The Flood Bible — KJV Bible Study Guide
A free 10-lesson Bible study guide on the flood bible, drawn entirely from the King James Version. Each lesson opens with a study question, gives the verse reference, and offers a short teaching note. Use it for personal devotions, a small group, or a Sunday school class.
The 10 lessons
Lesson 1 · Genesis 6:14 (KJV)
Of what wood was the ark made?
Answer: Gopher wood
Study note. Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
Lesson 2 · Genesis 6:15 (KJV)
How long was the ark?
Answer: Three hundred cubits
Study note. The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
Lesson 3 · Genesis 7:2 (KJV)
How many of every clean beast went into the ark?
Answer: By sevens, the male and his female
Study note. Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female.
Lesson 4 · Genesis 7:4 (KJV)
How many days and nights did it rain?
Answer: Forty days and forty nights
Study note. For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Lesson 5 · Genesis 7:6 (KJV)
How old was Noah when the flood came?
Answer: Six hundred years old
Study note. And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
Lesson 6 · Genesis 7:11 (KJV)
What broke up when the flood came?
Answer: All the fountains of the great deep
Study note. In the six hundredth year of Noah's life… the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Lesson 7 · Genesis 7:20 (KJV)
How high did the waters prevail above the mountains?
Answer: Fifteen cubits upward
Study note. Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
Lesson 8 · Genesis 8:4 (KJV)
Upon what mountains did the ark rest?
Answer: The mountains of Ararat
Study note. And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
Lesson 9 · Genesis 8:11 (KJV)
What did the dove bring back?
Answer: An olive leaf pluckt off
Study note. And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off.
Lesson 10 · Genesis 9:13 (KJV)
What sign did God give of His covenant after the flood?
Answer: His bow in the cloud
Study note. I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Key verses to memorize
The passages this study returns to most often — pick one or two and commit them to memory this week.
Discussion questions
- Which lesson in this study surprised you the most, and why?
- How does the flood bible point us to Jesus Christ and the gospel?
- Pick one verse from the key passages above. How does it shape the way you will pray, read, or live this week?
- Who in your life could you share one of these truths with in the next seven days?