Which chapter range of Genesis contains the main Noah’s Ark narrative?

The main Noah’s Ark narrative appears in Genesis chapters 6 through 9.

Genesis 6 introduces Noah, the corruption of the earth, the instructions for building the Ark, and the coming flood. Genesis 7 describes the animals entering, the rain, and the rising waters. Genesis 8 follows the recession of the waters, the birds sent from the Ark, and the family’s departure. Genesis 9 records the covenant sign of the rainbow and events after the flood.

The story is therefore a connected four-chapter sequence rather than a single isolated chapter. Genealogical material before and after it helps position Noah within Genesis’s larger history, while Genesis 10 continues with the descendants of Noah’s sons.

Scholars also discuss the narrative’s composition and repeated details, but the chapter range is straightforward: the Ark and flood account itself is conventionally cited as Genesis 6–9.