Noah

Definition

Noah was a man who lived over 4,000 years ago, at the time when God sent a worldwide flood to destroy all the evil people in the world. God told Noah to build a gigantic ark in which he and his family could live while the flood waters covered the earth.

• Noah was a righteous man who obeyed God in everything.
• When God told Noah how to build the gigantic ark, Noah built it exactly the way God told him to.
• Inside the ark, Noah and his family were kept safe, and later their children and grandchildren filled the earth with people again.
• Everyone born since the time of the flood is a descendant of Noah.

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(See also: descendant, ark)

Bible References

• Genesis 5:30-31
• Genesis 5:32
• Genesis 6:8
• Genesis 8:1
• Hebrews 11:7
• Matthew 24:37

Examples from the Bible stories

• __3:2 But Noah__ found favor with God.
• __3:4 Noah__ obeyed God. He and his three sons built the boat just the way God had told them.
• __3:13 Two months later God said to Noah, “You and your family and all the animals may leave the boat now. Have many children and grandchildren and fill the earth.” So Noah__ and his family came out of the boat.

Word Data

• Strong’s: H5146, G35750