The Tiferes Yonasan by Rav Yonasan Eibshutz says after the mabul the dor haflogah wanted to escape to the moon as they knew that it is a makom yishuv, inhabitable. They wanted to create a spaceship to travel there. There was no mabul in EY somehow tbe mabul affected the winds to travel there and Noach had to earn his keep in tbe ark to be saved by feeding the animals.
His piety is argued on whether absolute or relative to his generation. Was there a window or a precious stone used for light in the ark? According to the Chasam Sofer this is dependent on tbe above whether he was worthy to see through the window the destruction of the wicked.
Rashi says that Noach only entered the ark because of water pressure indicating that he was in doubt in the coming of the mabul. It matters where the comma is placed. אף נח מקטני אמונה היה מאמין. If you place the comma after מאמין, it is interpreted that Noach trusted the less believers that they will repent and therefore there will be no flood as the was increased in strength.
But why do we judge him for the bad when we can judge him for the good? Maybe the meaning is that if he stayed in his current piety status in Avraham’s generation, he would not been worthy anything because he should have changed by learning from Avraham Avinu how to deal with people over his grandfather Chanoch who hid himself from his generation.
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