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Genesis 7
PG 8
FLYOVER
PG 12
DIRECT
PG 12
SCENIC
7:1–8:22
7:1–8:22
7:1–8:22
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THE FLOOD COVERS THE EARTH
The sin of Adam and Eve has spread to all their offspring, and their sin has
become a curse to all creation. Everywhere people dream of more and more
sin. But God does not give up. God will not allow sin to have the victory in his big
story. Instead, in his love he sends a flood to cleanse the world, and he begins
again with Noah and his family. He waits until Noah finishes building the boat
and everything is ready. Then the rain pours down and the underground waters
gush up out of every crevice. Soon everything is submerged.
Gen 8:3-4
THE MOUNTAINS OF ARARAT
The mountains of Ararat may be the same
mountain range that today is located southeast of the Black Sea near Lake Van. This
mountain range spreads across parts of
modern-day Turkey, Armenia, and Iran. A
Mount Ararat is located in eastern Turkey,
but the Bible refers to a range of mountains, not one specific summit.
along the ground, will come to you to be kept
alive. 21 And be sure to take on board enough
food for your family and for all the animals.”
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So Noah did everything exactly as God had
commanded him.
THE FLOOD COVERS THE EARTH
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When everything was ready, the Lord said
to Noah, “Go into the boat with all your
family, for among all the people of the earth,
I can see that you alone are righteous. 2 Take
with you seven pairs—male and female—of
each animal I have approved for eating and
for sacrifice,* and take one pair of each of the
others. 3 Also take seven pairs of every kind of
bird. There must be a male and a female in
each pair to ensure that all life will survive on
the earth after the flood. 4 Seven days from now
I will make the rains pour down on the earth.
And it will rain for forty days and forty nights,
until I have wiped from the earth all the living
things I have created.”
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So Noah did everything as the Lord commanded him.
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Noah was 600 years old when the flood
covered the earth. 7 He went on board the boat
to escape the flood—he and his wife and his
sons and their wives. 8 With them were all the
various kinds of animals—those approved for
eating and for sacrifice and those that were
not—along with all the birds and the small
animals that scurry along the ground. 9 They
entered the boat in pairs, male and female,
just as God had commanded Noah. 10 After
seven days, the waters of the flood came and
covered the earth.
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When Noah was 600 years old, on the
seventeenth day of the second month, all the
underground waters erupted from the earth,
and the rain fell in mighty torrents from the
sky. 12 The rain continued to fall for forty days
and forty nights.
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That very day Noah had gone into the
boat with his wife and his sons—Shem, Ham,
and Japheth—and their wives. 14 With them in
the boat were pairs of every kind of animal—
domestic and wild, large and small—along
with birds of every kind. 15 Two by two they
came into the boat, representing every living thing that breathes. 16 A male and female
of each kind entered, just as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord closed the door
behind them.
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For forty days the floodwaters grew deeper,
covering the ground and lifting the boat high
above the earth. 18 As the waters rose higher
and higher above the ground, the boat floated
safely on the surface. 19 Finally, the water covered even the highest mountains on the earth,
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rising more than twenty-two feet* above the
highest peaks. 21 All the living things on earth
7:2 Hebrew of each clean animal; similarly in 7:8. 7:20 Hebrew
15 cubits [6.9 meters].
