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Who was Noah? -

Noah is the man that led the animals two by two onto the ark he built for the flood.

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A descendent of Adam -

We first hear about him in Genesis 5 as the son of Lamech and distant relative of Adam. In fact, Adam was Noah's great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandpa.

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Pally with the Lord -

In the story of the Deluge, he is represented as a lawful and righteous man, a patriarch who finds favor in the eyes of the Lord.

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Living in a wicked world -

In Genesis 6, we are told that there is great wickedness in the world. The Lord recognizes evil in humanity, in their hearts and minds.

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God's wrath -

God decides to rid the Earth of humanity because of how awful it has become. Noah, though, is seen as blameless and handed an important task.

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The great flood -

God decides to flood the Earth, destroying all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Well, not all.

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God strikes a deal with Noah -

The Lord gives Noah fair warning of the impending disaster. He makes a deal with him, promising to save him and his family in return for a favor.

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The building of the ark -

He instructs Noah to build an ark, a huge boat big enough to take on board male and female specimens of all the world's species of animals, from which the stocks might be replenished.

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Noah's Ark -

Noah then labors faithfully to build the ark at God's command. His three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, are on hand to help him put together the giant wooden vessel.

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Working overtime -

It takes Noah and his team 75 years to build the ark. That's an awful long time, and tested God's patience to the limit.

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Precious cargo -

Once completed, the ark was ready to receive its precious cargo. The vessel would serve as a safe haven for representatives of all the kinds of air-breathing land animals and birds that God created.

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Enough to sustain life -

Along with the animals, the ark was stocked with enough food and water to last the days and months ahead.

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The rains begin -

As the last animals were being herded onto the ark, the first spots of rain began falling from the sky, a portent of the calamity to come.

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All aboard! -

Noah, his wife, their three sons and their wives followed the wildlife into the vessel and battened down the hatches. Then they waited.

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Surviving the deluge -

Seven days after having having closed the doors, the heavens opened up. The Bible says that the rains that created the Noachian Flood lasted for 40 days (Genesis 7:17).

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The Earth is flooded -

The floodwaters prevailed on the Earth for 150 days, after which they slowly receded.

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The ark and Mount Arafat -

Eventually Noah's ark ran aground on the mountains of Arafat. A little over a year later, the ground was dry enough for the occupants to disembark the vessel.

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Replenishing nature -

Noah led his charges off the boat and released the animals. In doing so, he reestablished the global ecosystem.

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An almighty act of God -

The deluge was an almighty act of God and the religious meaning of the flood is conveyed after Noah's heroic survival.

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A sacrifice is made -

Worship was a central part of Noah's life ,so after the flood Noah built an altar and offered sacrifices to God, according the Genesis 8:20.

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Burnt offerings -

Noah's burnt offerings, a ritual cleansing of animal and bird, was in thanks for the receding of the waters and the preservation of the ark and its occupants.

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A covenant with Noah -

God accepted the sacrifice, and made a covenant with Noah, and through him with all mankind, that he would not waste the Earth or destroy humanity by another deluge.

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Sign of the rainbow -

As a sign of the promise, the Lord conjured up a rainbow in the sky, a visible guarantee of his word.

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Senior citizen -

Besides the flood narrative, what else do we know about Noah? Well, for one thing, he was an elderly gentleman. In fact, according to Genesis 5, he was 500 years old when he became father to his three sons.

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A man you could trust -

Noah was an obedient man. The fact that he took his mission seriously and was faithful to God is testament to his sense of duty.

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A man blessed -

God's blessing of Noah was a benediction extended to his family, a reward, if you like, for Noah's righteousness. But there was one notorious lapse in his virtue.

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A glass too many -

After the flood, Noah proceeded to plant a vineyard using seeds carried on the ark. When he drank some its wine, it went straight to his head.

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Inebriated -

Drunk and in a deep slumber, Noah was found in a state of undress by his son Ham, who went and told his brothers.

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The cover-up -

The siblings preserved their dad's modesty by covering the intoxicated Noah with a blanket.

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A ripe old age -

The drunkenness of Noah is recorded in the Bible and serves as proof of human weakness and imperfection. But his embarrassing encounter with alcohol didn't do any harm. Noah lived another 350 years after the flood, and died at the ripe old age of 950.  

Sources: (Bible Study Tools) (Answers in Genesis) (National Center for Science Education) 

See also: Parts of the Bible that were confirmed by science

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