church cluttered up with worldly concerns if the purpose is to gain the due reward of our effort and thus go off home. (4) So come now, let us spread before you the customary feast and regale your good selves with what we read before from blessed Moses by drawing to your attention the text itself just read and demonstrating the precision of Sacred Scripture. When it brought the story of Noe to a close, remember, it then began the genealogy starting with Shem in the words, “Sons were born to Shem,