Noah
Before Israel Antediluvian; survived the Flood · Creation & Patriarchs · Old Testament
- Also called
- Noe
- Name means
- Rest; comfort
- Role
- Righteous man who built the ark
- When
- The Flood
What they did
Found grace in the eyes of the LORD in a corrupt generation. At God's command he built the ark and saved his family and the animals from the Flood, and God made a covenant with him, sealed by the rainbow.
Why it matters: the purpose of their role
Through Noah God preserved the human race; all nations descend from his three sons. His salvation through the ark is a picture of salvation in Christ (1 Peter 3:20-21).
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. Genesis 6:8 (KJV)
Bible references
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. Genesis 6:8-9 (KJV)
And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. Genesis 7:1 (KJV)
And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. Genesis 9:12-13 (KJV)
But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Matthew 24:37 (KJV)
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. Hebrews 11:7 (KJV)
Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. 1 Peter 3:20 (KJV)
Family
- Father
- Lamech
- Children
- Shem, Ham, Japheth
His wife is mentioned but not named (Genesis 7:7). Lived 950 years (Genesis 9:29).
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