Building Our Huge Ship
May–June 2018
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 . . .
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July 1, 2018, p. 2
When God says jump, you
ask how high on the way up.
That’s what Dad always says.
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July 1, 2018, p. 2
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.
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July 1, 2018, p. 3
We’ve started work on this Ark,
and we’ve gotten help from some close
family friends.
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July 1, 2018, p. 4
We’ve had animals constantly coming! Two of each kind—males
and females—are just turning up from all over the place.
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July 1, 2018, p. 4
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.
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July 1, 2018, pp. 4–5
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.
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July 1, 2018, p. 6
Draw your own picture of the Ark floating on the water during the storm.
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July 1, 2018, p. 7
Can you find the hidden objects?
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July 1, 2018, p. 8
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?
