Nhoorondo ya Noah inowanikwa pana Mavambo 9:23. Noah aive mwanakomana wa Lamech. Bhaibheri rinotizivisa kuti Noah akanga akarurama, achifamba nenzira dzaifadza Mwari, asingatevedzi huipi hwakanga huzere munyika. Nokuda kwehuipi uhwu Mwari vakaita chitsidzo chokuti vaizoparadza Pasirose nemafashamo emvura - vachiponesa Noah nemhuri yake. Pakaitika mafashamo emvura iyi, kwakapona vanhu vanomwe (8) vanoti: Noah nemukadzi wake; vanakomana vaNoah vainzi Shem, Ham naJaphet; uye vakadzi vakanga vakaroorwa nevanakomana vaNoah. Genesis 7:11 inotaura kuti, imwe mvura yainaya asi imwe mvura yaibva pasi muninga dzemvura dziri pasi pevhu. Pana Genesis 7:12 Bhaibheri rinotionesa kuti mvura yakanaya siku nesikati kwemazuva makumi mana. Bhaibheri rinotionesa kuti Noah akagara muAreka kwenguva inodarika gore. Genesis 7:11 inotaura kuti Noah akapinda muAreka riri zuva regumi nesere (17), mumwedzi wechipiri (2), riri gore remazana matanhatu (600) rokuberekwa kwake. Uyu ndiwo musi wakatanga kunaya kwemvura uye kutubuka kwemvura yakakonzera mafashamo Pasirose. Genesis 8:13 inotaura kuti mvura yakawoma pasi mumwedzi wekutanga (1) wegore remazana matanhatu rerimwe (601) rokuzvarwa kwaNoah. Asi Noah akazobuda muAreka pazuva remakumi maviri nesere (27), mumwedzi wechipiri mugore remazana matanhatu nerimwe (601).