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'''Noah''', or '''Noach''' ([[Hebrew]] '''נוֹחַ'''), the son of  [[Lamech]], was commanded by [[God]] to build an ark, to save his family and representatives of all the world's land animals, while God destroyed the wicked world with a flood<ref>Gen. 6:6</ref>. The story of Noah is found in the [[Bible]], in chapters 6 to 9 of [[Genesis]], and he is described as one of the "Heroes of Faith" in [[Book of Hebrews|Hebrews]] chapter 11.<ref>He is also mentioned in the [[chronogenealogy]] of Genesis 5 and mentioned by Isaiah and Peter.</ref>

'''Noah''', or '''Noach''' ([[Hebrew]] '''נוֹחַ'''), the son of  [[Lamech]], was commanded by [[God]] to build an ark, to save his family and representatives of all the world's land animals, while God destroyed the wicked world with a flood<ref>Gen. 6:6</ref>. The story of Noah is found in the [[Bible]], in chapters 6 to 9 of [[Genesis]], and he is described as one of the "Heroes of Faith" in [[Book of Hebrews|Hebrews]] chapter 11.<ref>He is also mentioned in the [[chronogenealogy]] of Genesis 5 and mentioned by Isaiah and Peter.</ref>

== Life ==  

==Life==  

 

God saw that man had become wicked in every inclination, and thought and the earth was filled with violence, but Noah alone was righteous. God commanded Noah to build an [[Noah's Ark|ark]] that would have seven (or seven pairs) of every "clean" ([[kosher]]) animal and two of every unclean animal. Noah did as he was told and spent many years building the ark. When it was completed, God flooded the earth with rain from above and waters from within the earth.  Noah was 600 years old when the flood started.  After the flood waters had subsided, (which lasted almost a year), Noah came out of the Ark.  Noah made sacrifices to God, and God formed a new covenant with Noah where he promised never again to flood the earth.  Noah planted a vineyard, and drank of the wine until he fell asleep naked in his tent.  [[Ham (son of Noah)|Ham]], the father of [[Canaan]], saw him and told his two brothers, but left his father as he was.  The two brothers, upon hearing Ham's pronouncement, took a garment and walked backwards into their father's tent, and covered his nakedness without looking at him.  When Noah awoke, he cursed Canaan, his grandson, for he "knew what his younger son had done unto him."<REF>{{bible ref|Genesis|9|24,25|version=KJV}}</REF>.  Noah lived 350 more years before dying at the age of 950.<REF>{{Bible ref|Genesis|9|28,29}}</REF>  

God saw that man had become wicked in every inclination, and thought and the earth was filled with violence, but Noah alone was righteous. God commanded Noah to build an [[Noah's Ark|ark]] that would have seven (or seven pairs) of every "clean" ([[kosher]]) animal and two of every unclean animal. Noah did as he was told and spent many years building the ark. When it was completed, God flooded the earth with rain from above and waters from within the earth.  Noah was 600 years old when the flood started.  After the flood waters had subsided, (which lasted almost a year), Noah came out of the Ark.  Noah made sacrifices to God, and God formed a new covenant with Noah where he promised never again to flood the earth.  Noah planted a vineyard, and drank of the wine until he fell asleep naked in his tent.  [[Ham (son of Noah)|Ham]], the father of [[Canaan]], saw him and told his two brothers, but left his father as he was.  The two brothers, upon hearing Ham's pronouncement, took a garment and walked backwards into their father's tent, and covered his nakedness without looking at him.  When Noah awoke, he cursed Canaan, his grandson, for he "knew what his younger son had done unto him."<REF>{{bible ref|Genesis|9|24,25|version=KJV}}</REF>.  Noah lived 350 more years before dying at the age of 950.<REF>{{Bible ref|Genesis|9|28,29}}</REF>  

{{Bible quote|book=Genesis|chap=7|verses=13,23|version=KJV|In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark. ... And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.}}

{{Bible quote|book=Genesis|chap=7|verses=13,23|version=KJV|In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark. ... And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.}}

== Flood Accounts ==

==Flood Accounts==

{{main|Great Flood}}

{{main|Great Flood}}

The sons of '''Japheth''' were [[Gomer (son of Japheth)|Gomer]], [[Magog]], [[Madai]], [[Javan]], [[Tubal]],  [[Meshek]] and [[Tiras]]

The sons of '''Japheth''' were [[Gomer (son of Japheth)|Gomer]], [[Magog]], [[Madai]], [[Javan]], [[Tubal]],  [[Meshek]] and [[Tiras]]

== See also ==

==See also==

*[[Noah's Ark]]

*[[Noah's Ark]]

*[[Great Flood]]

*[[Great Flood]]

== Notes ==

==Notes==

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[[Category:Book of Genesis Persons]]

[[Category:Book of Genesis Persons]]