. The Bible panorama, or The Holy Scriptures in picture and story. nd higher till the ark floated and was lifted up from the place where Noahhad been building it so long, and the ground everywhere began to be covered. What now were those men to do who would not obey God, nor listen to the preaching of Noah ? Before the rain came they thought there -would be no flood, and that Noah wanted only to make them afraid. Now the flood had come, and they saw that all he had told them was true. How glad they would have been to go into the ark, but it was too late. No doubt they climbed up to the highest
. The Bible panorama, or The Holy Scriptures in picture and story. nd higher till the ark floated and was lifted up from the place where Noahhad been building it so long, and the ground everywhere began to be covered. What now were those men to do who would not obey God, nor listen to the preaching of Noah ? Before the rain came they thought there -would be no flood, and that Noah wanted only to make them afraid. Now the flood had come, and they saw that all he had told them was true. How glad they would have been to go into the ark, but it was too late. No doubt they climbed up to the highest places on the hills and mountains; but the hills and mountains were covered at last; there was no other place for them to go, and all the people in the world, except those few in the ark, were drowned. And every beast and bird and little insect, except those in the ark, were drowned also. Then all the earth was covered with water. There was no land to be seen anywhere; only the ark could be seen floating alone, with the water all around it and the sky above. 20. THE WATERS ARE DEEP UPON THE EARTH, AND EVEN THE TOPS OF THE MOUNTAINS ARE COVERED. 91 <;i m BI8 VII, 1:1. Noah Comes Out of the Abe. 7VFTER Noah had been in the ark a hundred and fifty days, the waters wereJy\. gone down so much that the ark rested on the top of a mountain calledArarat. There it stood, resting on the top of the mountain, for more than twomonths. By that time the waters were lower still, and the tops of other moun-tains could he seen peeping ahove them. And Noah opened the window of the ark and let a raven go; and theraven flew about over the water and roosted at night on the tops of the moun-tains, or on the roof of the ark, but never came back to Noah again. ThenNoah sent out another bird; it was a dove. He sent it that it might fly offand see whether the waters had left the ground dry yet. But they had notleft it dry. Although the tops of the mountains were not covered, the rest ofthe ground was;
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