Naamah
The daughter of Lamech
by his wife Zillah, and sister of Tubal-Cain. (4:22)
Naaman
A son of Benjamin. He
was one of Jacob's family that moved to Egypt. (46:5-8,21)
Nahath
The oldest son of
Reuel. He was a chief of a clan of Edom. (36:13,17)
Nahor - There are three:
1. The
son of Serug. (11:22) When he was 29, he had a son named Terah. (11;24) Then he
had other sons and daughters. Nahor lived to be 148. (11:25)
2. The son of Terah, and brother of Abraham and Haran. (11;26-27) He married his
own niece, Milcah (Haran's daughter). (11:29) Milcah bore him eight children:
Huz, Buz, Kemuel, Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel. (22:20-23) Nahor
also had a concubine named Reumah. She bore him four children: Tebah, Gaham,
Thahash, and Maachah. (22:24)
3. A city in
Mesopotamia. Abraham sent his servant there to find a wife for his son Isaac.
(24:10) The servant went to the city, and found Rebekah, the granddaughter of another
Nahor, Abraham's brother. (24:10-61)
Napish
A son of Ishmael. (25:15)
Naphtali
A son of Jacob by
Bilhah (Rachel's slave). His only full brother was Dan. (30:1-8)
Naphtuhim
A son of Mizraim. (10:13)
Nebaioth (also called Nebajoth)
The oldest son of Ishmael. (25:13)
Nebajoth (also called Nebaioth)
The oldest son of Ishmael. (25:13)
Negeb
A region in the south.
(12:9; 13:1,3; 20:1; 24:62)
Nimrod
A son of Cush. He was
a great hunter. He started his own kingdom. It included the cities of Babel,
Erech, Accad, and Calneh (all in the land of Shinar). (10:8-10)
Nineveh
A city built by Nimrod. (10:10-11)
(Archeologists have located the ruins of the city of Nineveh in northern Iraq,
on the eastern side of the Tigris river. It located across the river from the
modern-day city of Mosul.)
Noah (The name comes from the Hebrew word "noach",
which means "convenient", "easy", or "comfortable"
in English.)
The hero of the flood
story.
Noah was the son of Lamech. Lamech named his son
"Noah" because he
figured that his son would bring him relief from his work. (5:28-30)
By the time Noah was 500 years old, he was the father
of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japeth. (5:32; 6:10; 10:1)
Because of the world's evil, God decided to destroy the
human race. But Noah was the one righteous man. So God decided to spare Noah and
his family. He told Noah to build an ark, into which he would bring his family,
and pairs of every species of animal.
The family entered the ark when Noah was about 600
years old. Then there was a 40-day rainstorm. Everyone on the ark survived the
flood, while all other life on the earth perished.
On the 150th day, the waters abated. The ark came to
rest on one of the mountains of Ararat. (According
to 8:4, it rests on one of the mountains of Ararat. Archeologists have allegedly
found it on Mt. Ararat in eastern Turkey, near the borders of Russia and Iran.
They have found a vessel there, and it has not been positively identified. But
some archeologists believe that it may be Noah's Ark.) The family came out.
God promised Noah that he would never again send a flood to destroy the human race.
As a token of his covenant, God put a rainbow in the sky. "Whenever there
is a rainbow, it will be a reminder of my promise."
God told Noah and his family to repopulate the earth. Animals could be killed
and eaten for food, but blood must not be eaten because blood is associated with
life. Finally God decreed that murder was wrong.
Ham had a son named Canaan. (chapters 5-9)
After the flood, Noah planted a vineyard. One night, he
got drunk and passed out in his tent, naked. His son Ham told the other sons,
Shem and Japeth, what happened. Shem and Japeth covered their father. When Noah
awakened, he blessed Shem and Japeth, and cursed Canaan. (9:20-27)
Noah lived 350 years after the flood. (9:28) He died at age 950. (9:29)
Noah's Ark
When God sent a
flood to destroy his sinful creatures, he decided to spare the righteous Noah
and his family. He told Noah to build an ark that would float on the water. (chapters
6-8) The ark was to hold Noah and his family, and specimens of all living
creatures. (6:14-21)
The ark was 300 cubits long, 50
cubits wide, and 30 cubits high. (By today's measurements, it would
be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high, with a deck space of 100,000
square feet amd a volume of 1,500,000 cubic feet.)
It had windows in the roof, and a door in its side. It was three stories high,
with three levels. It was made of gopher wood, and was covered inside and out
with pitch. (chapter 6)
When the flood subsided, the
ark settled on one of the mountains of Ararat. (8:4) (Archeologists
have allegedly found it on Mt. Ararat in eastern Turkey, near the borders of
Russia and Iran. They have found a vessel there, and it has not been positively
identified. But some archeologists believe that it may be Noah's Ark.)
Nod
A land located east of
the Garden of Eden. Cain dwelt there after being banished by God. (4:16)
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