all such

as handle the harp and play music.

And Tubalcain, also...

...an instructor of every artificer

in brass and iron.

And they learnt the secrets

of the ground...

...that it should deliver to them

its fullness and strength.

But the knowledge of good and evil

was in all the people of the Earth.

And God grieved in His heart that men

followed the way of evil...

...and that every imagination...

...of the thoughts of his heart

was only evil, continually.

The Earth disclosed her blood...

...and no more covered her slain.

The deed of Cain was multiplied

a thousand times.

And God said, "I will destroy man,

whom I have created...

...both man and beast, for it

repenteth me that I hath made them. "

But the Lord gave Eve another son...

...instead of Abel whom Cain slew.

And Adam called his name Seth.

And from Seth's seed,

through the generations...

...was Noah born.

And Noah found grace

in the eyes of the Lord.

There dwelt with Noah

his sons:
Shem...

...Japheth and Ham.

And his wife,

and his sons ' wives also.

And Noah was perfect

in his generations.

He was a just man,

and walked with God.

Noah.

Noah.

Noah!

Hearken now to my voice

and take heed.

Now shall I tell thee

the matter of my grief...

...and of what thou shalt do.

The end of all flesh

is come before me...

...for the Earth is filled

with violence through them.

And behold, I will bring a flood

of waters upon the Earth...

...to destroy all flesh.

And everything that is

in the Earth shall die.

Make thee an ark of gopher wood.

Rooms shalt thou make...

...and shalt pitch it within and

without with pitch.

And this is the fashion

thou shalt make it of.

The length of the ark shall be

...the breadth of it 50 cubits...

...and the height of it 30 cubits.

With thee will I establish

my covenant.

Thou shalt come into the ark.

Thou and thy sons and thy wife,

and thy sons ' wives with thee.

For thee have I seen righteous

before me in this generation.

What is more stupid than this?

A man building a ship on dry land!

A devil is in him

and hath made him mad...

...and his sons with him!

When shall the Earth see this again?

He hath the sea in his head,

and his house rides up on the waves.

Father, is it indeed God's voice

thou hast heard?

For look, there is no cloud

in the sky.

Not so much as would cover a bird.

The Lord waiteth upon our work.

Then what need is there of haste?

Shall we not do it little by little...

...under cover of night?

He demandeth every hour of the day.

In our obedience must be no delay.

Will you question your father's

understanding or doubt his ways?

You should be ashamed.

Yet when shall they be rid

of the work?

All things wait for this.

The ground is unsown,

and the house is unmended.

Give me one to make the roof good...

...lest when the rain comes the house

will not keep it out.

But, wife!

Shem!

More pitch!

Ham!

We have need of more pitch!

Japheth!

Take the bucket and fill it,

and our work is done!

Shem!

Ham!

Japheth!

Noah.

Come thou and all thy house

into the ark.

I will cause it to rain upon

the Earth 40 days and 40 nights.

Every living substance I have made...

...will I destroy from off

the face of the Earth.

And of every living thing

of all flesh...

...two of every sort,

male and female...

...shalt thou bring into the ark

to keep them alive with thee.

Two...

...of every sort.

Wife!

Sons! Daughters!

Fear not.

The Lord hath spoken and said:

"Bring two of every kind

to keep them alive. "

They have followed me and trust us...

...to mind them and bring them

to safety.

They're good beasts at heart.

They will do no harm to you,

nor each other...

...for they know of the waters

that will fall upon the Earth.

And God hath chosen them

above all others.

There are more yet to come.

Japheth, help them find their way.

Ham, Shem, load hay and grain.

Wife and daughters,

put oil into the lamps.

And get thy house aboard

the ark in order.

And God shut him in.

Is it the wind that waileth?

No, wife.

It is the chaff, which

the wind driveth away.

The Lord hath taken hold

of the ends of the Earth...

...and shaketh it.

They cry to be fed.

We have work to do.

Shem...

...care for the animals with

hooves that cheweth the cud.

Ham shall tend the camels,

hares, swine and giraffes.

Japheth, the tigers, the lions,

the cats of all kinds.

What shall they eat?

Milk from the cattle and the goats.

Milk? For beasts of prey?

They're only great cats, wife.

Do you not hear them purr?

Be not afraid. He will do thee no

harm, for harm is not in him.

Shem, the red hart has not eaten

of his corn. Fetch him leaves.

The waters prevailed, and all the

high hills were covered.

And Noah only remained alive...

...and they that were

with him in the ark.

When will the rain cease?

When shall we stand again

upon the Earth?

God has told us it shall rain

But here we know

neither the day nor the night.

We cannot measure the time by sleep.

We sleep when we will.

When we are rested, we wake.

The moon has no waxing or waning...

...and the sun no rising or setting.

- We are without knowledge of time.

- Nay, but I know.

Since the time we came into the ark...

...and the doors shut, and the flood

carried us upon its waters...

...the days have been 20.

- And two.

- Twenty and two.

How dost thou know

what is hidden from us?

By what rod dost thou

measure the darkness?

By the beasts,

who carry the days within them.

Even as the sun and the moon

divide the seasons into hours.

I know the time by the lowing

of the cow ready to be milked...

...and the cackle of the hen when

the egg shall be gathered.

I have counted the days.

In 18 days, then, we'll know

the world as before.

Not so. When the rain stops,

still the water will cover the earth.

Neither shall we know

the world as before.

When the waters are dried up...

...then we shall know.

We shall be alone on the Earth.

No other life.

Where will the ark have carried us?

In what strange land

shall we be renewed?

The Lord has put

the future into our hands.

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