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Speaker 1: the same day where all the fountains of the Great

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Speaker 1: Genesis seven eleven. Dear Lord, give me the resolve to

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Speaker 1: Thank you in advance that when the storms come, I

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Speaker 1: praying with us today. Continue your time with God by

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Speaker 1: listening to today's Bible story, brought to you by Bible

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Speaker 1: in a Year dot.

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Speaker 2: Com, Noah and the Ark. Before this story, we were

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Speaker 2: Cain's hatred for God and jealousy of his brother led

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Speaker 3: Hello, I'm pastor Jack Graham with today's episode of the

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Speaker 3: Bible in a Year podcast. As we begin today's story,

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Speaker 3: we find that since Cain was cursed to wander the earth,

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Speaker 3: is a theme that's repeated throughout the Old Testament. Evil

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Speaker 3: not at all what God wants. Each new generation is

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Speaker 3: until Finally, God has had enough. He cannot ignore the

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Speaker 3: was righteous in God's eyes. It must have been extremely

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Speaker 3: challenging for Noah to live a righteous life in the

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Speaker 3: feel surrounded by evil in our world today, and like Noah,

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Speaker 3: you must stand apart from those living to satisfy their

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Speaker 3: They'd never before even seen rain or experienced a flood.

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Speaker 3: Think about the immense amount of faith is required. Imagine

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Speaker 2: Mankind multiplied. With more people filling the earth, more opportunities

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Speaker 2: All was destroyed, all but those on the ark. After

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Speaker 3: mankind follows only their own heart. Just four chapters removed

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Speaker 3: but sadly not the end of sin and evil. That

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Speaker 3: us about your loving heart to save those who trust

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