The Flood
The global deluge God sent in judgment upon a corrupt world, saving only Noah, his family, and representative animals in the ark (Genesis 6-9). Genesis 6:5-7 reveals God's grief: 'Every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.' Noah 'found favor in the eyes of the Lord' (6:8) and obeyed God's instructions to build the ark. After the waters receded, God established a covenant with Noah, promising never again to destroy the earth with a flood, with the rainbow as its sign (9:8-17). Jesus compared his return to 'the days of Noah' (Matthew 24:37-39). First Peter 3:20-21 connects the flood to baptism. Second Peter 2:5 calls the flood an example of divine judgment.
Verses about The Flood
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Genesis 6:17
And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every …
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Genesis 7:6
And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
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Genesis 7:7
And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
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Genesis 7:10
And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
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Genesis 7:17
And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
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Genesis 9:11
And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a fl…
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Genesis 9:15
And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to d…
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Genesis 9:28
And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
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Genesis 10:1
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
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Genesis 10:32
These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the f…
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Genesis 11:10
These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
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Exodus 15:8
And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart…
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Joshua 24:2
And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, th…
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Joshua 24:3
And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him…
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Joshua 24:14
Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood,…
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Joshua 24:15
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the o…
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2 Samuel 22:5
When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
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Job 14:11
As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
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Job 20:17
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
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Job 22:16
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
People Associated
Arpachshad, son of Shem, was born two years after the flood and was an ancestor…
MahalalelMahalalel was a descendant of Seth and an ancestor of Noah, living before the f…
NephilimThe Nephilim were a race of giants mentioned in the context of the sons of God …
TirasTiras was a son of Japheth and grandson of Noah, listed among the nations desce…