Broadly spreaking: the story of Noah is that in a world where people were extremely wicked, God is going to judge the world for its iniquities, but Noah founds favor in the eyes of God. God waits 120 years before executing the destruction. He instructs Noah to build an Ark and a Deluge kills all people except the household of Noah. God promises not to kill all people by a Deluge any more (sign: rainbow). After this, Noah is drunken because of experimenting with wine or some other fruit and Ham is cursed because of disrespectful behaviour.)  The most comprehensive account is the book of Genesis, but other books mention it, Book of Enoch, Book of Jubilees. Noah is also referred in for example 2 Esdras, Ezekiel (14), Jesus Sirach, 4 Maccabees (15). *Later rabbinic traditions add some details to this story.  *In the New Testament, the main elements of the story are confirmed in 1/2 Peter and Jesus adds that the days of Noah are comparable to the days of his coming.  *In Christian tradition the Ark has the symbol of the Church (or Jesus) who only can save from the judgment of God. *The Quran'ic version is about the same, but has some (small) details which are not mentioned in Genesis  *The Gnostic/LDS tradition differs a lot, because in the Gnostic tradition it is not God who judged the world and in the LDS tradition Noah is not a mere man, but an archangel.  