Because like Adam and Eve in the first creation story, Noah is told to be fruitful and multiply.

因为就像第一个创世纪中的亚当和夏娃，诺亚被命令多子多孙。

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The Noah story, the flood story, ends with the ushering in of a new era, and it is in many ways a second creation that mirrors the first creation in some important ways.

诺亚方舟，洪水的故事，都预示着一个新纪元的到来，在很多方面，都像是第二次创世纪,同时，又有许多第一次创世纪的影子。

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He selects Noah due to his righteousness and he issues a direct command to build an ark.

诺亚因为品行高尚，所以被上帝选中,上帝命令诺亚建造方舟。

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It's the story of Ziusudra, and it's very similar to the Genesis flood story of Noah.

这讲的是朱苏德拉在洪水来临时自救的故事,与《创世纪》中诺亚方舟的故事很像。

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And in keeping with that idea of a kind of a return to chaos, Noah is represented in a way as the beginning of a new creation.

这种观点相当于又回到混沌时代，诺亚在某种程度来说，标志着一个新的创世纪的开始。

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Noah is saved specifically for his righteousness, he was righteous in his generation.

诺亚因为正值而幸免于难，在他的血统中就流淌着正直的血液。

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So he establishes a covenant with Noah: covenant.

所以上帝和诺亚约定。

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This word for ark, tevah, occurs exactly twice: tevah here, and in the story of Noah's ark. Noah's ark is a tevah.

方舟这个词，tevah，仅出现过两次：,这里，还在诺亚方舟中，诺亚的方舟也是。

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