The Great Reading (Notes) Room: Noah

Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat by Simon de Myle. Found on Wikipedia.

This week, I chose the Noah section to read and study. Story source: The King James Bible (1611), Genesis 5-11
Noah: The Tower of Babel (Genesis)
In the beginning, there was only one language in world. People worked together in order to build bricks to create tower. With this tower, men attempted to try to reach heaven. As a result, God punishes them for their ego. They now have a multitude of languages that limit communication between people. As a result, they cannot look forward to work together in the creation of the tower of Babel.
The Flood
Noah receives a message from God that there will be a flood that covers the whole world. At the chosen time, he gathered all the animals in the world two by two in order to same the species for the world after the flood. It rained for forty days and forty nights, flooding the world and destroying everything not in the ark. The water stayed at flood levels, with the ark the only chance at survival for animals of non aquatic nature, for one hundred and fifty days.
After the Flood
Noah sent out birds in order to find land. First a raven and then a dove. The Dove returned with when it could find no dry ground, while the raven kept flying. Noah sent the dove out again, and it came back with a olive twig in its mouth. This signaled the end of the flood. The ground dried and the ark rest upon land again. As Noah's family exited, the menagerie within filled the world again. The son's and wives left to find new places to settle, and Noah built an alter to thank God for deliverance from the flood. God responded with a sign of a covenant, baring witness to a promise to never again flood the earth with such destruction. And that sign was a rainbow.

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