Genesis 7:4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. - Free Bible Online

Brief Summary: Noah and his family of eight along with the beasts and fowls of the air all enter the ark, the flood is unleashed and waters cover the whole earth, every living thing that breathes is destroyed by the flood.

Genesis Chapter 7

Genesis 7:17 - And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.

Outline
God Instructs Noah Concerning the Animals (Genesis 7:1-4)
Noah Obeys and Enters the Ark with his Family (Genesis 7:5-9)
The Great Flood (Genesis 7:10-24)

Summary
1 Noah And His Family And All Living Creatures Enter Into The Ark
17 The Beginning, Increase, And Continuation Of The Flood

Topics for Bible Study

Noah was 600 years Old
Noah and Family Enter the Ark
Family of Eight
All Living Flesh Enter the Ark
Elohim and Jehovah
Animals two by two after their kind
Clean Animals
The Flood
40 Days and 40 Nights
The Fountains of the Deep
The Ark (Size and Materials)
The Extent of the Flood
The Waters of the Flood
Waters Prevailed for 150 Days

Maps
Map of the Table of Nations

Painting of Noah's Ark Resting with Dove Returning - Gustave Dore

Archaeology Note - Babylonian Wooden Ark

This cylinder seal from ancient Babylon depicts a wooden boat with 2 men and a shrine. The bearded man worships the shrine.

Genesis 7:9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

The Old Testament

Genesis Resources

Creation
Adam and Eve
The Flood
The Tower of Babel
Abraham the First Hebrew
Isaac, Son of Promise
Jacob and the 12 Tribes
Joseph and Egypt