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Noah's Ark
Lesson 6
 
The Birds


Now we are ready for Lesson 6!  Let's begin with our Bible reading from Genesis 8:6-14:
Genesis 8:6-14  "And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.  Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;  But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.  And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.  And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.  And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.  And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried."



Noah's view from the ark must not have been very good.  He needed some other way to tell what the ground looked like.  So he sent out a raven to test how things were.  The raven flew back and forth.  Noah sent out a dove.  The dove came back, unable to find a place to land.  This told Noah that the waters had not gone down enough.  The second time Noah sent the dove, it came back with an olive leaf in its beak.  Noah then knew that the waters had fully abated from the land.  When Noah sent out the dove the last time, it did not return.  The dove must have found a place to nest.


Draw a line from the action to the right bird:

 


1. Brought an olive leaf        
                                                                                     Dove

2.  Did not return
 
 
 


3.  Noah took her back in the ark      
                                                                              Raven

4.  Went back and forth

 

 

Fun project time!      
             

Ask your mom or dad for some paper (plain paper or poster board), scissors and tape.  Make a raven and a dove however you like - be creative!  Then use the birds to act out the story!
***Think about this!

The dove with the olive leaf is often used as a symbol for peace.  Let's look at what the Bible says about being peacemakers:

Matthew 5:9  "Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God."

Psalms 34:14  "Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it."  (This truth is repeated in 1 Peter 3:11!  See if you can find it in your Bible.)

And if we should follow Jesus:

Isaiah 9:6  "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace."

Jesus is the Prince of Peace and we should strive to be like Him.

This week work on being a peacemaker.  If your friends at school argue, try to help them be friends again.  If someone tries to pick a fight with you, be a peacemaker instead. 
 
 
Sometimes doing the right thing is hard, but do not forget that doing the right thing is pleasing to God.
Memory verse for the week:

Genesis 8:11 " And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth."

Check out next week's  lesson when we learn about the only family left on earth!  See you next time!