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Old Testament Biblical Character

Noah

Patriarch | Ark Builder | Farmer | Covenant Recipient

Noah walked with God in a corrupt generation and obeyed God's command to build the ark. The Lord preserved Noah, his family, and the animals through the flood, then made a covenant with every living creature and set the rainbow in the clouds as its sign. Noah's later failure in the vineyard reminds us of human frailty.

Family
Wife, sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and their wives
Household
Eight people preserved through the flood
Calling
Build the ark
Key Place
The ark rested on the mountains of Ararat

Character Infographics

Ten scenes tracing Noah's obedience, preservation through the flood, worship, covenant, and later failure, with his family, traits, key places, and biblical sources.

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Noah Life and Legacy infographic depicting Noah beside the ark. Ten numbered scenes show Noah finding favor with God, receiving instructions to build the ark, obeying, entering with his household, the animals entering, the flood, the ark resting on Ararat, the dove returning with an olive leaf, worship on dry ground, and God's covenant with the bow as its sign. Lower panels summarize his family, household, calling, flood, worship, covenant, later failure in the vineyard, distinctive traits, and key places. The poster quotes Genesis 6:22 and cites Hebrews 11:7 and 1 Peter 3:20.
Noah: Life and Legacy. Ten scenes show his faith and obedience, the Lord's preservation of his household through the flood, worship after the waters receded, and God's covenant sign.

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About Noah in the Bible

Genesis 6 describes Noah as a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, who walked with God. God warned Noah of the flood and instructed him to build an ark; Noah did everything God commanded (Genesis 6:13-22). Noah, his wife, their sons, and their sons' wives entered the ark, and the Lord shut them in (Genesis 7:7, 13, 16). God remembered Noah, brought the waters down, and the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat (Genesis 8:1-4). After the waters receded, Noah worshiped the Lord, who established a covenant with Noah, his descendants, and every living creature, giving the bow in the clouds as its sign (Genesis 8:20-9:17). Hebrews 11:7 highlights Noah's faith, and 1 Peter 3:20 refers to the eight people brought safely through the water. Genesis 9:20-21 also records Noah's later failure in the vineyard, reminding us that humanity still needed God's saving grace.

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