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Noah's Ark

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Also known as Ark of Noah

vessel in the Genesis flood narrative

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Noah's Ark is a large vessel described in the Book of Genesis as the ship that Noah built to survive a catastrophic flood sent by God. The story is significant in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions as a foundational religious narrative about divine judgment, salvation, and humanity's renewal.

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Noah's Ark (1846), by the American folk painter Edward Hicks

Noah's Ark (Hebrew: תיבת נח; Biblical Hebrew: Tevat Noaḥ) is the boat in the Genesis flood narrative through which God spares Noah, his family, and one pair of every animal species in the world from a global deluge.

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