Genesis, Chapters 7 and 8
God once sent a great flood on this earth because of the wickedness of the people, and only Noah and his family were saved in the great boat, the ark. There had never been such a storm before. The heavy rain fell for forty clays and forty nights, every day the water coming up higher and higher, till even the highest hills and mountains were covered.
What dreadful sorrow there must have been among the people who would not go into the ark, as they would try to get to dry places, but would soon find all covered with water! Every man, woman and child on the earth was drowned, and every animal, even the birds died, for their food was covered with water.
The ark floated on the top of the waters, safe through all.
After many clays, God sent a wind to pass over, and the waters became less day by day, till the ark no longer floated but rested on the mountain Ararat, in the country now known as Asia Minor. When the earth was dry, God spoke to Noah to come out of the ark, and his family and all the creatures.
After living in the great boat for nearly a year, Noah and his family were most happy to be free, and thanked trod, who then told them He would never again destroy the earth by a flood, and set the beautiful rainbow in the clouds as a sign to all who see it. God said: “I do set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth,” Gen. 9:1313I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. (Genesis 9:13).
ML 06/21/1936