A-Z: General definitions: Flood

Definition

The Bible describes how, in the time of Noah, God caused it to rain perpetually for forty days and nights as a punishment for human wickedness. Noah had been told by God to build an ark to rescue himself, his family and one set of each species of living creature. (Genesis 7:1-4)

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