Noah and the Rain
Noah makes a ship, the animals go in two by two, and the rain comes for forty days. Read Genesis 6 and 7 in English with eight new words.
The words in this story
8 words you will really use: they appear in the story and in the exercises, and come back for review in the next stories.
ship
noun
destroy
verb
rain
noun
take
verb
son
noun
high
adjective
mountain
noun
die
verb
Original verse
The verse that closes the story, in the World English Bible. After three lessons, this is how you read it: the real text, with nothing simplified.
Genesis 7:12 · WEB
It rained on the earth forty days and forty nights.
What a story looks like
First the whole story, in simple English with audio for every sentence. Then three short lessons, each with a piece of the story, a tip and exercises. At the end, the Bible verse and a little celebration.
- The story · 15 sentences, with the meaning of each word on tap, 3 quick questions about the story
- 3 lessons · a piece of the story, a tip and exercises in each one
- The original verse · the Bible text, unadapted, then the next story
Questions about this story
Which Bible passage is this story based on?
Genesis 6:13 to 7:24, in the World English Bible.
How many new English words will I learn?
8 new words, all taken from the story.
Is this the story of the flood?
Yes. It is the story of Noah, the ship, the animals and the forty days of rain, told in short sentences.
Will I read the real Bible verse?
Yes: at the end you read Genesis 7:12 in the Bible, word for word.
More stories in this course
More stories from the Old Testament course, in order.
