What happened to Noah's raven after he left the ark? Where did he go? This book is an example of midrash aggadah, a commentary in the form of a story that explains something in the Hebrew Bible. In this case it pertains to the raven and looks back to Utnapishtim and the Gilgamesh epic. Was Noah the best man of his generation and what did that forbode? What happened to Ham? This story is a fable where the ravens learn these answers and more.