About Noach

Born:1056 - after the Creation.
Father: Lemech.
Wife: Na`ama.
Sons: Shem, Cham and Japhet.

Noach's & the Worlds Firsts:

• First shipbuilder.
• First to use the ploughshare.
• First to plant a vineyard.
• First permitted to eat "meat" (after leaving the Ark).

Life in brief:

• Born 1056 after the Creation.
• At the age of 480 - Noach started to build the ark (approx.)
• At the age of 600 - the flood began.
• At the age of 892 - his great grandson Avrohom, was born.
• At the age of 940 - the building of the Tower of Babel started.
• At the age of 942 - Noach taught Avrohom Aveenu Torah.
• Died at the age of 950 years old - year 2006 after creation.

The Ark:

• It took Noach 120 years to build the Ark!!
• It was 300 cubits in length, 50 in width, 30 in height.

The Flood

• Because of robbery, the fate of the world was sealed for destruction.
• At first it came like rain, perhaps the people would repent. When they didn`t, it became a flood.
• It poured for 40 days & 40 nights.
• 150 days the water stayed on the land.
• Noach was in the Ark for a year and ten days.