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Old Testament: A Tower to Reach Heaven

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For many years after Noah’s death, the people multiplied, and they all spoke the same language. At one time, they gathered in a valley and devised a plan:

“Let’s build a city and a great tower that will reach all the way to heaven!” In their pride, they wanted to build a tower to show how great and powerful they were. But God was displeased with this plan, and to put a stop to this, He confused their language.

Very soon, they were no longer able to understand one another and the work on the tower stopped. The people left the area and the great tower was left unfinished.

You can read the story of the Tower of Babel in Genesis chapter 11:1–9.

Authored by Didier Martin. Illustration by Didier Martin. Design by Stefan Merour.
Copyright © 2014 by Didier Martin. Used by permission.

Old Testament: Noah and the Ark

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The descendants of Adam and Eve multiplied.

Many people turned away from obeying God and did wicked things. This evil that people did against each other made God very sad, because it made it impossible for them to enjoy the loving and happy lives that God had intended. God decided to stop the evildoers.

There was one man who did good and loved God. His name was Noah. God asked Noah to build a big boat, and then for him and his wife, his three sons and their wives, and representatives of land animals and birds to board the boat to live there. God told Noah to also store enough food to last for many days as a great flood was about to cover the earth.

It took Noah many, many years of work to build this very large boat called the ark. He and his family had a big job to do in order to get it ready before the flood came.

You can read this story and what happened to Noah and his family in Genesis chapters 6–8.

Authored and illustrated by Didier Martin.
Copyright © 2013 by Didier Martin. Used by permission.

3D Picture: Old Testament: Noah and the Ark

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The descendants of Adam and Eve multiplied.

Many people turned away from obeying God and did wicked things. This evil that people did against each other made God very sad, because it made it impossible for them to enjoy the loving and happy lives that God had intended. God decided to stop the evildoers.

There was one man who did good and loved God. His name was Noah. God asked Noah to build a big boat, and then for him and his wife, his three sons and their wives, and representatives of land animals and birds to board the boat to live there. God told Noah to also store enough food to last for many days as a great flood was about to cover the earth.

It took Noah many, many years of work to build this very large boat called the ark. He and his family had a big job to do in order to get it ready before the flood came.

You can read this story and what happened to Noah and his family in Genesis chapters 6–8.

Authored and illustrated by Didier Martin.
Copyright © 2013 by Didier Martin. Used by permission.