Genesis 6&7: Noah in the Ark ...

Tuesday, Sept 3, 2013. The big flood is a phantastic story which is told in Genesis 6 to Genesis 8, the first book of Moses. The whole earth is covered by water, only Noah in the ark survives - the faithful one, with all the animals which he has taken into his huge tool of salvation.

The ark story …

13 And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of all flesh,3 for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14 Make yourself an ark of gopher wood. […] Make it with lower, second, and third decks. 17 For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die. 18 But

I will establish my covenant with you

**, and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you. 19 And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ark to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female. 20 Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground, according to its kind, two of every sort shall come in to you to keep them alive. 21 Also take with you every sort of food that is eaten, and store it up. It shall serve as food for you and for them.” 22 Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him. ... more texts