Essay on Noah and the Ark

     In this essay I will take an interpretive look at Genesis chapters 5-9. The main focuses will be: the relationship between God, Noah, and Noah’s generation of mankind; the barriers and boundaries for

This quote describes how long God will have the rain go for. It also gives orders to Noah from God to collect all the animals. Noah and his family are the only ones chosen by God to survive the massive flood. After living right outside Houston for so many years, the flood in Gilgamesh seems more realistic because it only rains for 6 days and nights. I can’t imagine it raining here for 40 days and nights. God Promises Noah he will never flood the earth again by creating a rainbow. He describes it by saying:

Everything on earth will perish. 18 But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you. 19 You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you. 20 Two of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive. 21 You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them.” 22 Noah did everything just as God commanded him.” This was God’s command to Noah, unlike Utnapishtim who was told the secret of the flood by one of the gods.

As a discussion group, we talked about many things but, finally came to the conclusion that the movie Noah is not an accurate account of what historians really say happened. The biblical account and the account portrayed in the movie is quite different and does not have many similarities. One thing in the movie that resonates truth is the creation story. During Noah’s journey with his family to find Methuselah he told them the biblical story of creation. This is the same story that is in the Bible. This is one true fact that the director kept in the story line of the movie. Within our group we talked about how there were a couple more similarities, but we didn’t highlight them because we all know the Noah story. We spent more of our time on

“And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy the earth. Make yourself an ark…” (Genesis 6:13-14, English Standard Version) “For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die.” (Genesis 6:17, ESV) “And of every living thing of all flesh you shall bring two of every sort into the ark to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female.” (Genesis 6:19, ESV) “Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.” (Genesis 6:22, ESV) “In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of

Both Gilgamesh and Noah build arks because of an impending devastation of the earth by rain and flooding. Shamash had warned, "In the evening, when the rider of the storm sends down the destroying rain, enter the boat and batten her down." (p. 147) God told Noah, "For in seven days' time I will make it rain upon the earth, forty days and forty nights, and I will blot out from the earth all existence that I created." (p. 172) Both boats were built to detailed specifications in order to withstand the torrents of rain. Following the cessation of the rain, both Noah and Gilgamesh send out birds as a test of the recession of the waters so that they can safely exit onto the land. Gilgamesh sends first a dove, then a swallow, and then a raven, who, "…saw that the waters had retreated, she ate, she flew around, she cawed, and she did not come back." (p. 148) Noah first sends a raven which, "…went to and fro until the waters had dried up from the earth. " (p. 173) He then sends a dove that returns to the ark having found no resting place. After seven days Noah again sends the dove which returns with an olive leaf in its bill. "Then Noah knew that the waters had decreased on the earth. He waited still another seven days and sent the dove forth; and it did not return to him any more." (p. 173) Both Noah and Gilgamesh, immediately upon leaving their boats, make a sacrifice. Gilgamesh says, "Then I threw everything open to

Noah’s Ark, A story from the Bible that has been told in many different ways. We have known this story for many years but really, it's just another way people have interpreted what happened. The main idea of Noah's Ark is on how God got tired of all sins from all sinners on Earth. God decided to get rid of all evil. He only saved Noah and his family.

The story of Noah’s Ark, found in Genesis would

As a kid raised in a religious household, the first stories I remember hearing were bible stories. My mother would insist we read the bible before going to bed at night and she even gave me a children’s book that had bible stories from A to Z, It was filled with colorful drawings and simple words. I remember pulling the book from my shelf at night and flipping through the pages. This is why Peter Spier’s Noah’s Ark stood out to me. It brought back the nostalgia and reminded me of the Bible stories I would read and hear about at Sunday school. The book is also a 1977 Caldecott Award Winner and through its simple drawings, interactive pages and captivating images, it is easy to see why it was elected.

My purpose here in writing is to acquaint you with the full account of the corruption of man and of ministry of Noah. The corruption was culminated by the story of Noah, the Ark and the flood. To include the proper settings and details, we can properly discern what Moses has outlined in this passage on Genesis 6, 7, 8. The story of Noah and the ark is world famous. The message is of a managerial and overseer. Even today, we are so fascinated, by this story that a theme park in the US state of Kentucky has unveiled a 510-foot-long (155 metre-long) wooden model of Noah's Ark. The ark was built by Christians who said they believe the bible story of Noah and the Ark.

God tells Noah that he will end all people, but Noah must make an ark and put two (male and female) of all living creatures on this ark with him to keep them alive.

In this article Lorence G. Collins disputes the claim that the remains of Noah’s Ark have been found in Turkey. He claims that the formation being claimed to be composed of petrified wood, washers, rivets, brackets for the walls, and anchor stones is not Noah’s Ark and backs this up with scientific evidence. In the 1970’s through the 1980’s the site of the supposed ark was explored by Ron Wyatt, David Fosold, and John Baumgardner and this author debunks their findings. One reason these scientists thought this was Noah’s Ark was because these remains they found were 515 feet long, which is the same length as 300 Egyptian cub units, the dimensions that were given from God for the Ark. These scientists proposed

When growing up as a Christian, some of the first Bible stories ever told are the stories found in Genesis. These stories were a fun and simple place to start for young Christians, but behind them all are important moral stories. However, as a child most of these morals were harder to see and it isn’t until later that they are brought to attention. The story of Noah is no different, in the fact that it contains several great morals that are applicable today.

In the Bible, Noah’s ark is used to protect Noah and his family from a flood, along with two of each kind of animal. God says in the Bible that Noah is to

In a brief explanation of the movie, Noah is a flood myth that took place before Christ existed. It starts off with the off-springs off Cain and Abel that declared war against each other because of their beliefs. Noah, the son of Lamech says that The Creator has spoken to him through his dreams at night and that a flood is coming to wipe out the human race because of how they treated his world. He wants a fresh start to the world he created, and this is because he no longer will watch what they have done to it. Noah is told that he has a task of creating an ark for all of the animals to survive the flood since they are innocent to The Creator. Noah is only to allow his