Genesis flood narrative
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The Genesis flood narrative is a Hebrew flood myth. It tells of God's decision to destroy creation, saving only Noah and the people and animals who went with him into an ark built on God's instruction
The Flood of Noah and Companions (c. 1911) by Léon Comerre
The Deluge (1865) by Gustave Doré
Building the Ark (watercolor c. 1896–1902 by James Tissot)
1896 illustration of the symbol of the rainbow, which God created as a sign of the covenant
Noah
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Noah appears as the last of the Antediluvian patriarchs in the traditions of Abrahamic religions. His story appears in the Hebrew Bible, the Quran and Baha'i writings, and extracanonically.
Genesis flood narrative
…The Genesis flood narrative (chapters 6–9 of the Book of Genesis) is a Hebrew flood myth. It tells of God's decision to destroy creation, saving only Noah and the people and animals who went with him into an ark built on God's instructions. Scholars generally believe it was adapted from older Mesopotamian…
Detail from Noah with the animals in front of the ark by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1650
12th-century Venetian mosaic depiction of Noah sending the dove
Noah curses Ham by Gustave Doré
Genesis Apocryphon, a portion of the Dead Sea Scrolls that features Noah