... got so far away from God that he decided destroy it and start over. There was only one man on the earth that followed God, Noah. God instructed Noah to build an arc. After the arc was completed, Noah and his family and animals of every kind came aboard, and it rained for 40 days and 40 nights. After the rain stopped the ... earth" (Genesis 11.4). God didn't want that to happen, so he made them all speak a different language and scattered them over the face of the whole earth. God gives Abraham the promise of being a blessing to the world. Sarai became impatient to have children, so she ...

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... . These two facts also serve to set Israel's creation story apart from the creation stories of other religions as most other religions focus on what is created and has multiple gods. Another important theme derived from this story is that mankind is the crowning achievement of creation as it is man who is created in God's own image Following the story ... because of his faithfulness. Some of the major stories that occur during the time of Abraham deal with God's covenant to him promising him numerous progeny and instituting circumcision as an eternal sign of the covenant. (Walton, 449) D...

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