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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).

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Q: What was the 'flood' called when God told Noah to build the ark?
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How did the author of Genesis know there was going to be a flood?

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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Why did god choose noah to build a ark?

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When did Noah tell the people that it was going to rain?

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Why did Noah run from God?

He didn't Jonah ran away from god. god told noah to build the ark.


What was the purpose of Gods covenant with Noah?

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!


Who sings the gospel song God told Noah to build an ark?

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What did god say to noah after the flood?

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.


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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.


Did Zeus or God tell Gilgamesh to build the ark?

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What is sacrifice Noah made for God?

Noah sacrificed clean birds and animals to god.


How did god make a coverant?

God makes a covenant with man, for example he told Noah with the rainbow that there would never ever be a flood again.