Two themes that continuously were working together in the story were very distinct human passions and violent deaths and punishments. When Cain killed Abel, he was suffering from having very intense feelings of anger towards his brother. This led to him suffering very intense punishments, such as cursing him from the ground, no strength, and be fugitive and wanderer of the Earth. This led to his family being cursed, especially Lamrech when he killed and wounded two men when they wounded him. He was cursed seventy-sevenfold. When Cain asked sarcastically if he was his brother's keeper to the Lord, I think it was shown to see how man is being rebellious against their Creator. God purposely linked him to the soil so he can feel the pain that his brother felt when he killed him. In addition, one thing that confused me about the reading of Noah's Ark, there was so many dates that I was messing up. There were the forty days and nights, then being the 600th year, water being on Earth for 150 days, and seven days for it to happen. It was just very confusing and I couldn't keep up with the story because I couldn't understand the time frame and what was happening.
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