The message of the flood story also seems to be that when humans destroy the moral basis of society, when they are violent or cruel or unkind, they endanger the very existence of that society.

而洪水所表达的信息是,当人类毁掉了社会的道德根基，当人类变得暴力，残忍，这都会危及到人类社会的存在。

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Jacob Milgrom sees a moral message at the base of this complex, symbolic picture. And that is that humans and humans alone are responsible for the rein of wickedness and death or the rein of righteousness and life.

米尔格罗姆在这这个复杂的基础上看出了一个道德上的信息，一副象征性的图画，那就是人类,应该单独承担起驾驭邪恶与死亡,正义和生存之间的责任。

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