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Genesis 7:17-24Genesis 8:1-22

Genesis Chapter 7

For 40 days the flood kept For 40 days the flood kept coming on the earth, coming on the earth,

and as the waters increased and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the they lifted the ark high above the

earthearth

The waters rose and increased The waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, greatly on the earth, and the ark floated and the ark floated

on the surface of the water. on the surface of the water.

They rose greatly They rose greatly on the earth, on the earth,

and all the high mountains and all the high mountains under the entire heavens under the entire heavens

were covered. were covered. The waters rose and The waters rose and

covered the mountains to a covered the mountains to a depth of more than 15 depth of more than 15

cubits. cubits. (about 23 feet)(about 23 feet)

Every living thing that Every living thing that moved on land perished—moved on land perished—

birds, livestock, wild birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures animals, all the creatures

that swarm over the earth, that swarm over the earth, and all mankind. and all mankind.

1. The flood coming on the earth2. The building of the ark3. The Bible does not say4. All of the above

What lasted for forty days?

1. It rained for forty days.2. The waters rose above the mountains.3. Every living thing that moved on land

perished.4. All of the above

What happened during the flood?

Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its

nostrils died.

Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out;

people and animals and the creatures that move along the

ground and the birds were wiped from the earth.

Only Noah was left,* and those with him in the ark.

The waters flooded the earth for 150 days.

1. Only 40 days and 40 nights2. 150 days3. 2 months

How long did the waters flood the earth?

1. Noah2. Those with Noah in the ark3. Both answers are correct.

Who was left on the earth?

But God remembered Noah and all the wild

animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind*

over the earth,

and the waters

receded.

Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens had

been closed, and the rain had stopped falling from the sky

1. They were closed2. Two angels guarded them.3. They formed the Tigris and

Euphrates.

After 150 days, what happened to the springs

and the floodgates?

The water receded steadily from the earth.

At the end of the 150 days the water had gone down,…

…and on the 17th day of the 7th month the ark came to rest

on the mountains of Ararat.

The waters continued to recede The waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the until the tenth month, and on the 11stst day of the 10 day of the 10thth month* the tops month* the tops of the mountains* became visible. of the mountains* became visible.

After 40 days* Noah opened a After 40 days* Noah opened a window* he had made in the ark and window* he had made in the ark and

sent out a raven,sent out a raven,

And it kept flying back and And it kept flying back and forth until the water had forth until the water had dried up from the earth.* dried up from the earth.*

Then he Then he sent out sent out a dove to a dove to see if the see if the

water water had had

receded receded from the from the surface surface of the of the

ground.ground.

so it returned to Noah in the ark. so it returned to Noah in the ark. But the dove could find nowhere

to perch because there was water over all the surface of the earth,

1. On the 17th day of the 7th month

2. After 15 days3. After 50 days

When did the ark come to rest on the mountains of Ararat?

1. A raven2. A robin3. A dove

What animal did Noah first send to look for land?

1. Two fig leaves and a branch

2. A palm branch3. Nothing

What did the dove bring back the first time?

He reached out his hand and He reached out his hand and took the dove and brought it took the dove and brought it

back to himself in the ark.back to himself in the ark.

He He waited 7 waited 7

more more days and days and

again* again* sent out sent out the dove the dove from the from the

ark. ark.

Then Noah knew that the water Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth. had receded from the earth.

When the dove When the dove returned to him returned to him in the evening, in the evening,

there in its there in its beak was a beak was a

freshly plucked freshly plucked olive leaf!*olive leaf!*

He waited seven more days and He waited seven more days and sent the dove out again,* but this sent the dove out again,* but this

time it did not return to him.time it did not return to him.

By the first day of the first month By the first day of the first month of Noah's six hundred and first of Noah's six hundred and first year,* the water had dried up year,* the water had dried up

from the earth.*from the earth.*

1. Two fig leaves and a branch

2. A palm branch3. An olive leaf

What did the dove bring back the second time?

1. Nothing2. A palm branch3. An olive branch

What did the dove bring back the third time?

Noah then removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.

By the 27thday of the 2nd month

the earth was completely dry.

Then God said to Noah, "Come out of the ark, you and your wife and

your sons and their wives.  

Bring out every kind of Bring out every kind of living creature that is with living creature that is with

you—the birds, the you—the birds, the animals, and all the animals, and all the

creatures that move along creatures that move along the ground—so they can the ground—so they can multiply on the earth and multiply on the earth and be fruitful and increase in be fruitful and increase in

number upon it." number upon it."

So Noah came out, together with his sons and

his wife and his sons' wives.

All the animals and all the creatures that move along

the ground and all the birds—everything that

moves on land—came out of the ark, one kind after

another.

taking some of all the clean taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, animals and clean birds,

he he sacrificedsacrificed burnt burnt offeringsofferings on it. on it.

Then Noah built Then Noah built an altar to the an altar to the

LORD and,LORD and,

The LORD smelled the pleasing The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma* and said in his heart: aroma* and said in his heart: "Never again will I curse the "Never again will I curse the

ground because of humans, even ground because of humans, even though every inclination of his though every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood.*heart is evil from childhood.*

ALL ABOUT

will I destroyall living

creatures,

as I have done.

And never again

As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest,

cold and heat, summer and winter,

day and night will never cease.Genesis 8:22