General Notes

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Noah was ordained High Priest by Methuselah at age 70.

Historical events during Noah's life:

The Great Flood (The Deluge) 2344 - 2343BC - Started in the600th year of Noah's life.
Although many understand it "rained for 40 days and 40 nights" it actually lasted for
150 days (5 months) because Noah entered the Ark after the "40 days and 40 nights"
but rain continued another 110 days -- for a total of 150 days.

The Ice Age (Die Eiszeit) - Joseph Fielding Smithexplained it as follows: "The frozen
animals spoken of by Sir Henry H Howorthwere frozen at the time of the flood when the climatic conditions of the Earthwere changed."

From: Man His Origin and Destiny, Pages 422 - 423.

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Noah, in the Old Testament, son of Lamech, tenth in descent from Adam, and, as survivor with his family of the flood (see Deluge), the father of all humanity (see Genesis 6-9). According to the biblical account, Noah was spared for his piety when God, angered atthe corruption of the world, destroyed it with a flood lasting 40 days and 40 nights. Noah had been warned to build the ark, a great ship, and to take on board with him his wife, his three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, his sons' wives, and two mated specimens of every species of animal on earth. In an episode afterthe flood, Noah is portrayed as having discovered winemaking and becoming helplessly drunk (see Genesis 9:20-27). Noah is said to have lived 950 years (see Genesis 9:29). Similar heroes of flood stories are found in Babylonian, Greek, and other cultures (see Deucalion).

"Noah," Microsoft(R) Encarta(R) 97 Encyclopedia. (c) 1993-1996 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

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Deluge, in biblical history, flood of waters, described in Genesis 6-9, that inundated the entire earth or alarge part of it. The only survivors were the occupants of the ark, a vessel with a beam of 26.7 m (87.5 ft) and a length of 160 m (525 ft), built by Noah atGod's command. On the ark, besides Noah, were his wife, his three sons and their wives, and mated pairs of every species of animal. The narrative of the deluge in Genesis consists of two interwoven versions, the Yahwist and Elohist. Except on the reason for the flood, attributed in both to God's anger at humankind's wickedness, the two versions are frequently contradictory or divergent. According to the Yahwist sections of the narrative, for example, the flood is causedby a rain lasting 40 days. Noah sends out a raven at the end of this period, but it fails to return. He then releases a dove, which returns with an olive leaf. Sent out again seven days later, the dove does not return. Noah disembarks after another seven-day interval, builds an altar, and offers a sacrifice. God smells the "sweet savour" and promises not to destroy the world again. In the Elohist sections, the flood is accompanied by an upsurge of subterranean waters.It increases in intensity for 150 days, or five months of a solar year, and begins to recede in the seventh month. The ark then grounds "upon the mountains ofArarat." On the first day of the next solar year, Noah leaves the ark and is blessed by God, who causes a rainbow as a sign of his covenant that such a floodwill not occur again.
A number of ancient nations had folklore that predatedthe Bible and also made reference to the great flood. An example is the Gilgamesh Epic, an ancient Babylonian story dating from 2000 BC and written on 12 cuneiform tablets. It concerns a ruler (Gilgamesh) who, after losing his dearest friend to a mysterious death, seeks out a wise man (Utnapishtim) who is a survivor of the great flood and knows the secret of immortality. Accounts such as thishave intrigued biblical scholars because they