Genesis Chapter One His tale is told in both the Hebrew Bible (Book of Genesis, chapters 5–9) and the Quran. The Genesis flood story is one of the most well-known in the Bible. It has been interpreted by many Christians as evidence that God created humans in a pre-fallen state and as a lesson about human depravity and God's wrath against it. Others view it as a real event that actually took place around 4500 BC. In this last interpretation, it is seen as a precedent for other floods and a precursor to the coming of Jesus Christ. Noah is one of several people named Noah in the Bible. According to the Book of Genesis, Noah was a righteous man who lived in the Middle East before the Great Flood. He is said to have been a descendant of Adam but not through his son Seth. Rather, he was born after the flood had destroyed all others who might have inherited from Adam including Seth. Through Noah, God made a covenant with all living things to never destroy Earth again with a flood. It is this act that makes Noah a significant figure in religious history. He wrote his story long after he died. No one knows how or when he put it together but some believe he may have used records kept by his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth.