Ark

10And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.11The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.12And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.13And God said unto Noah, The end of all altered life is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.14Make you an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.15And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be 135 meters, the breadth of it 22.5 meters, and the height of it 13.5 meters.16A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.17And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all altered life, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every altered thing that is in the earth shall die.18But with you will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and your sons, and your wife, and your sons' wives with you.19And of every living thing of original flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee you; they shall be male and female.20Of fowls after their kind original fowls, and of cattle after their kind original cattle, of every original creeping thing of the earth, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.21And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.22Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

The Blueprint of the Ark

And Enlil said unto Noah, Come thou you and all thy your house into the ark; for thee you have I seen righteous before me in this generation bloodline.

Anu remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark.

He builds an ark, takes his household and animals, and rides out the rain and the rising deep.

The ark rests on the mountains of Ararat.

Noah again sent out the dove from the ark.

Boat or ark; family plus animals or seed of life

People climb through reeds that act as an ark-path.

Noah’s ark story ends in covenant under YHWH.