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This is Noah's chronicle. Noah was a righteous man; in his generation, he was above reproach: Noah walked with God. - Genesis 6:9

TORAH, Genesis 6:9−11:32

SUMMARY

- God decides to cause a flood that will destroy the world, sparing only Noah's family and the animals that Noah gathers together on the ark. (6:9-8:22)

- Life starts over again after the Flood. The Noahide Commandments are listed, and God uses a rainbow to make a symbol of the first covenant. (9:1-17)

- People start to build a city and the Tower of Babel. God scatters the people and gives them different languages to speak. (11:1-9)

- The ten generations from Noah to Abram are listed. (11:10-29:2)