📜 Parashat Noach

Genesis · portion 2 of 54 Genesis 6:9–11:32

What happens this week?

The world is full of violence, but Noah is a good man. God tells him to build an ark and bring in his family and pairs of every animal. It rains for 40 days and 40 nights, and the ark floats safely.

When the water goes down, Noah sends out a raven and a dove; the dove returns with an olive leaf. God puts a rainbow in the sky as a sign of a promise never to flood the whole Earth again. Later, people build the Tower of Babel to reach the sky, and their language is mixed up.

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