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The Flood of Noah and Companions (c. 1911) by Léon Comerre. The Genesis flood narrative (chapters 6–9 of the Book of Genesis) is a Hebrew flood myth. [1] It tells of God's decision to return the universe to its pre-creation state of watery chaos and remake it through the microcosm of Noah's ark.
The structure of the Ark (and the chronology of the flood) is homologous with the Jewish Temple and with Temple worship. [9] Accordingly, Noah's instructions are given to him by God (Genesis 6:14–16): the ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high (approximately 134×22×13 m or 440×72×43 ft). [10]
12th-century Venetian mosaic depiction of Noah sending the dove. Tenth and final of the pre-Flood (antediluvian) Patriarchs, son to Lamech and a mother whose name is unmentioned, [4] Noah is 500 years old before his sons Shem, Ham and Japheth are born.
Noah’s Ark is said to have come to rest on the mountains of Ararat following a 150-day flood about 5,000 years ago. ... the flood in the legend of Noah’s ... for a long time to reveal this. ...
Noah prepares to leave the antediluvian world, Jacopo Bassano and assistants, 1579. In the Christian Bible, Hebrew Torah and Islamic Quran, the antediluvian period begins with the Fall of the first man and woman, according to Genesis and ends with the destruction of all life on the earth except those saved with Noah in the ark (Noah and his wife, his three sons and their wives).
the Genesis flood narrative in which the world is destroyed and re-created; God's covenant with Noah, in which God promises never again to destroy the world by water; Noah the husbandman (the invention of wine), his drunkenness, his three sons, and the Curse of Canaan; The toledot of the sons of Noah (10:1–11:9)
The local flood interpretation of Noah's flood became accepted by many Christians after 19th century scientific findings. [citation needed] The view was defended by 19th century Scottish geologist Charles Lyell, in his book Principles of Geology (1833), where he concluded that the Genesis flood must have been a regional affair and not a global deluge.
Genesis 5:28–31 records that Lamech was 182 [4] (according to the Masoretic Text; 188 according to the Septuagint [5]) years old at the birth of Noah and lived for another 595 [5] years, attaining an age at death of 777 [5] years, five years before the Flood in the Masoretic chronology. With such numbers in this genealogical account, Adam ...