be received as a gift from the Creator. However, even in the world after the Flood—as we have seen several times before—life is lived in tension. What is given as a blessing can become a source of temptation. The vine which Noah planted eventually takes control of him. Even the man of faith can be overtaken by temptations which become too strong to handle. It seems clear from this text that Noah was lured into the immodesty of nakedness—often regarded as a disgrace and source of shame in the Bible.