Building Our Huge Ship

As far as we know, none of the eight survivors of the worldwide Flood in Genesis 6–9 lost a notebook about 4,000 years ago. But that doesn’t keep us from imagining! If Noah’s son Shem had kept notes and sketches about building the Ark, what might he have said? Let’s find out . . .

Features

• Children Kids Magazine Article

  

  July 1, 2018 , p. 2

  God Said to Build an Ark

  When God says jump, you ask how high on the way up. That’s what Dad always says.
• Children Kids Magazine Article

  

  July 1, 2018 , p. 2

  A Very Wicked World

  When Dad describes the people of the coastland and how bad things were when he lived there, it just makes you wonder how bad things could get.
• Children Kids Magazine Article

  

  July 1, 2018 , p. 3

  Wow, This Is Hard Work!

  We’ve started work on this Ark, and we’ve gotten help from some close family friends.
• Children Kids Magazine Article

  

  July 1, 2018 , p. 4

  Here Come the Animals!

  We’ve had animals constantly coming! Two of each kind—males and females—are just turning up from all over the place.
• Children Kids Magazine Article

  

  July 1, 2018 , p. 4

  Getting Ready for the Animals

  Japheth has gone crop crazy. Under Grandfather’s watchful eye, he’s figuring out how to grow and store as much food as possible for our time on the Ark.
• Children Kids Magazine Article

  

  July 1, 2018 , pp. 4–5

  I Think It’s Almost Time

  We’ve got seven days before the Flood starts. We’ll be working from sunup to sundown loading all the food and securing the animals.
• Children Kids Coloring Activity

  

  July 1, 2018 , p. 6

  Ark Construction—Your Turn to Draw

  Draw your own picture of the Ark floating on the water during the storm.
• Children Kids Game Activity

  

  July 1, 2018 , p. 7

  Noah's Ark Construction: Find the Hidden Objects

  Can you find the hidden objects?
• Children Kids Craft Activity

  

  July 1, 2018 , p. 8

  Family Devotion Time: Building Our Huge Ship

  How would you prove God flooded the earth by opening the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven for 40 days and nights? Where would you start?