Who was Noah in the Bible?
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Noah was a righteous man who, warned by God of a coming flood, built an ark and preserved his family and the animals — and with whom God made the covenant marked by the rainbow.
In a generation filled with violence, Noah “found favor in the eyes of the LORD” and is called blameless and one who walked with God.
God told Noah to build an enormous ark to escape a flood that would cover the earth. Noah obeyed, and the waters came and then receded, just as God had warned.
When Noah stepped onto dry land he built an altar, and God set the rainbow in the sky as the sign of a covenant never to destroy the earth by flood again — mercy after judgment.
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Original BibleDawn answer · reviewed 2026-06. Drafted with AI assistance and reviewed for accuracy.