God initiates the covenant with Noah. He's not under any obligation to do anything for Noah - He could in theory just say - "right, get on with it, make sure you do a better job than the last lot otherwise I'll have to do it again". But He doesn't, because He is loving. This is the sort of love that God has, not the greetings card, fall in and out type love that we think of. This is the love that pursues us.
Noah then goes and gets drunk and falls asleep naked in his tent. Was he the first person to drink wine? Had he committed a sin? The text doesn't tell us, but what is made clear is that the action of drawing attention to someones sin, gossiping about it, is a problem. If Noah had been in sin with this act, ham could have covered him and brought it up with him the next day. Instead he chooses to publicise it. How do I react when I encounter other people's sin. Do I want to help them as graciously as I can, or do I want to casually talk about it?
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