Genesis Chapters 6 - 9

Can you see the doves in this snowflake? They remind me of Noah and the ark he built.

In the days that Noah lived the whole world was full of wickedness. God said He was going to destroy all the evil people.

Noah loved God, and Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. God told Noah to build an ark. That was a big boat. God gave him instructions how to build it, and Noah’s three sons helped him.

When the ark was finished, God told Noah to bring two of every kind of animal aboard, a male and a female. God said some animals, that were clean animals, he should bring by seven. Noah was also told to bring food for the animals and his family.

After the ark was loaded, God told Noah and his family to get aboard. Noah, his wife, his three sons and their wives all went into the ark.

God shut the door of the ark, and it began to rain. It rained forty days and forty nights. Water covered the earth, and everyone and everything that was not on the ark was destroyed.

Noah and his family floated in the ark for many days. The water started drying up from the earth, and the ark rested on a mountain. Noah wanted to know if the land was dry, so he sent out a raven. The raven didn’t come back. It kept flying to and fro until the waters were dried up from the earth.

Noah also sent out a dove. The dove couldn’t find any place to rest her feet, so she came back to Noah. After seven days he sent the dove out again. This time she came back with an olive branch. Noah knew that meant the land was dry. He sent the dove out again seven days later and she didn’t come back. Noah knew then, it was time to get out of the ark.

God said Noah and his family, and all the animals should get out of the ark. Noah got out of the ark and worshipped God. God blessed Noah and his sons, and He put a rainbow in the sky as His promise that He would never destroy the earth again by flood.

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