# Noah ## Facts: Noah was a man who lived over 4,000 years ago, at the time when God sent a worldwide flood to destroy all the evil people in the world. God told Noah to build a gigantic ark in which he and his family could live while the flood waters covered the earth. * Noah was a righteous man who obeyed God in everything. * When God told Noah how to build the gigantic ark, Noah built it exactly the way God told him to. * Inside the ark, Noah and his family were kept safe, and later their children and grandchildren filled the earth with people again. * Everyone born since the time of the flood is a descendant of Noah. (Translation suggestions: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]]) (See also: [descendant](../other/descendant.md), [ark](../kt/ark.md)) ## Bible References: * [Genesis 05:30-31](rc://en/tn/help/gen/05/30) * [Genesis 05:32](rc://en/tn/help/gen/05/32) * [Genesis 06:08](rc://en/tn/help/gen/06/08) * [Genesis 08:01](rc://en/tn/help/gen/08/01) * [Hebrews 11:7](rc://en/tn/help/heb/11/7) * [Matthew 24:37](rc://en/tn/help/mat/24/37) ## Examples from the Bible stories: * __[03:02](rc://en/tn/help/obs/03/02)__ But __Noah__ found favor with God. * __[03:04](rc://en/tn/help/obs/03/04)__ __Noah__ obeyed God. He and his three sons built the boat just the way God had told them. * __[03:13](rc://en/tn/help/obs/03/13)__ Two months later God said to __Noah__, "You and your family and all the animals may leave the boat now. Have many children and grandchildren and fill the earth." So __Noah__ and his family came out of the boat. ## Word Data: * Strong's: H5146, G3575 ## Forms Found in the English ULB: Noah, Noah's