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נֹחַ

The Flood

Noach builds an ark of gopher wood.

עֲשֵׂה לְךָ תֵּבַת עֲצֵי־גֹפֶר קִנִּים תַּעֲשֶׂה אֶת־הַתֵּבָה וְכָפַרְתָּ אֹתָהּ מִבַּיִת וּמִחוּץ בַּכֹּפֶר׃

בראשית ו:יד

"Make yourself an ark of gopher wood; make it an ark with compartments, and cover it inside and out with pitch."

Bereishis 6:14

Two by two, they come.

שְׁנַיִם שְׁנַיִם בָּאוּ אֶל־נֹחַ אֶל־הַתֵּבָה זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה אֱלֹקִים אֶת־נֹחַ׃

בראשית ז:ט

"Two by two they came to Noah into the ark, male and female, as God had commanded Noah."

Bereishis 7:9

The heavens break open. The waters rise.

נִבְקְעוּ כׇּל־מַעְיְנֹת תְּהוֹם רַבָּה וַאֲרֻבֹּת הַשָּׁמַיִם נִפְתָּחוּ׃ וַיְהִי הַגֶּשֶׁם עַל־הָאָרֶץ אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם וְאַרְבָּעִים לָיְלָה׃

בראשית ז:יא–יב

"All the fountains of the great deep burst apart, and the floodgates of the sky broke open. The rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights."

Bereishis 7:11–12

A raven is sent into the empty grey.

וַיְשַׁלַּח אֶת־הָעֹרֵב וַיֵּצֵא יָצוֹא וָשׁוֹב עַד־יְבֹשֶׁת הַמַּיִם מֵעַל הָאָרֶץ׃

בראשית ח:ז

"He sent out the raven, and it went to and fro until the waters had dried up from the earth."

Bereishis 8:7

An olive leaf. The waters have receded.

וַתָּבֹא אֵלָיו הַיּוֹנָה לְעֵת עֶרֶב וְהִנֵּה עֲלֵה־זַיִת טָרָף בְּפִיהָ וַיֵּדַע נֹחַ כִּי־קַלּוּ הַמַּיִם מֵעַל הָאָרֶץ׃

בראשית ח:יא

"The dove came back to him toward evening, and there in its bill was a plucked-off olive leaf. And Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the earth."

Bereishis 8:11

A bow in the clouds. A covenant, kept.

אֶת־קַשְׁתִּי נָתַתִּי בֶּעָנָן וְהָיְתָה לְאוֹת בְּרִית בֵּינִי וּבֵין הָאָרֶץ׃

בראשית ט:יג

"I have set My bow in the clouds, and it shall serve as a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth."

Bereishis 9:13

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