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Noah
biblical figure
- Also spelled:
- Noe
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Grapevine December 13, 2024: A boy at last
• Dec. 13, 2024, 4:46 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)
Muhammad overtakes Noah as most popular boy's name
• Dec. 5, 2024, 9:17 PM ET (BBC)
Biblical deluge: Baby Noah born in car on flooded road
• Nov. 29, 2024, 8:27 PM ET (BBC)
Noah, the hero of the biblical Flood story in the Old Testament book of Genesis, the originator of vineyard cultivation, and, as the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the representative head of a Semitic genealogical line. A synthesis of at least three biblical source traditions, Noah is the image of the righteous man made party to a covenant with Yahweh, the God of Israel, in which nature’s future protection against catastrophe is assured. Noah appears in Genesis 5:29 as the son of Lamech and ninth in descent from Adam. In the story of the Deluge (Genesis 6:11–9:19), he is ...(100 of 859 words)