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Noach

נח

Noah / Rest

6 Cheshvan 5787

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Portion overview

The flood and God's covenant with Noah

Reading outline

Verse-level section headings for this reading's Torah, Prophets, and Gospel readings.

Torah

GEN 6:9-11:32

  1. GEN 6:9His generations, etc.
  2. GEN 6:14The order, form, dimensions, and end of the ark.
  3. GEN 7:1Noah, with his family, and the living creatures, enter the ark, and the flood begins.
  4. GEN 7:17The increase and continuance of the flood for forty days.
  5. GEN 7:21All flesh is destroyed by it.
  6. GEN 7:24Its duration.
  7. GEN 8:1God remembers Noah, and assuages the waters.
  8. GEN 8:4The ark rests on Ararat.
  9. GEN 8:6Noah sends forth a raven and then a dove.
  10. GEN 8:13Noah, being commanded, goes forth from the ark.
  11. GEN 8:20He builds an altar, and offers sacrifice, which God accepts, and promises to curse the earth no more.
  12. GEN 9:1God blesses Noah and his sons, and grants them flesh for food.
  13. GEN 9:4Blood and murder are forbidden.
  14. GEN 9:8God's covenant, of which the rainbow was constituted a pledge.
  15. GEN 9:18Noah's family replenish the world.
  16. GEN 9:20Noah plants a vineyard.
  17. GEN 9:21Is drunken, and mocked by his son.
  18. GEN 9:25Curses Canaan.
  19. GEN 9:26Blesses Shem.
  20. GEN 9:27Prays for Japheth, and dies.
  21. GEN 10:1The generations of Noah.
  22. GEN 10:2Japheth.
  23. GEN 10:6Ham.
  24. GEN 10:8Nimrod the first monarch, and the descendants of Canaan.
  25. GEN 10:21The sons of Shem.
  26. GEN 11:1One language in the world.
  27. GEN 11:2The building of Babel.
  28. GEN 11:5It is interrupted by the confusion of tongues, and the builders dispersed.
  29. GEN 11:10The generations of Shem.
  30. GEN 11:27The generations of Terah, the father of Abram.
  31. GEN 11:31Terah, with Abram and Lot, remove from Ur to Haran.
Reference numbering and source

The source uses Hebrew Bible numbering, with Christian equivalents in parentheses where supplied. The study references above use those Christian-numbered equivalents.

Torah
Gen. 6:9–11:32
Haftarah / Prophets
Isa. 54:1–55:5
Gospel
Lk. 17:20–27

Source: Torah Club / First Fruits of Zion 5787 / 2026–2027 reading schedule.

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