Creation & Patriarchs
God instructs Noah to build the ark
God instructs Noah to build the ark has no date in the Modern reckoning; the Traditional reckoning puts it in 2400 BC. It is told in Genesis 6:8–7:5. Noah, God are part of it.
Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
When did it happen?
- Modern reckoning
- undated
- Traditional reckoning
- 2400 BC
Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.
Where is it in the Bible?
Who was there, and where?
- Noah
- God
Which verses connect to Genesis 6:8?
The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).
- Genesis 19:1914 votes
Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.
- Hebrews 4:1614 votes
Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
- Psalm 84:1111 votes
For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
- Psalm 145:2011 votes
The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.
- Luke 1:3010 votes
So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
- 1 Corinthians 15:1010 votes
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
Events, people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse), CC BY-SA 4.0, reshaped; dates also from the sources named on each anchor.