Bible Story - God Used a Great Flood to Destroy the Earth

Human Wickedness

God created the first man and woman whose names were Adam and Eve.

Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating the fruit of a tree which He commanded them not to eat.

Their disobedience brought death to them and their descendants. Their descendants also continued to disobey God.

One of their descendants murdered his own brother. The name of the murderer was Cain and the person he murdered was Abel.

All kinds of wickedness continued to increase on earth. People thought of evil things all the time.

God was sorry that He had ever made human beings and put them on earth. God was filled with pain. So He decided that He would wipe out the human race from the face of the earth.

God decided to destroy all human beings and animals including creatures that crawl on the ground and even the birds.

The Man Named Noah

When God decided to destroy what He created, He found that there was a man who behaved in a moral and honest way. He was not a wicked man. The man’s name was Noah.

Noah was the only blameless person living on earth at that time. He was close to God and served God.

Noah had three sons whose names were Shem, Ham and Japheth.

There was much corruption and violence on earth. So God said to Noah, “I have decided to put an end to all mankind. I will destroy them completely, because the world is full of their violent deeds.”

Noah Builds a Boat

God did not want to destroy Noah and His family. So He told Noah to build a very big boat. The boat was a real big one.

The boat was 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high.

The boat had three decks inside – a lower, middle and upper decks.

God said to Noah, “I am going to send a flood on the earth to destroy every living being. Everything on the earth will die, but I will make a covenant with you.

Go into the boat with your wife, your sons, and their wives.”

God also had plans to save some of the animals and birds. He told Noah to take a male and a female of every kind of animal and bird and bring them into the boat.

God further told him to take enough food for his family and for all the animals and birds that would stay with in the boat.

Noah obeyed God and did everything God commanded him to do.