Noah
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 (Gen. 6:6).
Life
God commanded Noah to build an ark that would have seven (or seven pairs) of every "clean"(kosher) animal and two of every unclean animal. Noah did as he was told, and God flooded the earth. Noah was 600 years old when the flood started. After the flood (which lasted almost a year), Noah came out of the Ark, and made sacrifices to God. After this, Noah got drunk and fell asleep naked in his tent. His sons convered his nakedness without looking at him, but Noah cursed Canaan, his grandson, for he "knew what his younger son had done unto him."[1] All people alive today are descendents of Noah and his family.
Biblical Account and World Flood Myths
Proponents of Biblical literalism have pointed out that many cultures have a tradition of a global flood and that the biblical account has many commonalities with the world's flood myths. They have argued that this supports the likelihood of the flood being a real event.[2]
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Notes
- ↑ Bible, King James Version, Genesis 9: 24,25
- ↑ Morris, John, Why Does Nearly Every Culture Have a Tradition of a Global Flood? (ICR)