Two very strong words cohabit together in this chapter–covenant and curse, as evidence of the tension of living in a fallen world that has also been blessed by a seven–fold covenant of protection from God. Noah serves to us as a lasting testimony of a man responsible for God's covenantal signature in the heavens–the rainbow– a symbol of protection and war that reminds us to turst God and fight against the very pride that brought the floodwaters of judgment over humanity.