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enth­­m m
onth­the­ark­came­to­rest­on­the­
t ures­that­move­­
a long­the­­
Two
of ev ery kind of crea­
bird,
of wings. 15  Pairs
with
you. c 20 
I­will­de­
and­an­ac­
ount­
ing­for­the­life­of­
of all g round­—­
crea tures ­ that have
5  The­wa­ters­con­t in­
moun­
t
ains­of­Ar­
a
r
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at.­
t Noah
i­ply­on­the­­
arth­and­be­
ev m ery
kind
kind
of the
an­oth­er­hu­
an­be­
ing. of an i mal and of ev ery so­they­can­mul­
The Sons
of breath
of life e in
them came to Noah
16  The an i mals go ing
ued­to­re­cede­un­
til­the­­
enth­­m along
onth,­and­
fruit­
f will
ul­and­in­
ber­on it.”
ture
that t moves
the ground
18 
and crease­in­num­
en tered the ark.
The­sons­of­Noah­who­came­out­of­
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­“Whoever­sheds­human­blood,
­ 6 the­
21  You 18 
on­
f irst­
day­ to
of­ you
the­ to
tenth­
month­
the­
So­
Noah­
came­
out,­
to­
g
eth­
e Ja­
r­ p with­
are
to
come
be kept
in
were
male
and
fe
male
of ev ery liv ing
the­ ark­ were­ Shem,­ Ham­ and­
heth.­
­ ­ by­humans­shall­their­blood­be­shed;
tops­of­the­moun­
came­vis­
le. is to his­sons­and­his­wife­and­his­sons’­­
w These­
ives.­ ed Noah.
take ev tains­be­
ery kind
of food i­b that
be (Ham­was­the­fa­
eat en thing, t as
19 
God had
com
mand
her­of­Ca­
n
aan.)­
­ ­for­in­the­image­of­God
All­the­an­
mals­and­all­the­crea­
ures­that­
and store it away as food for you 19  and
for
the
Lord
shut t him in.
were­
the­ Then
t i hree­
sons­
of­ Noah,­
and­ from­
­ ­ has­God­made­mankind.
17  For
them.”
move­­
along­the­­
ground­and­all­the­­
irds­—­
­ com ing
for
ty days the b flood
kept
them­came­the­peo­
p
le­who­were­scat­
tered­
22 
7  As­ for­ you,­ be­
Noah
did
ev ery in­
thing
as over­the­­
God
ery­
thing­that­­
moves­on­land­—­­
came­out­
the
earth, and as the
wa ters in creased
fruit­
f ul­ and­
c rease­ just
in­ ev­
w on
hole­earth.
com t mand
ed him.
er­an­
oth­ high
er. ceed­
20  Noah,­a­man­of­the­soil,­pro­
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num­ber;­ mul­
i­ply­ on­
the­ ­earth­ and­ in­ of­the­ark,­one­kind­af­
they
lift ed t the
ark
above
ed­ a ­to­ the earth.
20  Then­Noah­­
18  The
built­an­al­
tar­to­the­Lord­
21  When­he­­
crease­upon it.” The Lord then said to ­p Noah,
wa
ters rose
and
in creased great ly
d
rank­some­
lant­a­vine­
y
ard.­
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your
smarts with
fascinating
Genesis
8:3
8  Then­ God­
“Go to­
into
the and­
ark, to­ you
your ing­some­of­all­the­­
and,­tak­
clean­an­
als­ ed facts
said­
Noah­
his­ and
on the earth,
the ark i­m float
on the
of­its­wine,­he­be­
came­­d and
runk­and­lay­un­
9  “I­now­es­
whole fam
ly, be cause and­­
I cov­
have
19  They
c e lean­­
b sur
irds,­he­sac­
r about
i­f 22 
iced­­
burnt­of­
fer­
and
trivia.
Read
the
cool
and great ly
Once Noah closed the door on the 
tab­l i ish­my­cov­
sons­with­him:­
face
of the
wa
ter.
rose
Ham,­the­fa­
ther­
red­in­
s
ide­his­tent.­
21 
found you righ teous s in cen­
this
gen ings­on­it.­
er of­Ca­
a tion.
The­Lord­­
melled­the­pleas­
enant­with­you­and­with­your­de­
dants­
on
the
earth,
and life
all
the
high
moun
ark, it rained for 40 days and flooded 
naan,­saw­his­fa­
ked­and­told­
stuff
in t s her­na­
the
and
times
of tains
the
2  Take with you sev en pairs of ev ery interesting
10 
kind ma­and­said­in­his­­
23 
h But­Shem­and­
eart:­“Nev­
er­ cov ered.
and­with­ev­ery­liv­ing­crea­t ure­ ing­aro­
af­ter­you­
un der
the s en
tire
heav ens were
his­two­broth­
ers­out­
ide.­
for 150 days. Noah’s family had to 
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and
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of
clean
an
i
mal,
a
male
and
its
mate,
and
20 
a
­
gain­will­I­­
c
urse­the­­
g
round­be­
c
ause­of­
that­was­with­you­—­­
t he­­birds,­the­live­ Ja­pheth­took­a­gar­
ent­and­laid­it­­
cross­
The wa m
ters
rose and cov a ered
the moun­
stay inside until dry land reappeared. 
a ­ev­ery­in­c li­na­t ion­
one pair of ev ery i­m
kind
of un
clean hu­
an
i mal,
m
ans,­even­­
t hough­
stock­and­all­the­wild­an­
als,­all­­
t hose­
their­shoul­
ders;­then­they­­
w of alked­in­back­
tains
to a depth
more than fif teen cu­
That meant they lived on the ark  
3  and also sev en pairs
a
male
and
its
mate,
a
,
b
21 
of­
the­
hu­
m
an­
h
­
eart­
is­
evil­
from­
child­
that­came­out­of­the­ark­with­you­—­­
ev­ery­ ward­and­cov­
ered­­
ther’s­na­
ed­body.­
bits.
  their­fa­
Ev ery
liv ing k thing
that moved
for more than a year.
of t ure­on­­
ev ery kind
of 11 
bird,
and fe hood.­And­nev­
male,
to es­were­­
er­­a t gain­will­I­de­
I­es­t male
ab­lish­my­
liv­ing­crea­
earth.­
Their­fac­
urned­the­oth­ s e troy­all­
r­way­so­
var i ous
alive through
out t w ures,­as­I­have­done.
keep their
liv­
ing­crea­
cov­enant­with­
you:­Nev­
er­ ­a kinds
gain­will­all­
that­they­­
ould­not­see­­their­fa­ther­na­ked.
days from
now
I 24 
will
earth. 4  Sev en
life­be­de­
s the
troyed­by­the­wa­
ters­of­a­­
f lood;­
22 ­“As­long­as­the­earth­endures,
When­ Noah­ ­awoke­ from­ his­ wine­
6  Af­ter­for­
­
t
y­days­Noah­­
o
pened­a­win­
send rain
on the earth
for for ty days
and
nev­er­­again­will­­
t here­be­a­­
f lood­to­de­
and­­
found­out­what­his­youn­gest­son­had­
7 
­seedtime­and­harvest,
dow­ he­ had­
in­ the­
sent­
for made­
ty nights,
and ark­
I will and­
wipe
from ­ the
face
25  he­said,
stroy­the­earth.”
Grossology
done­to­him,­
Noah’s boat was like 
­ I ­cold­and­heat,
out­a­ra­
ven,­and­it­kept­f
ing­back­and­
12  And­God­said,­“This­is­the­sign­of­the­
of the earth ev ly­
ery
liv ing crea ture
have
one big zoo . . . in an 
­
­summer­and­winter,
forth­un­
t il­the­wa­
t
er­had­­
d
ried­up­from­
­
­“Cursed­be­Canaan!
If
it
oozes,
bleeds,
smells,
or
makes
made.” ing­be­t ween­me­and­
cov­enant­I­am­mak­
enclosed space . . . for 
­ ­ ­day­and­night
5  And Noah did all that the Lord
the­­earth.­ 8  Then­he­sent­out­a­dove­to­see­
­
The­lowest­of­slaves
com­
your spine
tingle,
it’s in the Bible.
you­and­ev­
ery­liv­ing­crea­
t ure­with­you,­a­
­ ­ ­will­never­cease.”
more than twelve months. No pit 
if­the­wa­ter­had­re­
ced­
ed­from­the­sur­face­
­
will­he­be­to­his­brothers.”
13 
mand
ed
him.
I­
cov­enant­for­all­gen­
er­a­tions­to­come:­
9  But­the­dove­­
God
didn’t
avoid
messy
parts
of
6  Noah
stops. No trash ser vice. No cleanup 
of­the­­
g round.­
could­find­
was six the
hun
dred years
old when
26  He­also­said,
have­set­my­rain­
bow­in­the­­
clouds,­and­it­
7  And
no­where­to­­
perch­be­
c them
ause­­
there­was­wa­
t ready
er­
crews, except for Noah’s family. 
God’s
Covenant
With Noah
the
flood
wa
ters
came
on
the
earth.
life.
He
left
in,
so
get
to
will­be­the­sign­of­the­cov­enant­be­t ween­
over­all­the­sur­
face­of­the­­
earth;­so­it­re­
That’s a lot of manure —  
and a lot of 
­ ­“Praise­be­to­the­Lord,­the­God­of­
Noah
and 14 
his
sons
and
wife and
his Then­God­­
blessed­Noah­and­his­
When­
e v­
er­ I­ his
bring­
me­ and­
the­
earth.­
squirm.
turned­to­Noah­in­the­ark.­He­­
animal smells. Pee-eew! They must 
Shem!
sons’ wives
en tered reached­out­
the b ark
to es cape the sons,­say­
ing­to­them,­“Be­fruit­f ul­
clouds­over­the­­
earth­and­the­rain­
ow­ap­
his­hand­and­took­the­dove­and­­
b Pairs
rought­
­ ­ and
May­Canaan­be­the­slave­of­Shem.
of clean
wa c ters
of 15 
the
f lood. m 8  em­
have needed a breath of fresh air.
and­ in­c rease­
in­ num­ber­ and­ fill­
I­will­re­
ber­my­
pears­in­the­­
louds,­
10  He­wait­
b ­territory;
it­back­to­him­
self­in­the­ark.­
­May­God­extend­Japheth’s­
­ 27 crea­
un clean
an i mals, of birds
and of the­­
all
earth.­ 2  The­fear­and­­dread­of­you­will­
Genesis 7:8
ed­ sev­en­ more­
out­ fall­on­all­the­­
­ 9  ­ male
may­Japheth­live­in­the­tents­of­
tures days­
that and­
move ­a gain­
along sent­
the ground,
beasts­of­the­­earth,­and­on­
11  When­the­dove­
the­dove­from­the­ark.­
Shem,
and fe male, came
to Noah and all­the­­
en tered
birds­in­the­sky,­on­ev­
ery­crea­t ure­
re­t urned­to­him­in­the­eve­
ing,­­ com
t here­in­
­ and­may­Canaan­be­the­slave­of­
the ark, as God n had
mand ed ­ Noah.
a  21­ Or humans,
on for­ land
its­beak­was­a­fresh­
y­­p the
lucked­ol­
ve­leaf­
!­ flood
­ ­ ­ per ished — birds, live stock, wild
i have 10  set
my
rainbow
And
af l ter
sev in
en i the
days the
wa­ Japheth.”
an i mals, all the crea tures that swarm
ters
came
on the
clouds,
and
it will
be earth.
the sign
28 
to
Live By lived­350­­years.­ 22 
Af­ter­the­­
f lood­Noah­­
11  In the six hun dredth year of No Words
ah’s over the earth, and all man kind. Ev­
of the covenant
between me
29  Noah­­
lived­a­to­
tal­of­950­­
years,­and­then­
ery
thing
on dry keep
land
that
had Word
the breath
life,
on
the
sev
en
teenth
day
of
the
sec
ond
Verses
to
help
God’s
in
and the earth.
Genesis 9:13
he­died. of life in its you
nos trils died. 23  Ev ery liv ing
month — on that day all the springs
of
your heart — ​
y
ou
may
want
to
memorize
thing on the face of the earth was wiped
the great deep burst forth, and the a  20­
flood­
Or soil, was the first­ ­ ­ ­ b  27­ Japheth­sounds­like­
12  And
them! a
gates of the heav ens were opened. the­Hebrew­for­extend.­
­­­
 20 That is, about 23 feet or about 6.8 meters
rain fell on the earth for ty days and for ty b  20 Or rose more than fifteen cubits, and the mountains
were covered
nights.
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