October 14, 2025 • 16 mins
# 7 - Noah & The Flood - In this episode of The Chosen People we explore the dramatic story of Noah and the flood, a tale of divine judgment, mercy, and the hope that emerges from the waters of destruction. Join us as we reflect on the powerful themes of renewal and redemption that resonate throughout this ancient narrative.
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Episode 7 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Genesis.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Previously on the chosen people. Mankind was blighted by bloodshed
and discord. Noah was determined to oppose the culture. Like
his great grandfather Enoch, Noah possessed a heart attune to
God's voice.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
These are dark times.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
My sons remaining in the light, who require wisdom learned.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
To listen to the voice of God.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Behold, I would destroy them with the earth. I would
bring a flood to wipe this earth clean. Noah's heart tightened.
He fell to his knees, the weight of God's words
pressing down on him.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
What am I to do with this knowledge?
Speaker 2 (00:47):
I have appointed you, Noah, to build an arc.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
The whole thing seemed inconceivable and far fetched. We're building
a ship in the middle of the ball, Shem.
Speaker 4 (00:59):
That's what's wrong.
Speaker 5 (01:00):
Everyone from here to the desert has.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
Visited to mock us, and I don't blame them.
Speaker 5 (01:05):
This is insane.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
How are these planes going to flood?
Speaker 5 (01:09):
Where will the water even come from?
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Charcoal clouds galloped across the sky. With them came a
chilly wind that bit at their cheeks. They hadn't heard
the clapping of thumper before. A sound made their muscles tense,
as if they were witnessing the birth of a new predator.
Speaker 4 (01:28):
And so it begins.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
The man's gone mad.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
Look at it.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
A boat in the middle of a valley.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
His mind's made of clay.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
The lunatic thinks he's gonna sail away to the sea.
Speaker 4 (01:49):
From the valley.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
A glove of mud and ox dung flew through the
air and hit Noah square in the face. It stuck
to his beard, contrasting with the white creeks that had
formed since the beginning of the ARC's construction. The mud
smeared across his face, mingling with the sweat and grime
of relentless toil. He ignored their mockery and kept his
(02:13):
head low. He buffed out a piece of lumber before
hoisting it onto his shoulder. Noah's arms were thick and tight,
like a rope. Months of crafting the ark added more
great his beard and muscle to his body. Behind him,
his sons toiled in silence, their hands calloused and their
spirits weary under the weight of the village's ridicule. The
(02:36):
valley echoed with hammers striking nails, and saws biting into wood,
a symphony of determination and despair.
Speaker 6 (02:45):
I'm not sure I can endure the ridicule much longer,
and it's only a matter of time before they oh
more than dung. These people hate us already, and now
we've given them more reasons to be estranged from us.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Ignore them, Jubis.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
Your father isn't worked up, then neither am I.
Speaker 4 (03:03):
What do you care what they think your father's right?
They'll I'll be underwater soon.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Next time they insult me, I'll ask them how good
they are at swimming. Noah hurled the gleam from his shoulders,
slamming it onto the ground with a jarring thud. His eyes,
like storm clouds, turned towards his son's. Fury and sorrow
intertwined in his gaze.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
You think you're funny, Ham, What about you, Jacob? Do
you find the idea of millions drowning under the weight
of the sky amusing?
Speaker 1 (03:32):
The boys fell silent, their faces paling. Their father's nostrils fled,
and the creases of his brow deepened with anger.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
You laugh now, But I assure you one thing. When
you hear the screams of people as they thrash against mountains,
you won't be laughing. You'll never laugh again.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Noah stormed off into a grove of fern and pine,
his chest heaving with the weight of unspoken fear. He
glanced at his hands, which trembled with anxiety.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
How will I undore this?
Speaker 2 (04:07):
In seven days time? The waters will come. For forty days,
the heavens and the earth shall weep. Their tears will
drown all life from the ground.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
I don't know if I'll be able to bear it.
Who am I to carry this responsibility?
Speaker 2 (04:28):
You are righteous, Noah, You are set apart in this
generation I have appointed you. Now go into the Ark, Noah,
go with the pairs of animals that I send you
as you wish.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
Noah dragged his feet through the soft earth, grazing a
damp firm with his hands and rubbing the dew on
his neck. He sighed. Stepping into a patch of sunlight
piercing the storm clouds, Noah gazed at the Ark, a
towering monarch against the sky, its shadow stretching over the valley.
He watched his son's no longer boys, but men bound
(05:07):
by duty and the promise of future generations, saw chop,
hammer and sand the vessel's final touches. They still hadn't grasped.
But Noah fell deep in his bones. This calling was
a curse as much as a blessing. Noah steadied his
trembling hands and drew a deep breath. Before he could
take another step, a massive hand gripped his shoulder. It
(05:31):
was the Tanner. His face contorted with rage and confusion.
He shoved Noah against the trunk of a dying tree.
Speaker 4 (05:38):
What's your place, son of Seth. What's the point of
having a boat in the middle of.
Speaker 3 (05:44):
The valley, Eh, it's for the coming flood. Soon, the
skies will burst forth with water and the earth will
open up.
Speaker 4 (05:55):
Ha. I have swine with sharper minds than you. You
expect me to believe the sky's gonna open up like
a river. You're a mad man.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
The Tanna drew out a blade and pressed it against
Noah's throat.
Speaker 4 (06:13):
You got a lot of resources to make about this,
big Nay. Maybe they'd be better off with someone who
still has his wits about him.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
All I have has been given by the Creator. You'd
rub from him.
Speaker 4 (06:30):
I do what I want to whom I want, Son
of Seth, You live by rules nobody else does.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
That's your weakness.
Speaker 4 (06:41):
It's why you spend your days with sawdust in your
throat instead of a good meat.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
The Tanna pressed the edge of the blade further into
Noah's skin. A crimson streak dropped down his neck and
on to his collar bone. Just then, the ground began
to shake. The tanner stepped back and turned. In an instant,
the man was trampled by a large beast bursting from
the forest. Its legs were larger than tree trunks, with
(07:07):
ivory tusks curling upward. Noah ran beside the beast and
out of the tree covering. His eyes widened to behold
thousands of animals galloping, crawling, flying, and skulking toward the ark.
Noelah pressed his hands on his head in disbelief. He
shouted to his sons.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
Shem, Jafith, open the ark door, am get our wives,
sell them to gather the shades of hay.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
Noah sprinted alongside two gazelles, leaping over lumber and sliding
to the ropes beside the ark. He pulled with Shem
and Jaffith, heaving to open the large door for the
aging animals. Thousands of creatures, two by two, ran into
the ark, their hooves, paws and claws thumping and scratching
against the Ark's floor. How do they know where to go?
(07:58):
You know the answers to that shem the following the
Creator's command, just like us. A flash of lightning split
the skies, followed by a crack of thunder. Noah's gaze
turned intense as he watched the clouds churn like deep
chaotic waters. He looked back at the forest where the
tanner lay. This was just the beginning. Soon everyone outside
(08:22):
the awkward perish The earth was still. The birds had
flown away, and the beasts had fled to their burrows.
They knew what the city did not. A storm was
coming to claim them. Noah and Imsara stood atop a cliff,
(08:43):
the wind tugging at their garments like the persistent whispers
of the doomed. To their left, the Ark stood complete
and filled with creatures of all kinds, a lifeboat amidst
a notion of inevitability. Lights flickered from within torches lit
by their children as they tended to the animals. To
(09:04):
the right, the city was aglow with bonfires, the faint
sounds of laughter and screams echoing through the breeze, A
cacophony of ignorance and defiance.
Speaker 3 (09:14):
This world is sick. These people are plagued by evil.
I know what they deserve, but I can't bring myself
to fully accept it. They're all going to die.
Speaker 4 (09:32):
I find some solace in knowing our children will at
least be safe.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
But what about the other children, What of those who
haven't done anything wrong?
Speaker 1 (09:43):
Noah's voice cracked like thin ice. His heart was breaking,
peace by peace. He gazed out at the horizon, where
the sun had not been seen in a week. It's
light fainting, dimly illuminating the storm clouds. Before sinking past
the valley, Emzara squeezed his hand, her voice a soothing
(10:04):
balm to his wounded soul.
Speaker 4 (10:06):
You've walked with God this far. Continue your stride and
don't look back.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
Tonight I will walk into that ark. I feel I
will not be the man I was when I walk out.
Speaker 4 (10:21):
Nothing will be the same, you, me, the world, everything
will be new.
Speaker 1 (10:28):
Flashes of lightning replaced the sun's light, and thunder roared
like a predator ready to kill. The voice of the
Creator spoke through the.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
Tempest to the ark Noah.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
Noah and Emzara scaled down the cliff, back to the Ark.
As they strode, the skies opened and rain descended upon
the land. The rain grew heavier with each moment, softening
the earth below. The two quickened their pace when the
ground began to quake. There were only a few paces
from the Ark when the ground burnt open with gezers
(11:01):
of rushing water. Zarah flew backward while Noah was caught
in a torrent of water cascading from above and bursting
from below.
Speaker 3 (11:09):
Oh help me hold on.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
Noah gripped a stone with his arms and pulled himself up.
He scanned the rushing water for signs of his wife.
His eyes darted back and forth, desperately trying to see
through the rain. Finally, he spotted her hanging onto a
pine branch. Noah forced his way through the torrent, driving
his feet through the rushing water, and picked her up.
(11:33):
Jafforth stood at the art's entrance. Reaching out, He took
his mother and pointed out to the valley.
Speaker 4 (11:39):
Mama, ham and Shiver missing.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
What where could they be?
Speaker 6 (11:44):
Hamard was returning from the city, and sim went looking
for him.
Speaker 3 (11:47):
When the waters began to fall. Stay here with the others.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
Noah leaped from stone to stone avoiding the rushing waters beneath,
he reached the hill sloping upward into the forest. The
rains were relentless, falling like arrows on Noah's back. The
earth trembled under foot all around, water irrupted from below.
Noah looked up to the mountains, where falls tumbled violently,
(12:12):
swelling rivers with mighty force.
Speaker 3 (12:14):
Ah sheb, where are those foolish boys?
Speaker 5 (12:21):
Father?
Speaker 1 (12:23):
Noah saw Ham and Shem running with their hands tied
behind their backs. A mob of men pursued them from behind.
Shen leaped over a stone, but Ham's feet were immediately
caught on the route. Ham looked back at his pursuers
and braced for their attacks, but before they could lay
a hand on him, another geeze of burst before them,
sending each of them tumbling down the hills. Noah helped
(12:44):
his boys to their feet and unbound them. The three
dodged rolling stones and falling trees, eventually reaching the ark's entrance.
Men from the city marched through the rapids with spears
in hand, prepared to strike them down in commandeer the ship,
But before they could, Noah heard.
Speaker 5 (13:02):
The creature of work, a mighty winged glow raising the
ARC's door and slamming it shut. No Noah ran to
the door and pounded his fists against it. His shouts
were surprising to the others.
Speaker 2 (13:15):
What's wrong?
Speaker 3 (13:16):
We made it exactly ham, We made it. Everyone else
is either dead or dying as we speak.
Speaker 4 (13:24):
They didn't care about us.
Speaker 5 (13:26):
Seconds ago, they were trying to skewer us and steal
the ark.
Speaker 4 (13:30):
Why are you so upset? Where's your soul?
Speaker 3 (13:34):
Listen closely, everyone, listen.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
Underneath the white noise of falling rain and rushing water,
the screams became audible, desperate, blood curdling screams.
Speaker 3 (13:49):
If you don't weep it their suffering, you'd know better
than them.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
Silence fell among them. The sound of animal's brain and
purring mingled with the rain and wind. Emzara threw a
blanket over Noah's shoulders and led him away. He kept
his gaze fixed on Hand, who scowled back, then turned
to his brothers, who wore concerned expressions. Outside. The skies
(14:18):
wept and the earth quivered. God's wrath poured forth, but
it did not blease him. He sent the flood with
regret and sorrow. The waters prevailed over the earth, and
the seas swallowed every creature given the breath of life.
It rained for forty days. Streams turned to rapids, which
(14:40):
turned to seas. They rose above the mountains, lifting the
ark with them. The ark floated over the massacre in
a sea of judgment. Noah was spared. When the forty
days of rain had ceased and the sun's rays gently
peeked through the dissipating clouds, Noah o and one of
(15:00):
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could see. Floating on the surface were remnants of desolation
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Previously on the chosen people. Mankind was blighted by bloodshed
and discord. Noah was determined to oppose the culture. Like
his great grandfather Enoch, Noah possessed a heart attune to
God's voice.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
These are dark times.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
My sons remaining in the light, who require wisdom learned.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
To listen to the voice of God.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Behold, I would destroy them with the earth. I would
bring a flood to wipe this earth clean. Noah's heart tightened.
He fell to his knees, the weight of God's words
pressing down on him.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
What am I to do with this knowledge?
Speaker 2 (00:47):
I have appointed you, Noah, to build an arc.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
The whole thing seemed inconceivable and far fetched. We're building
a ship in the middle of the ball, Shem.
Speaker 4 (00:59):
That's what's wrong.
Speaker 5 (01:00):
Everyone from here to the desert has.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
Visited to mock us, and I don't blame them.
Speaker 5 (01:05):
This is insane.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
How are these planes going to flood?
Speaker 5 (01:09):
Where will the water even come from?
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Charcoal clouds galloped across the sky. With them came a
chilly wind that bit at their cheeks. They hadn't heard
the clapping of thumper before. A sound made their muscles tense,
as if they were witnessing the birth of a new predator.
Speaker 4 (01:28):
And so it begins.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
The man's gone mad.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
Look at it.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
A boat in the middle of a valley.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
His mind's made of clay.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
The lunatic thinks he's gonna sail away to the sea.
Speaker 4 (01:49):
From the valley.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
A glove of mud and ox dung flew through the
air and hit Noah square in the face. It stuck
to his beard, contrasting with the white creeks that had
formed since the beginning of the ARC's construction. The mud
smeared across his face, mingling with the sweat and grime
of relentless toil. He ignored their mockery and kept his
(02:13):
head low. He buffed out a piece of lumber before
hoisting it onto his shoulder. Noah's arms were thick and tight,
like a rope. Months of crafting the ark added more
great his beard and muscle to his body. Behind him,
his sons toiled in silence, their hands calloused and their
spirits weary under the weight of the village's ridicule. The
(02:36):
valley echoed with hammers striking nails, and saws biting into wood,
a symphony of determination and despair.
Speaker 6 (02:45):
I'm not sure I can endure the ridicule much longer,
and it's only a matter of time before they oh
more than dung. These people hate us already, and now
we've given them more reasons to be estranged from us.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Ignore them, Jubis.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
Your father isn't worked up, then neither am I.
Speaker 4 (03:03):
What do you care what they think your father's right?
They'll I'll be underwater soon.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Next time they insult me, I'll ask them how good
they are at swimming. Noah hurled the gleam from his shoulders,
slamming it onto the ground with a jarring thud. His eyes,
like storm clouds, turned towards his son's. Fury and sorrow
intertwined in his gaze.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
You think you're funny, Ham, What about you, Jacob? Do
you find the idea of millions drowning under the weight
of the sky amusing?
Speaker 1 (03:32):
The boys fell silent, their faces paling. Their father's nostrils fled,
and the creases of his brow deepened with anger.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
You laugh now, But I assure you one thing. When
you hear the screams of people as they thrash against mountains,
you won't be laughing. You'll never laugh again.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Noah stormed off into a grove of fern and pine,
his chest heaving with the weight of unspoken fear. He
glanced at his hands, which trembled with anxiety.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
How will I undore this?
Speaker 2 (04:07):
In seven days time? The waters will come. For forty days,
the heavens and the earth shall weep. Their tears will
drown all life from the ground.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
I don't know if I'll be able to bear it.
Who am I to carry this responsibility?
Speaker 2 (04:28):
You are righteous, Noah, You are set apart in this
generation I have appointed you. Now go into the Ark, Noah,
go with the pairs of animals that I send you
as you wish.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
Noah dragged his feet through the soft earth, grazing a
damp firm with his hands and rubbing the dew on
his neck. He sighed. Stepping into a patch of sunlight
piercing the storm clouds, Noah gazed at the Ark, a
towering monarch against the sky, its shadow stretching over the valley.
He watched his son's no longer boys, but men bound
(05:07):
by duty and the promise of future generations, saw chop,
hammer and sand the vessel's final touches. They still hadn't grasped.
But Noah fell deep in his bones. This calling was
a curse as much as a blessing. Noah steadied his
trembling hands and drew a deep breath. Before he could
take another step, a massive hand gripped his shoulder. It
(05:31):
was the Tanner. His face contorted with rage and confusion.
He shoved Noah against the trunk of a dying tree.
Speaker 4 (05:38):
What's your place, son of Seth. What's the point of
having a boat in the middle of.
Speaker 3 (05:44):
The valley, Eh, it's for the coming flood. Soon, the
skies will burst forth with water and the earth will
open up.
Speaker 4 (05:55):
Ha. I have swine with sharper minds than you. You
expect me to believe the sky's gonna open up like
a river. You're a mad man.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
The Tanna drew out a blade and pressed it against
Noah's throat.
Speaker 4 (06:13):
You got a lot of resources to make about this,
big Nay. Maybe they'd be better off with someone who
still has his wits about him.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
All I have has been given by the Creator. You'd
rub from him.
Speaker 4 (06:30):
I do what I want to whom I want, Son
of Seth, You live by rules nobody else does.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
That's your weakness.
Speaker 4 (06:41):
It's why you spend your days with sawdust in your
throat instead of a good meat.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
The Tanna pressed the edge of the blade further into
Noah's skin. A crimson streak dropped down his neck and
on to his collar bone. Just then, the ground began
to shake. The tanner stepped back and turned. In an instant,
the man was trampled by a large beast bursting from
the forest. Its legs were larger than tree trunks, with
(07:07):
ivory tusks curling upward. Noah ran beside the beast and
out of the tree covering. His eyes widened to behold
thousands of animals galloping, crawling, flying, and skulking toward the ark.
Noelah pressed his hands on his head in disbelief. He
shouted to his sons.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
Shem, Jafith, open the ark door, am get our wives,
sell them to gather the shades of hay.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
Noah sprinted alongside two gazelles, leaping over lumber and sliding
to the ropes beside the ark. He pulled with Shem
and Jaffith, heaving to open the large door for the
aging animals. Thousands of creatures, two by two, ran into
the ark, their hooves, paws and claws thumping and scratching
against the Ark's floor. How do they know where to go?
(07:58):
You know the answers to that shem the following the
Creator's command, just like us. A flash of lightning split
the skies, followed by a crack of thunder. Noah's gaze
turned intense as he watched the clouds churn like deep
chaotic waters. He looked back at the forest where the
tanner lay. This was just the beginning. Soon everyone outside
(08:22):
the awkward perish The earth was still. The birds had
flown away, and the beasts had fled to their burrows.
They knew what the city did not. A storm was
coming to claim them. Noah and Imsara stood atop a cliff,
(08:43):
the wind tugging at their garments like the persistent whispers
of the doomed. To their left, the Ark stood complete
and filled with creatures of all kinds, a lifeboat amidst
a notion of inevitability. Lights flickered from within torches lit
by their children as they tended to the animals. To
(09:04):
the right, the city was aglow with bonfires, the faint
sounds of laughter and screams echoing through the breeze, A
cacophony of ignorance and defiance.
Speaker 3 (09:14):
This world is sick. These people are plagued by evil.
I know what they deserve, but I can't bring myself
to fully accept it. They're all going to die.
Speaker 4 (09:32):
I find some solace in knowing our children will at
least be safe.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
But what about the other children, What of those who
haven't done anything wrong?
Speaker 1 (09:43):
Noah's voice cracked like thin ice. His heart was breaking,
peace by peace. He gazed out at the horizon, where
the sun had not been seen in a week. It's
light fainting, dimly illuminating the storm clouds. Before sinking past
the valley, Emzara squeezed his hand, her voice a soothing
(10:04):
balm to his wounded soul.
Speaker 4 (10:06):
You've walked with God this far. Continue your stride and
don't look back.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
Tonight I will walk into that ark. I feel I
will not be the man I was when I walk out.
Speaker 4 (10:21):
Nothing will be the same, you, me, the world, everything
will be new.
Speaker 1 (10:28):
Flashes of lightning replaced the sun's light, and thunder roared
like a predator ready to kill. The voice of the
Creator spoke through the.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
Tempest to the ark Noah.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
Noah and Emzara scaled down the cliff, back to the Ark.
As they strode, the skies opened and rain descended upon
the land. The rain grew heavier with each moment, softening
the earth below. The two quickened their pace when the
ground began to quake. There were only a few paces
from the Ark when the ground burnt open with gezers
(11:01):
of rushing water. Zarah flew backward while Noah was caught
in a torrent of water cascading from above and bursting
from below.
Speaker 3 (11:09):
Oh help me hold on.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
Noah gripped a stone with his arms and pulled himself up.
He scanned the rushing water for signs of his wife.
His eyes darted back and forth, desperately trying to see
through the rain. Finally, he spotted her hanging onto a
pine branch. Noah forced his way through the torrent, driving
his feet through the rushing water, and picked her up.
(11:33):
Jafforth stood at the art's entrance. Reaching out, He took
his mother and pointed out to the valley.
Speaker 4 (11:39):
Mama, ham and Shiver missing.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
What where could they be?
Speaker 6 (11:44):
Hamard was returning from the city, and sim went looking
for him.
Speaker 3 (11:47):
When the waters began to fall. Stay here with the others.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
Noah leaped from stone to stone avoiding the rushing waters beneath,
he reached the hill sloping upward into the forest. The
rains were relentless, falling like arrows on Noah's back. The
earth trembled under foot all around, water irrupted from below.
Noah looked up to the mountains, where falls tumbled violently,
(12:12):
swelling rivers with mighty force.
Speaker 3 (12:14):
Ah sheb, where are those foolish boys?
Speaker 5 (12:21):
Father?
Speaker 1 (12:23):
Noah saw Ham and Shem running with their hands tied
behind their backs. A mob of men pursued them from behind.
Shen leaped over a stone, but Ham's feet were immediately
caught on the route. Ham looked back at his pursuers
and braced for their attacks, but before they could lay
a hand on him, another geeze of burst before them,
sending each of them tumbling down the hills. Noah helped
(12:44):
his boys to their feet and unbound them. The three
dodged rolling stones and falling trees, eventually reaching the ark's entrance.
Men from the city marched through the rapids with spears
in hand, prepared to strike them down in commandeer the ship,
But before they could, Noah heard.
Speaker 5 (13:02):
The creature of work, a mighty winged glow raising the
ARC's door and slamming it shut. No Noah ran to
the door and pounded his fists against it. His shouts
were surprising to the others.
Speaker 2 (13:15):
What's wrong?
Speaker 3 (13:16):
We made it exactly ham, We made it. Everyone else
is either dead or dying as we speak.
Speaker 4 (13:24):
They didn't care about us.
Speaker 5 (13:26):
Seconds ago, they were trying to skewer us and steal
the ark.
Speaker 4 (13:30):
Why are you so upset? Where's your soul?
Speaker 3 (13:34):
Listen closely, everyone, listen.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
Underneath the white noise of falling rain and rushing water,
the screams became audible, desperate, blood curdling screams.
Speaker 3 (13:49):
If you don't weep it their suffering, you'd know better
than them.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
Silence fell among them. The sound of animal's brain and
purring mingled with the rain and wind. Emzara threw a
blanket over Noah's shoulders and led him away. He kept
his gaze fixed on Hand, who scowled back, then turned
to his brothers, who wore concerned expressions. Outside. The skies
(14:18):
wept and the earth quivered. God's wrath poured forth, but
it did not blease him. He sent the flood with
regret and sorrow. The waters prevailed over the earth, and
the seas swallowed every creature given the breath of life.
It rained for forty days. Streams turned to rapids, which
(14:40):
turned to seas. They rose above the mountains, lifting the
ark with them. The ark floated over the massacre in
a sea of judgment. Noah was spared. When the forty
days of rain had ceased and the sun's rays gently
peeked through the dissipating clouds, Noah o and one of
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the windows. He looked out, seeing a vast expanse of nothingness. Choppy,
dark and unruli waters stretched as far as the eye
could see. Floating on the surface were remnants of desolation
everyone had perished. This Prey dot com production is only
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made possible by our dedicated team of creative talents. Steve Gattina,
Max Bard, Zach Shellabarger, and Ben Gammon are the executive
producers of The Chosen People. Narrated by Paul Coltefianu. Characters
are voiced by Jonathan Cotton, Aaron Salvado, Sarah Seltz, Mike Reagan,
Stephen Ringwold, Sylvia Zaradoc, Thomas Copeland Junior, Rosanna Pilcher, and
(15:49):
Mitch Leshinsky. Music by Andrew Morgan Smith, written by Aaron Salvato,
bre Rosalie and Chris Baig.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
You can hear.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
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