What is Noah?
[[File:Noah mosaic.JPG|thumb|right |12th-century Venetian [[mosaic]] of Noah sending the [[dove]]]] '''Noah''' (meaning rest or comfort<ref>{{bibleverse||Genesis|5:29}}</ref>) is a man in the [[Abrahamic religion]]s. He was the son of Lamech, and the father of sons, [[Shem]], [[Ham (son of Noah)|Ham]], and [[Japhet|Japheth]]. Noah and his [[Noah's Ark|ark]] are in the Book of [[Genesis]], which also describes Noah as the 'first man to plant a [[vineyard]]' (chapter 9). Several other parts of the Bible mention him, as does the [[Quran]]. == The Ark == {{main|Noah's Ark}} As described in the [[Genesis|Book of Genesis]],<ref>{{bibleverse||Genesis|6-9}}</ref> Noah and his family kept believing in [[God]] in a time when most people did not. Knowing this was true, [[God]] told Noah he was going to [[flood]] the world, so he could drown out [[evil]]. He told Noah to build a boat called an ''ark''. Noah was to put himself, his family and two (a [[male]] and a [[female]]) of every kind of [[animal]] that wasn’t [[Kosher|clean]] on it but seven of every kind of animal that was [[Kosher|clean]] on it. People laughed at Noah, but they were killed by the flood. Noah and his family stayed on the ark until they reached land. To find land Noah sent out a [[dove]], which returned with an [[Olive tree|olive]] [[branch]].<ref>{{bibleverse||Genesis|8:8-12}}</ref> After the flood, God made a [[rainbow]] as a [[promise]] to say that he would never destroy the [[Earth]] by flood again.<ref>{{bibleverse|Genesis||8:20-9:17}}</ref> When they were able to walk on dry land, the animals were released and they were able to repopulate the earth. == References== {{reflist}} {{religion-stub}} [[Category:Old Testament people]]