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The famous flood in Genesis was 40 days long, or at least that's how long the rains lasted. It took much longer for the waters to recede: Genesis says that "the ark rested in the seventh month ... on the mountain of Ararat."

Of course, this is Jonah, the angry prophet who tries to flee his calling to preach to Nineveh. In Sunday School, the "great fish" is often called a "whale," but the former is the expression most Bible translations use, whether KJV or more recent.

This is the conclusion of Psalm 23, probably written when David was young and led a charmed life, such as going out without armor against Goliath and bringing the giant down with only a slingshot. In his age, David would see dark days, like when his son Absalom tried to usurp the throne from him, and died a violent death because of it.

This is Genesis 1:28, which goes on to list the creatures that Adam and Eve "have dominion" over. God says the same thing, "Be fruitful and multiply," to Noah and his family after the ark lands on Mount Ararat, and they are the only living humans on the earth.

In Genesis chapter 2, God performs the first surgery when he puts Adam to sleep and removes a rib from him. From that rib, God makes Eve, inspiring Adam to call her bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh.

This is Genesis 1:2, just after God has created the heavens and the earth, but everything is without shape or structure. The next verse has the famous command "let there be light," or "lux fiat" in Latin.

Jesus asks this question of the disciple Simon Peter three times at the end of the book of John. Peter affirms it each time, and Jesus responds by saying "Feed my lambs," then "Tend my sheep," then "Feed my sheep."

Cain utters this classic saying in Genesis chapter 4. Apparently not realizing that God knows all, he sidesteps blame for what he has done -- killing his brother Abel.

Revelation is one of only a few books of the Bible to be narrated in the first person. Here, St. John is describing one of the visions that make up this last book of the Bible.

This is John 1:1, the very beginning of the "non-synoptic" gospel. It does bear a certain resemblance to the opening of Genesis, while the other three gospels open by discussing the circumstances around Jesus's birth.

Jesus is referring to his own body in John 2:19. It confuses the people who hear Jesus, at the time, but after his resurrection the disciples remember it.

Samuel 18:7 makes clear that David has surpassed Saul in the people's estimation, just as he has the Lord's favor. Saul quickly grows jealous and afraid of the young hero.

This verse, Genesis 2:3, is the first mention of a day of rest, which will become the Jewish and Christian sabbath. Later in the Old Testament/Jewish scriptures, God expands on the idea of how to keep the sabbath.

You might have remembered this one thanks to the musical "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat." Joseph was sold into slavery by his jealous brothers, who resented his dreams that someday they would all bow to him.

"Doing alms" is giving to the poor. Jesus means you should do this so secretly that it's almost as if your left hand doesn't know what your right hand is doing.

This verse, Genesis 32:28, comes from the chapter in which Jacob wrestles with an angel and wins the angel's blessing. He is also given his new name, which becomes that of a nation.

You probably know 1 Corinthians 13:13 better as ending, " ... the greatest of these is love." It's a favorite Bible text for weddings.

This is Revelation 6:8. This famous verse inspired the title of one of Piers Anthony's fantasy novel, "On a Pale Horse." That book was the first in his Incarnations of Immortality series.

Many of the proverbs make such contrasts -- 'A is like this, B is like that.' Here, Solomon (to whom the proverbs are attributed) points out something many of us have noticed: that smart people tend to not to offer advice until it is needed, while the not-so-bright love to sound smart (or at least try).

The foolish man builds on the sand, so that his house falls when the great winds and rains come. Jesus says the wise man builds his house on the rock, where it withstands the rain and wind.

Here's the confusing part of the nativity story. The wise men are from the East; the star is in East. To get to Bethlehem heading eastward, wouldn't they have had to circumnavigate the whole globe? After all, there's not much west of Israel/Judea except the Mediterranean Sea.

Most Sunday School children are taught about the friendship between David and Jonathan. It is detailed in 1 Samuel 18, which also tells how Jonathan's father, King Saul, came to distrust and even hate David.

John 3:16 is famous (in part for frequently being held up on signs at sporting events). Note that salvation comes through a chiefly emotional act -- believing in Jesus. Not necessarily praying, giving alms or changing behavior, but just believing.

The pronoun "her" is an important clue here. This is the verse in Revelation that inspired the William Blake painting "The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed With the Sun."

Unusual words for a man commonly called the "prince of peace"! But Jesus tells the disciples that his ministry will divide people, even families.

This lovely verse is from Matthew 10, in which Jesus assures the disciples that God is greatly concerned with their well-being: "Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father (knowing)."

Does God not really not know where Moses is? Yes, he does. The "Where are you/Here I am" construction in Genesis, Bible scholars will tell you, had to do with a human's moral position in relation to God, not his literal one.

The Pentecost story comes early in the book of Acts (this is Acts 2:1). The spirit of God descends on the apostles, and they are able to speak in many different languages.

This is the opening verse of 1 Corinthians 13, the famous chapter about "charity." (Modern translations use the word "love.")

Samson was one of the judges of Israel, in the days before it had a monarchy. This verse is Judges 16:6.

These are all metaphors for death in Ecclesiastes chapter 11. The silver cord was thought to tether the soul to the body; at death, it was snapped. You still see this metaphor used sometimes in fantasy fiction.

This are the words of God in the Revelation to St. John (or the apostle John, to Protestants). They come very close to the end of the Bible itself -- it's Revelation 22:13, and the Bible ends with Revelation 22:21.

You might have been familiar with this because of the folk song, "Turn! Turn! Turn!" The Byrds adapted the lyrics from Ecclesiastes.

This verse is Genesis 13:12, when Abram and Lot part ways. Lot does not make the better choice here, as Sodom will eventually be destroyed by God for its wickedness.

This is the conclusion of Revelation 6:8. It gets our vote for one of the scariest verses in the Bible.