The book of Genesis shows us a story that has greatly impacted humanity, due to the sin of the man who rose before God. These people committed all kinds of evils before the eyes of God, no matter what God thought of them. But one day everything changed.
1- God regrets His creation
And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
Genesis 6:6
Because the man grew in great quantity, they were also exalted and killed, and there was prostitution and abundance of all kinds of atrocities. He says their wickedness was much before God.
2- God chose a man named Noah
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
Genesis 6:8
This man named Noah found grace in the eyes of God, then to God see how faithful this man was, he placed in him the responsibility of building an ark so that all animals, he and their families survived the flood that the Lord would send in those days.
3- Ark Construction
Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
Genesis 6:14
In chapter 6 of verse 14 of Genesis we find detailed instructions for building the ark. God gave him all the measures and materials to build the ark, there was no doubt that God was with this man.
4- Animal specifications
Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
Genesis 6:20
This man did each of the things that the Lord told him to do, Noah did not make an excuse to build the ark, rather this man believed in what God had told him. Animals of each species were able to enter the ark to conserve wildlife after the destruction of the earth with water.
5- Number of animals according to their purity
Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
Genesis 7:2
God saw that this man was the only one who was well and that he was doing well before Him, so he took it and said: enter you and your whole house into the ark; because I’ve seen you right in front of me in this generation. God speaks to him in verse 2 and tells him: Of the animals that are clean, take 7 pairs and those that are not clean only take one couple.
6- Noah’s age when God spoke to him about the flood
And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
Génesis 7:6
God strengthened Noah so that he could build the ark and move forward with all that God had commanded him. After the ark was over, he, his wife, his children and the women of his children entered. This was because of the rain.
7- On what day did the flood waters arrive
And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
Genesis 7:10
The Bible records that the waters of the day of the flood arrived on the seventh day, because the time was fulfilled. Noah did all that God had commanded him, all the animals according to their race and their species. Also his children and his wife’s children. Remember that God never does messy things, because God knows everything.