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"Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation." - Genesis 7:1

     Noah was a righteous man who lived among wicked people. God saw how evil the people had become except for Noah who found favor with God. God told Noah to build a great 'ark' for the animals (two of each; male and female) and Noah’s wife, his three sons and their wives.
    Anyone who would see him build the ark and believe could come aboard and be saved from the flood, but no one did. It took many years to build and they had plenty of time to believe. The people were warned, but they only mocked and so they perished in the flood.
    It rained for 40 days and 40 nights. And the water covered the whole earth 150 days. When it was over God put the rainbow in the sky and told Noah this was a symbol of His promise never to destroy the whole earth with a flood again. Noah and his family came out of the ark onto dry ground and worshiped God immediately.