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Noah was then told to take all the animals, birds, reptiles and his family onto the boat and to close the door. Noah was told that 7 days later he would send the rain to flood the earth. He was told that it would rain for 40 days and 40 nights and that all other living creatures would be destroyed.

When the water started to go down Noah sent out a raven, but the raven just circled the air until the water had dried up. Noah wanted to know if it was dry so he sent out a dove and when the dove could find nowhere to land it came back to Noah. 7 days later Noah sent the dove out again and this time it returned in the evening with a green leaf in its beak. Noah now knew that the water was finally going down. He waited another 7 days and sent the dove out again. This time the dove did not come back. Noah now knew that the Earth was dry. He let out every animal, bird, reptile and his family and life started again. God then sent a rainbow to promise that he would never send another flood like that again and we still get those Rainbows today.

The Bible hero we want to look at is Noah. Noah appears at the beginning of the bible in Genesis 6. He is first mentioned at the end of chapter 5 in the line of Adams descendants. The bible then goes on to talk about the flood. God was not pleased with the people living on Earth at this time. They were disobeying him and going against his laws. He was going to destroy them all.

But there was one person on Earth that God was pleased with, that was Noah. He did not wish to destroy Noah or his family. He told Noah to get some good timber and build a boat. He said to put rooms in it and cover it with tar inside and out. Noah was was told to make the boat 133 metres long, 22 metre wide and 13 metres high. He was to build a roof on the boat but to leave a space of 44 centimetres between the roof and the sides. He was told to make the boat 3 storey's high and have a door on one side.

God told Noah that he was going to send a flood that will destroy everything that breathes. But, he promised Noah that that him, his wife, his sons and his daughters-in-law will be kept safe in the boat. Noah was then told to bring in one male and one female of every type of animal, bird and reptile into the boat as he did not want them destroyed. Noah was told to store up enough food for him and for them. Noah did everything that God told him to.

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Remember the ark is not like this one as you may have seen in a story book.  It was if fact a massive boat shaped just like the one above.

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