Before the Flood · In the line to Jesus

Noah

The righteous man chosen by God to build the ark and preserve life through the great flood. In an age of overwhelming wickedness, Noah alone ‘found favor in the eyes of the Lord.’ He spent decades building the massive vessel, gathered every kind of animal, and with his family survived the deluge that destroyed the ancient world. After the flood, God made a covenant with Noah symbolized by the rainbow, promising never to destroy the earth by water again.

Era
Before the Flood
When
~2500 BC
In the line to Jesus
Generation 10 of 64

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The verse that names Noah

This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.Genesis 6:9 · Berean Standard Bible

Where to read about Noah

Genesis 5:28-29

When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son. And he named him Noah, saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.”

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Genesis 6:8-22

Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD. This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God. And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence. And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways. Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has…

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Noah in the line to Jesus

Noah is generation 10 of the 64 Scripture traces from Adam to Jesus, following EnochMethuselahLamech, and followed by ShemArphaxadShelah. See the whole line.

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