Noah's Ark: A Biblical Overview
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Genesis 6, 7, 8, 9:1-17
Biblical History:
One day when God was thinking about the people of the earth
his heart became very sad. He could see that all the people
she had become very bad, so bad that they stopped thinking about the
things good.
God was so sad and felt so hurt that he wanted
getting rid of all the people and all the creatures that there were
done. I wanted to stop all the evil.
But there was a man who obeyed God, this was Noah, he
he was 500 years old, was married and had three children named; Sem,
Shem and Japheth, they also had wives.
One day God spoke to Noah and said, 'I am going to put an end to all the
people because the earth is full of fights due to
I am going to send a great flood.
So God told Noah to build a great boat,
enormous, gigantic, called ARCA. It was supposed to be three stories high, with
a window and a door; the wood I would use was called
Gofer. I also had to cover it with pitch on the inside and outside.
outside. There would enter Noah, his wife, his three sons and their wives, and
a pair of each species of animals in the world (female)
and macho).
When the ark was finished, God warned Noah 7 days.
before the flood so that all the animals would rise and the
he provided food to the boat and told him that he would send rain for 40 days and 40 nights.
nights.
When everyone was in the ark, God closed the door.
Then the rain began. All living beings on the earth
those who were not in the ark died.
After 40 days and nights, the rain stopped but Noah and the
Animals could not just leave the ark. There was too much water.
and there was no land for them to walk on, everything was
covered.
When the earth had dried up enough, God said to Noah.
that everyone could get off the boat. There was nobody else apart from them.
on the ground and they had to start from the beginning to build a
house, gather food... there wasn't a big store
waiting for them when they left arch.
Then Noah built an altar to thank God for
to keep them safe. When God saw what Noah had done
he told her that he would never curse the earth again even if people
was returning very bad.
Then he made a covenant with Noah and with all the animals. God
I would never bring floods again to kill all the creatures
living beings y destroy every the earth.
Then he gave a sign for everyone to see his promise. He placed
a rainbow in the sky to remind us of the promise that God made
to Noah, the animals and to us too.
So whenever you see a rainbow say a little prayer.
and thank God because He loves us and fulfills His promises.
Mark the correct answer:
1. Who obeyed God?