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 __ **Noah's Ark** __ Noah's Ark, Genesis Chapters 6-9


 * __Summary:__** The LORD saw how wicked man had become, and He decided to wipe them off the earth. God saw that Noah was blameless and told him to make an ark of cyprus wood with three decks that could hold a few of every animal and Noah's family, while a flood destroyed the rest of the world. God brought seven of every clean animal and two of every unclean animal, and they all went into the ark, along with Noah's sons, their wives, and their children. Then it rained for 40 days and 40 nights. The water rose all over the earth and killed all the animals and wicked people on earth. Noah sent out a raven and a dove to check if the earth had dried yet. When the dove returned with an olive leaf, Noah knew the earth was dry. A week later, he sent out the dove again and it didn't come back, which signaled to him that it was time to come off the ark. God told Noah that He would never again destroy the earth. God blessed Noah and his sons to be fruitful and multiply, and every animal and plant will serve them.


 * Art References:**
 * Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel **


 * "Noah Leading the Animals into the Ark," by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (c. 1655) **


 * "Construction de l'Arche de Noé" by Joseph Marie Vien (1765) **