According to [[Genesis]], '''Noah''' ([[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>. | According to [[Genesis]], '''Noah''' ([[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>. |