Genesis 6-11 Vs. Job

The characters of Noah from Genesis 6-11 and Job of The Book of Job could be described as similar individuals claimed by God that they live the lives of “righteous men” who both fears evil. God characterizes both characters as loyal and each face a journey regarding the life of a “righteous man”. Noah faced a test faith, while Job is tested psychologically in a trial where God and Satan swap roles and dictate his actions taken. Thus, the actions taken by them separated their individual views and created a choice between good and evil. They both undergo changes in identity and Job was the one character that was affected more than the other and has the courage to question God. Examining closely, one could see the diverse structure in tone that

On the contrary, Noah followed God commands and went on with his life because he is a man of the soil and knew what must be sacrificed for the better of mankind. Genesis 6-11 begins with God letting humankind multiply the earth and when experiencing Abel’s murdering his sibling Cain, God states: “My breath shall not abide in the human forever, for he is but flesh. Let this days be a hundred and twenty years” (34). One could emphasize a great deal of hyperbole because the phrase “A hundred and twenty years” shows an exaggeration of long it would take to destroy Gods creation. Compared to The Book of Job starting of, as a tragic irony because God’s role is swapped with Satan and God is the one who tortured Job while Satan just played along. Furthermore, God is supposed to not make one suffer unless they have sin; but for Job, it isn’t the same and startles his faith into why suffering occurs. The structure of The Book of Job writing was written within wisdom literature, which instructed people, how to live a “righteous life” (also claimed by God that Noah is a righteous man) and starts off with tragedy, at a time before tragedy was supposed to

Both are in someone’s play and to fulfill their role they follow commands by God. In Genesis 6-11, Noah upholds a future image for the fate of humanity once God decides to flood away all evil and corruption. The journey serves as a test of faith for Noah in following and believing in Gods commands. The tone God that used to lecture Noah into building an ark of cypress was calm and informative. The concept here describes Noah as a vital piece to solve God’s error when creating heaven and earth. God stated, “I will remember My covenant, between Me and you [Noah] and living creature of all flesh, and the waters will no more become a Flood to destroy all flesh” (37). In comparison, the tone that God used for Job seemed always intelligent and undisclosed from revealing the true meaning of Job’s suffering. In fact, Job does everything in his life without any sin, just like Noah, but still endures hurtful obstacles. Although, Noah did not suffer, but had seen the fate of humanity washed away. Job’s role-play in Gods gambling with Satan is never revealed to Job that God is the one who makes Job suffer by testing if Satan powers are greater than Gods. To analyze Job closely; did Job even know he was just a pawn in God’s game? As a result, his wife asks, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God, and die” (127) and as a