14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it (Genesis 6:14-16).
God gave Noah specific instructions for building the Ark including dimensions. The dimensions were important to God since God knew He needed to provide room for all creatures that He would spare. The exact length of a cubit is not known but based on reasonable assumptions and indicators it is around 20 inches. If this is so, the Ark was around 500 feet long, 80 feet wide, and 50 feet high. The Ark had a lot of room in it and rivaled the size of many of our largest ships, but without many people. So there seems to have been room for many other creatures.
God gave Noah specific instructions for building the Ark including dimensions. The dimensions were important to God since God knew He needed to provide room for all creatures that He would spare. The exact length of a cubit is not known but based on reasonable assumptions and indicators it is around 20 inches. If this is so, the Ark was around 500 feet long, 80 feet wide, and 50 feet high. The Ark had a lot of room in it and rivaled the size of many of our largest ships, but without many people. So there seems to have been room for many other creatures.
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