In which biblical book and chapters is the main Noah’s Ark narrative found?

The main Noah’s Ark narrative is found in Genesis chapters 6–9.

Genesis 6 introduces human violence, Noah’s righteousness, and the command to build the Ark. Genesis 7 narrates the animals entering and the Flood beginning. Genesis 8 follows the recession of the waters, the birds sent from the Ark, and Noah’s departure. Genesis 9 describes the covenant marked by the rainbow and events in Noah’s later life.

The story sits within the opening chapters of Genesis, alongside creation, Eden, Cain and Abel, and the genealogies leading to Noah. It is not a complete standalone book, and the surrounding chapters provide the family and chronological setting needed to follow it.

The narrative is also discussed in other biblical and religious texts, including references in Isaiah, Ezekiel, the New Testament, and the Quran. Those later references are not substitutes for identifying the primary Ark account in the Hebrew Bible: Genesis 6–9.