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[[Image:Michelangeloflood.jpg|thumb|300px|right|''The Flood'', by Michaelangelo, detail from the Sistine Chapel, 1509.]]

[[Image:Michelangeloflood.jpg|thumb|300px|right|''The Flood'', by Michaelangelo, detail from the Sistine Chapel, 1509.]]

The '''Great Flood''' refers to the biblical flood mentioned in [[Genesis]].  The story bears many similarities to other Mesopotamian deluge myths.  

The '''Great Flood''' refers to the biblical flood mentioned in [[Genesis]].  It bears many similarities to other Mesopotamian deluge myths, although that was primarily due to the other cultures in the region stealing ideas from the Bible.

The story contains several familiar and important Biblical plot elements, including [[Noah's Ark]] and the rainbow convanant.

God commanded Noah to create [[Noah's Ark]] to save him and his family and each of the animal kinds from the Great Flood.