1: Creation and the Flood | Testament: The Bible in Animation

Duration: 26'50''

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**From 13.43 features sound and video issues, this is the only copy the BBC can provide. As his ark crosses the drowned Earth, Noah tells his family the story of Adam and Eve, the fall of Lucifer and the banishment from Eden.

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