Noah
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- Noah
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- Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione gen. Il Grecchetto - Noah mit den Tieren vor der Arche - GG 1645 - Kunsthistorisches Museum (cropped).jpg
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- Detail from Noah with the animals in front of the ark by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1650
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- JudaismMandaeismChristianityDruze faithYazidismIslamBaháʼí Faith
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- Genesis flood narrative
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28 sectionsContents
- Biblical narrative
- Noah's background
- Genesis flood narrative
- After the flood
- Noah's drunkenness
- Table of nations
- Family tree
- Narrative analysis
- Other accounts
- Pseudepigrapha
- Dead Sea scrolls
- Religious views
- Judaism
- Mandaeism
- Christianity
- Gnosticism
- Druze faith
- Islam
- Baháʼí Faith
- Ahmadiyya
- Comparative mythology
- Mesopotamian
- Ancient Greek
- Var in Zoroastrianism
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Noah (; , also Noach) appears as the last of the Antediluvian patriarchs in the traditions of Abrahamic religions. His story appears in the Hebrew Bible (Book of Genesis, chapters 5–9), the Quran and Baha'i writings, and extracanonically.
The Genesis flood narrative is among the best-known stories of the Bible. In this account, God decides to punish the evil ones. Noah then labors faithfully to build the Ark at God's command, ultimately saving not only his own family, but mankind itself and all land animals, from extinction during the Flood. Afterwards, God makes a covenant with Noah and promises never again to destroy the earth with a flood. Noah is also portrayed as a "tiller of the soil" who is the first to cultivate the vine. After the flood, God commands Noah and his sons to "be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth."