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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.
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