Noah — Bible person

Rest, (Heb. Noah) the grandson of Methuselah (Gen. 5:25-29), who was for two hundred and fifty years contemporary with Adam, and the son of Lamech, who was about fifty years old at the time of Adam’s death. This patriarch is rightly regarded as the connecting link between the old and the new world. He is the second great progenitor of the human family.

The words of his father Lamech at his birth (Gen. 5:29) have been regarded as in a sense prophetical, designating Noah as a type of Him who is the true “rest and comfort” of men under the burden of life (Matt. 11:28).

He lived five hundred years, and then there were born unto him three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth (Gen. 5:32). He was a “just man and perfect in his generation,” and “walked with God” (comp. Ezek. 14:14, 20). But now the descendants of Cain and of Seth began to intermarry, and then there sprang up a race distinguished for their ungodliness. Men became more and more corrupt, and God determined to sweep the earth of its wicked population (Gen. 6:7). But with Noah God entered into a covenant, with a promise of deliverance from the threatened deluge (18). He was accordingly commanded to build an ark (6:14-16) for the saving of himself and his house. An interval of one hundred and twenty years elapsed while the ark was being built (6:3), during which Noah bore constant testimony against the unbelief and wickedness of that generation (1 Pet. 3:18-20; 2 Pet. 2:5).

When the ark of “gopher-wood” (mentioned only here) was at length completed according to the command of the Lord, the living creatures that were to be preserved entered into it; and then Noah and his wife and sons and daughters-in-law entered it, and the “Lord shut him in” (Gen. 7:16). The judgment-threatened now fell on the guilty world, “the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished” (2 Pet. 3:6). The ark floated on the waters for one hundred and fifty days, and then rested on the mountains of Ararat (Gen. 8:3, 4); but not for a considerable time after this was divine permission given him to leave the ark, so that he and his family were a whole year shut up within it (Gen. 6-14).

On leaving the ark Noah’s first act was to erect an altar, the first of which there is any mention, and offer the sacrifices of adoring thanks and praise to God, who entered into a covenant with him, the first covenant between God and man, granting him possession of the earth by a new and special charter, which remains in force to the present time (Gen. 8:21-9:17). As a sign and witness of this covenant, the rainbow was adopted and set apart by God, as a sure pledge that never again would the earth be destroyed by a flood.

But, alas! Noah after this fell into grievous sin (Gen. 9:21); and the conduct of Ham on this sad occasion led to the memorable prediction regarding his three sons and their descendants. Noah “lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years, and he died” (28:29)..

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Show passage in OET: GEN 6:8-9

OET-RV GEN 6:8

8 However, Yahweh noticed Noah and was pleased with him.

OET-RV GEN 6:9

9 This is the account of Noah: He was a man who obeyed God, blameless among the people of his time and he walked around with God.

OET-LV GEN 6:8

8 And_Noaḩ he _found favour in/on_both _eyes _of YHWH.

OET-LV GEN 6:9

9 These are_the _accounts _of Noaḩ Noaḩ was_a _man righteous blameless he _was in_his/its_generations with the_ʼElohīm Noaḩ he _walked _about.

Show passage in OET: GEN 9:8-17

OET-RV GEN 9:8

8 Then God said to Noah and his sons,

OET-RV GEN 9:9

9 “Now listen, I am making an agreement with you and your future descendants,

OET-RV GEN 9:10

10 and it’s also with every living creature that is with you: with the birds, the livestock, and every living thing on the earth with you, from all that came out of the wooden chest to every future living thing on the earth.

OET-RV GEN 9:11

11 My agreement that I’m establishing with you is that all living things will never die from a flood again. That’s right, I will never use a flood again to destroy everything on the earth.”

OET-RV GEN 9:12

12 Then God added, “This is how I’ll show everyone that I’ve made this agreement with you and with all the living creatures that are with you, along with all future generations:

OET-RV GEN 9:13

13 I’ll place my rainbow among the clouds, and it’ll be a sign of the agreement between me and all life on the earth.

OET-RV GEN 9:14

14 So whenever I cause clouds to form in the sky and a rainbow is visible in the clouds,

OET-RV GEN 9:15

15 then I’ll remember my agreement that’s between me and you and every kind of living creature, and a flood will never again destroy everything living.

OET-RV GEN 9:16

16 So whenever a rainbow appears among the clouds, I’ll see it and remember my permanent agreement with every living creature that lives and will live on the earth.”

OET-RV GEN 9:17

17 Then God said to Noah, “The rainbow is the sign of the agreement that I have established between me and every living thing on the earth.”

OET-LV GEN 9:8

8 And_ god _he/it _said to Noaḩ and_near/to sons _of_his with_him/it to_say.

OET-LV GEN 9:9

9 And_I HERE_I am_about _to _establish DOM covenant _of_my with_you(pl) and_with offspring _of_your(pl) after_you(pl).

OET-LV GEN 9:10

10 And_DOM every _of creature _of the_living which is_with_you(pl) among_bird[s] among_livestock and_on/over_all (the)_animal _of the_earth/land with_you(pl) from_all those _which_came _out _of the_box to_all/each/any/every (the)_animal _of the_earth/land.

OET-LV GEN 9:11

11 And_I _will _establish DOM covenant _of_my with_you(pl) and_not all _of flesh it _will _be _cut _off again from_the _waters _of the_flood and_not it _will _be again a _flood to_destroy the_earth/land.

OET-LV GEN 9:12

12 And_ god _he/it _said this is_the _sign _of the _covenant which I am_making between_me and_between_you(pl) and_between every _of creature living which is_with_you(pl) for_generations _of perpetuity.

OET-LV GEN 9:13

13 DOM bow _of_my I _set in_cloud[s] and_it _will _become (into)_a_sign _of a _covenant between_me and_between the_earth/land.

OET-LV GEN 9:14

14 And_it _was when_I_bring _cloud cloud over the_earth/land and_ the_bow _it _will _be _seen in_cloud[s].

OET-LV GEN 9:15

15 And_I _will _remember DOM covenant _of_my which is_between_me and_between_you(pl) and_between every _of creature living in_all flesh and_not it _will _become again the_waters (into)_a_flood to_destroy all _of flesh.

OET-LV GEN 9:16

16 And_ the_bow _it _will _be in_cloud[s] and_I_will _see _it to_remember the_covenant _of perpetuity between god and_between every _of creature living in_all flesh which is_on the_earth/land.

OET-LV GEN 9:17

17 And_ god _he/it _said to Noaḩ this is_the _sign _of the _covenant which I _have _established between_me and_between all _of flesh which is_on the_earth/land.

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Recorded scripture occurrences (47)

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Show passage in OET: GEN 5:29

OET-RV GEN 5:29

29 and he named him Noah (which sounds like the Hebrew word for ‘relief’) because he said, “This son will give us relief from the difficult work that we have to do because Yahweh has cursed the ground.”

OET-LV GEN 5:29

29 And_he/it _called DOM his/its_name Noaḩ to_say this_one he_will _console/comfort _us from_our_work/action and_from_worry/pain our_both _hands from the_soil which he/it _has _cursed_her/it YHWH.

Show passage in OET: GEN 5:30

OET-RV GEN 5:30

30 After Noah’s birth, Lemek lived another 595 years and had other sons and daughters.

OET-LV GEN 5:30

30 And_ Lemek _he/it _lived after fathering_by _him/it DOM Noaḩ five and_ninety year[s] and_five hundred(s) year[s] and_he/it _fathered sons and_daughters.

Show passage in OET: GEN 5:32

OET-RV GEN 5:32

32 After Noah was 500 years old, he had sons whose names were Yefet (Japheth), Shem, and Ham.

OET-LV GEN 5:32

32 And_he/it _was Noaḩ a _son _of five hundred(s) year[s] and_ Noaḩ _he/it _fathered DOM Shēm DOM Ḩām and_DOM Yefet/(Japheth).

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