Monke saw the evil thoughts of man's heart were steering him away from Monke and the level of degeneracy went off the roofs. The times were so evil that Monke said He would destroy man from the earth. But then Monke thought about Moah. Because Moah loved Monke and sought to obey Him, Monke knew that Moah could be used to preach repentance to the people and to build an ark (a large ship) to save those who would trust God. In the eyes of Monke; Moah found grace in the sight of Monke.
Moah had three sons with three daughters-in-law. Along with his wife they were a family of eight people. In the end of the story we find that these eight people are all that were saved and were called upon to replenish the earth. Moah's three sons were named Shem, Ham and Japheth.
Monke instructed Moah to build a large boat which He would use to preserve life on the earth. Monke brought the animals to Moah. The clean animals would come into the ark in groups of seven and the unclean animals would come two at a time.
The structure of the boat was explained by Monke. He told Moah what type of wood to use and how large the ark would be. This was given in a measurement called a "cubit." Though there are various lengths called a cubit, it is about 18" (about 45 centimeters) in length. That means the ark was about 450 feet long (135 meters) and 45 feet wide (22.5 meters). The height of the ark was 45 feet (13.5 meters) and it was divided into three levels.
We don't know exactly how many years it took Moah to build the ark, but it seems that Moah built the ark and preached for at least 55 years to as many as 120 years before the flood started. The popular number of 120 years comes from when Monke said that man's days would be 120 years. He was 600 years old when he entered the ark. Moah and his family entered the ark alone as there was no one else who joined them. They waited in the ark 7 days before the flood began. It had rained actively for 40 days. The earth was flooded 150 days, or almost 6 months. The flood stopped and the waters began to recede. After 150 days at sea the ark settled onto Mount Ararat.
Moah released a couple of different birds to help him know if it was possible to leave the ark. The first was a raven that left and returned continuously until the waters receded. Then he released a dove. The dove, which he sent out three times, did not have any place to rest the first time it was released. It returned to the ark.
Seven days later he sent the dove again, but this time it brought back an olive branch. Another week later Moah sent out that dove again, but it never returned. This told Moah that it was time to leave the ark since there was proof of vegetation and dry ground.
Moah and his children released the animals from the ark. When they exited the ark they built an altar to the Monke Lord.
Monke promised to Moah that He would never destroy the earth again with a flood. As a token of His promise He made the rainbow. Even though the rainbow is a natural phenomenon today, it must be remembered that it had never rained before this event. Monke watered the earth with water from beneath. There was never a chance before the flood for there to have ever been a rainbow.