Depending on The Bible translation being used, it is called 'floodwaters' or a 'flood of waters' or a 'great flood' or a 'deluge' (Genesis 6:17).
When Genesis was written, the flood had already happened. Noah knew about the flood in advance because he was told to build the arc and given the details of how to build it by God.
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Noah was chosen because he was the most righteous man on earth.(Genesis 7:1)(Ezekiel 14:14)He 'walked faithfully with God' (Genesis 6:9NIV)He was a "preacher of righteousness"(2 Peter 2:5 NIV)He showed 'godly fear'(respect)and faith(Hebrews 11:7ASB)
Noah warned the people about the coming rain before the floods began, as he was instructed by God to build an ark to save himself, his family, and the animals from the impending flood.
He didn't Jonah ran away from god. god told noah to build the ark.
The answer is found in Genesis Chapters 6-8. God told Noah he would send a flood to destroy the earth because of the great wickedness of man. He warned him that the flood would last for forty days and forty nights. He told him that it would come at a time that he least expected it. He told Noah to build an ark out of gopher wood to keep his family (wife, three sons, Shem, Ham,and Japeth,and himself) safe from the flood to come!
The Cathedrals
After the flood, God made a covenant with Noah, promising to never again destroy the earth with a flood. God also instructed Noah to be fruitful and multiply, and to fill the earth.
The symbol of peace derived from the story of Noah in the book of Genesis is the rainbow. After the flood, God placed a rainbow in the sky as a sign of his covenant with Noah, promising never to destroy the earth again with a flood. The rainbow symbolizes hope, renewal, and God's faithfulness to his promises.
I think God told Noah to build the ark. Haven't you ever heard of Noah's Ark? It's a Bible story I think.
Noah sacrificed clean birds and animals to god.
God makes a covenant with man, for example he told Noah with the rainbow that there would never ever be a flood again.