There were three problems that could have caused Noah to doubt. First, Noah had never seen rain, because prior to the Flood, God irrigated the earth from the ground up.

这会给挪亚带来三个难题：第一，挪亚从来没有看过下雨，因为在洪水之先，神藉地上的雾气滋润大地。

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When the rain and the wind gather strength until they turn into what seems to be a hurricane, we find ourselves saying, "I can't do this any longer," The truth is this: we can't, but God can.

当他们变成狂风暴雨乃至飓风时，我们会说“我再也坚持不了了”。但事实是：我们不行，但上帝可以。

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Then the rain stopped as suddenly as it started, and the clouds parted, admitting into the sky a God-like light that lit up the heavens.

接着，雨停了，就像他的突如其来，云雾消散，天空出现上帝般的光，照亮天空。

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He heaps up the waters with a blast of wind, like a storm at sea, Baal and this is reminiscent of the Canaanite storm god Baal, as you see on your handout. Baal is said to ride on the clouds, he's a storm god, and he's accompanied by wind and rain.

他用狂风掀起巨浪，就像海上的风暴，难免让人想起迦南传说中的暴风之神，就像你们在讲义上看到的一样，Baal腾云驾雾，是暴风之神，带来风和雨。

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