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Noah and the Ark, contd

Aired 10/11/2010
Chapter 8 (Holy Bible)

8:2   Fountains is more of a Greek word, a description or personification of the seas and of the storm.
8:3   The rain stopped.
8:5   When there is a high tide the water rises, eventually the height of water slowly decreases.  So three months later the water finally decreased.
8:6   Just like God or Allah promised the rain stopped on the 40th day. Noah and his family still remained in the ark.
8:13  A year later the ground was dry enough to walk on.
8:14  The following month the whole earth was dry.
8:20  Noah killed and cooked many animals as a sacrificial offering unto God (Jehovah, Allah).
8:21  Since we are on the earth we are not totally like God. God did not even realize what his own creation would be like on earth. He promised that he would never destroy all of mankind again.
8:22  Speaks of his promise to all the earth.

Vocabulary
1. covenant - a promise that can be made now and can be made to the generations afterwards
2. fruitful - productive, do good, good deed
3. seed - a human being's offspring or children
4. Tower of Babel - the place where the races and grouping were formed