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The [[Genesis flood narrative]] is among the best-known stories of the [[Bible]]. In this account God regretted making mankind because they filled the world with evil. Noah then labored faithfully to build the [[Noah's Ark|Ark]] at [[God]]'s command, ultimately saving not only his own family, but mankind itself and all land animals, from extinction during the [[Great Flood|Flood]]. Afterwards, God made a [[Covenant (biblical)|covenant]] with Noah and promised never again to destroy Earth's with a flood. Noah is also portrayed as a "tiller of the soil" and as a drinker of wine. After the flood, God commands Noah and his sons to "be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth".

The story of Noah in the Pentateuch is similar to the flood narrative in the Mesopotamian [[Epic of Gilgamesh]], composed around 1800 BCE, where a hero builds an ark to survive a divinely sent flood. Scholars suggest that the biblical account was influenced by earlier Mesopotamian traditions, with notable parallels in plot elements and structure. Comparisons are also drawn between Noah and the Greek hero [[Deucalion]], who, like Noah, is warned of a flood, builds an ark, and sends a bird to check on the flood's aftermath.

==Biblical narrative==