The+Great+Flood

=The Great Flood =

Summary:
The Great Flood by Genesis [|The Great Flood] began when God became upset with the human race that he created because he said that the humans corrupted the world and made it full of violence. God told Noah that he was upset and that he wanted to bring the human race to an end. He then told Noah " Make yourself and ark with ribs of cypress; cover it with reeds and coat it inside and out with pitch." (page 57 "The Great Flood" book of Genesis) When Noah was 600 years old on the seventeenth day of the second month all the springs busted and rain fell on earth for forty days and forty nights. God told Noah to take one male and one female of each species, onto the ark with them. Every living thing on the earth parishes except the only things that survived were the animals that were living on the ark. At the end of forty days, once the flood stopped, God stated "Never again shall I put the earth under a curse because of man kind, however evil their inclination maybe from their youth of words nor shall I ever kill all living creatures, as I have just done." (page 59 "The Great Flood" book of Genesis) Then God blessed Noah and his[| three sons] and their families.

Noah's Prayer by Carmen Bernos De Gasztold This is the poetic version of The Great flood with Noah pleading to God to save him.

Noah by David Ignatow This is talking about how Noah must build an ark to same himself and how God had promised him safety.

Discussion Questions:
1. Why do you think G-D created the great flood? 2. Why do you think G-D says on page 57, "I regret that I have ever made them."? 3. How long did the flood last? 4. On page 59, it states "he waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark." Why is seven days significant? 5. Do you think G-D favors Noah and his family? 6. In the poem "Noah's Prayer" what aspect of life on the ark seems to bother Noah most?

Supplementary Material:
1. In Noah's Prayer who is Noah talking to and how is this significant? 2. In Noah, who promised Noah safety

Outside Material:
[|Noah and his three sons and their wives.]

[|Noah's ark.]

[|The Great Flood]

Uncle Noah's Ark media type="youtube" key="2-N-LKrlD-Q" height="315" width="420"

Study Guide/Quiz Questions:
1. One page 66 in "Noah's Prayer", what is the repetition use and why do you think it was used? 2. lists the two sets of promises that God makes to Noah, before and after the flood? 3. On page 57, "cubit" was often used to describe the height and length of the ark, define a cubit? 4. Noah had three sons, what where their names? 5. Where did God tell Noah to take his family while he was flooding the earth?