In a world consumed by corruption and wickedness, Noah emerges as a beacon of righteousness amidst a sea of darkness. As the Earth teeters on the brink of divine judgment, Noah, guided by unwavering faith, undertakes a monumental task: to build an ark that will shelter the innocent from impending doom. Creatures of every kind heed his call, drawn by a primal instinct to survive the cataclysmic flood that will cleanse the world of sin.
Amidst thunderous warnings and apocalyptic signs, Noah fulfills his sacred duty, guiding his family and the animals into the ark as the skies unleash their fury. The torrential rains descend for forty days and nights, plunging the world into chaos and despair. Yet within the ark, amidst the howls of wild beasts and the cries of humanity, Noah stands firm, a rock of faith in the tempest.
As the floodwaters recede, the ark becomes a vessel of hope, adrift on a transformed world where mountains disappear beneath the relentless tide. Through months of uncertainty and harrowing trials, Noah and his family cling to the promise of deliverance, their endurance tested by the unyielding power of nature. When at last the earth dries and the sun casts its light upon the newly cleansed land, Noah waits for divine guidance, ready to step forth into a world reborn, a testament to the enduring power of faith and redemption.
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Genesis
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Jasher
45%
Jubilees
11%
Exposition
Jubilee: 34
Year: 1656
Month: 1
Day: 24
YHWH tells Noah to enter the ark
YHWH brings the animals to Noah
Genesis 7:2-3
Jasher 6:1b-9
Rising Action
The rain will come in 7 days
Everyone enters the ark
Genesis 7:13-15
Jubilees 5:23a
Climax
The flood waters are upon the earth
The fountains break and the windows of heaven open
Genesis 7:11
Jasher 6:14a
Jubilees 5:24-25a
YHWH shuts the door of the ark
Genesis 7:16
Jasher 6:15
Jubilees 5:23b
Evil people plead for salvation
The rain lasts for 40 days
Genesis 7:12
Jasher 6:14b
Jubilees 5:25b
All the flesh on the earth dies
Genesis 7:17-23
Jasher 6:26-27
Jubilees 5:26
Falling Action
The fountains and windows are closed
Genesis 8:2
Jasher 6:34
Jubilees 5:29a
The waters prevailed for 150 days
Genesis 7:24
Jubilees 5:27
YHWH answers Noah’s prayer
Genesis 8:1, 3-4
Jasher 6:32-33, 35
Jubilees 5:28, 29b
The tops of the mountains are seen
Genesis 8:5
Jasher 6:36-37
Jubilees 5:30a
A raven and dove sent out
A dove sent the second time
A dove sent the third time
Resolution
Year: 1657
Month: 1
Day: 1
Noah removes the covering
Genesis 8:13
Jasher 6:38
Jubilees 5:30b
The earth dried
Genesis 8:14
Jasher 6:39
Jubilees 5:31
Jubilee: 34
Year: 1656
Month: 1
Day: 24
YHWH tells Noah to enter the ark
Genesis 7:1
1 And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
Jasher 6:1a
1a At that time, after the death of Methuselah, the Lord said to Noah, Go thou with thy household into the ark;
YHWH brings the animals to Noah
Jasher 6:1b-8
1b behold I will gather to thee all the animals of the earth, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air, and they shall all come and surround the ark.
2 And thou shalt go and seat thyself by the doors of the ark, and all the beasts, the animals, and the fowls, shall assemble and place themselves before thee, and such of them as shall come and crouch before thee, shalt thou take and deliver into the hands of thy sons, who shall bring them to the ark, and all that will stand before thee thou shalt leave.
3 And the Lord brought this about on the next day, and animals, beasts and fowls came in great multitudes and surrounded the ark.
4 And Noah went and seated himself by the door of the ark, and of all flesh that crouched before him, he brought into the ark, and all that stood before him he left upon earth.
5 And a lioness came, with her two whelps, male and female, and the three crouched before Noah, and the two whelps rose up against the lioness and smote her, and made her flee from her place, and she went away, and they returned to their places, and crouched upon the earth before Noah.
6 And the lioness ran away, and stood in the place of the lions.
7 And Noah saw this, and wondered greatly, and he rose and took the two whelps, and brought them into the ark.
8 And Noah brought into the ark from all living creatures that were upon earth, so that there was none left but which Noah brought into the ark.
Genesis 7:2-3
2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
Jasher 6:9
9 Two and two came to Noah into the ark, but from the clean animals, and clean fowls, he brought seven couples, as God had commanded him.
The rain will come in 7 days
Genesis 7:4
4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
Jasher 6:10
10 And all the animals, and beasts, and fowls, were still there, and they surrounded the ark at every place, and the rain had not descended till seven days after.
Genesis 7:5-9
5 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
Month: 2
Day: 1
Everyone enters the ark
Jubilees 5:23a
23a And he entered in the sixth (year) thereof, [1308 A.M.] in the second month, on the new moon of the second month, till the sixteenth;
Genesis 7:13-15
13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
Jasher 6:11-12
11 And on that day, the Lord caused the whole earth to shake, and the sun darkened, and the foundations of the world raged, and the whole earth was moved violently, and the lightning flashed, and the thunder roared, and all the fountains in the earth were broken up, such as was not known to the inhabitants before; and God did this mighty act, in order to terrify the sons of men, that there might be no more evil upon earth.
12 And still the sons of men would not return from their evil ways, and they increased the anger of the Lord at that time, and did not even direct their hearts to all this.
Day: 7
The flood waters are upon the earth
Genesis 7:10
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
Jasher 6:13
13 And at the end of seven days, in the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
Day: 17
The fountains break and the windows of heaven open
Genesis 7:11
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Jasher 6:14a
14a And all the fountains of the deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened,
Jubilees 5:24-25a
24 And the Lord opened seven flood-gates of heaven, And the mouths of the fountains of the great deep, seven mouths in number.
25a And the flood-gates began to pour down water from the heaven
YHWH shuts the door of the ark
Genesis 7:16
16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
Jasher 6:15
15 And Noah and his household, and all the living creatures that were with him, came into the ark on account of the waters of the flood, and the Lord shut him in.
Jubilees 5:23b
23b and he entered, and all that we brought to him, into the ark, and the Lord closed it from without on the seventeenth evening.
Evil people plead for salvation
Jasher 6:16-25
16 And all the sons of men that were left upon the earth, became exhausted through evil on account of the rain, for the waters were coming more violently upon the earth, and the animals and beasts were still surrounding the ark.
17 And the sons of men assembled together, about seven hundred thousand men and women, and they came unto Noah to the ark.
18 And they called to Noah, saying, Open for us that we may come to thee in the ark–and wherefore shall we die?
19 And Noah, with a loud voice, answered them from the ark, saying, Have you not all rebelled against the Lord, and said that he does not exist? and therefore the Lord brought upon you this evil, to destroy and cut you off from the face of the earth.
20 Is not this the thing that I spoke to you of one hundred and twenty years back, and you would not hearken to the voice of the Lord, and now do you desire to live upon earth?
21 And they said to Noah, We are ready to return to the Lord; only open for us that we may live and not die.
22 And Noah answered them, saying, Behold now that you see the trouble of your souls, you wish to return to the Lord; why did you not return during these hundred and twenty years, which the Lord granted you as the determined period?
23 But now you come and tell me this on account of the troubles of your souls, now also the Lord will not listen to you, neither will he give ear to you on this day, so that you will not now succeed in your wishes.
24 And the sons of men approached in order to break into the ark, to come in on account of the rain, for they could not bear the rain upon them.
25 And the Lord sent all the beasts and animals that stood round the ark. And the beasts overpowered them and drove them from that place, and every man went his way and they again scattered themselves upon the face of the earth.
Month: 3
Day: 10
The rain lasts for 40 days
Genesis 7:12
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Jasher 6:14b
14b and the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Jubilees 5:25b
25b forty days and forty nights, And the fountains of the deep also sent up waters, until the whole world was full of water.
All flesh on the earth dies
Genesis 7:17-23
17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:
22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
Jasher 6:26-27
26 And the rain was still descending upon the earth, and it descended forty days and forty nights, and the waters prevailed greatly upon the earth; and all flesh that was upon the earth or in the waters died, whether men, animals, beasts, creeping things or birds of the air, and there only remained Noah and those that were with him in the ark.
27 And the waters prevailed and they greatly increased upon the earth, and they lifted up the ark and it was raised from the earth.
Jubilees 5:26
26 And the waters increased upon the earth: Fifteen cubits did the waters rise above all the high mountains, And the ark was lift up above the earth, And it moved upon the face of the waters.
Month: 4
Day: 1
The fountains and windows are closed
Genesis 8:2
2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
Jasher 6:34
34 And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.
Jubilees 5:29a
29a And (on the new moon) in the fourth month the fountains of the great deep were closed and the flood-gates of heaven were restrained;
Month: 7
Day: 1
The waters prevailed for 150 days
Genesis 7:24
24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.
Jubilees 5:27
27 And the water prevailed on the face of the earth five months -one hundred and fifty days.
Jasher 6:28-31
28 And the ark floated upon the face of the waters, and it was tossed upon the waters so that all the living creatures within were turned about like pottage in a cauldron.
29 And great anxiety seized all the living creatures that were in the ark, and the ark was like to be broken.
30 And all the living creatures that were in the ark were terrified, and the lions roared, and the oxen lowed, and the wolves howled, and every living creature in the ark spoke and lamented in its own language, so that their voices reached to a great distance, and Noah and his sons cried and wept in their troubles; they were greatly afraid that they had reached the gates of death.
31 And Noah prayed unto the Lord, and cried unto him on account of this, and he said, O Lord help us, for we have no strength to bear this evil that has encompassed us, for the waves of the waters have surrounded us, mischievous torrents have terrified us, the snares of death have come before us; answer us, O Lord, answer us, light up thy countenance toward us and be gracious to us, redeem us and deliver us.
Day: 17
YHWH answers Noah's prayer
Genesis 8:1
1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged;
Jasher 6:32-33
32 And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Noah, and the Lord remembered him.
33 And a wind passed over the earth, and the waters were still and the ark rested.
Genesis 8:3-4
3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
Jasher 6:35
35 And the waters decreased in those days, and the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat.
Jubilees 5:28, 29b
28 And the ark went and rested on the top of Lubar, one of the mountains of Ararat.
29b and on the new moon of the seventh month all the mouths of the abysses of the earth were opened, and the water began to descend into the deep below.
Month: 10
Day: 1
The tops of mountains are seen
Genesis 8:5
5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
Jubilees 5:30a
30a And on the new moon of the tenth month the tops of the mountains were seen,
Jasher 6:36-37
36 And Noah then opened the windows of the ark, and Noah still called out to the Lord at that time and he said, O Lord, who didst form the earth and the heavens and all that are therein, bring forth our souls from this confinement, and from the prison wherein thou hast placed us, for I am much wearied with sighing.
37 And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Noah, and said to him, When though shalt have completed a full year thou shalt then go forth.
Month: 11
Day: 10
A raven and dove sent out
Genesis 8:6-9
6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
Day: 17
A dove sent a second time
Genesis 8:10-11
10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
11 And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
Day: 24
A dove sent a third time
Genesis 8:12
12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
Year: 1657
Month: 1
Day: 1
Noah removes the covering
Genesis 8:13
13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
Jasher 6:38
38 And at the revolution of the year, when a full year was completed to Noah’s dwelling in the ark, the waters were dried from off the earth, and Noah put off the covering of the ark.
Jubilees 5:30b
30b and on the new moon of the first month the earth became visible.
Month: 2
Day: 27
The earth dried i
Genesis 8:14
14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
Jasher 6:39
39 At that time, on the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was dry, but Noah and his sons, and those that were with him, did not go out from the ark until the Lord told them.
Jubilees 5:31
31 And the waters disappeared from above the earth in the fifth week in the seventh year [1309 A.M.] thereof, and on the seventeenth day in the second month the earth was dry.
Notes
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Jubilees 5:31 states that the earth was dried on the 17th day of the 2nd month whereas Genesis 8:14 and Jasher 6:39 suggest it was the 27th day of the 2nd month. Jubilees 5:32 has the animals leaving on the 27th day of the 2nd month and so do Genesis and Jasher.
