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Noah's Ark

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== The Ark ==
=== Design {{cquote|'''Genesis 6:13-22''' (God's blueprints)<br />Then God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and construction ===The Ark was constructed behold, I am about to destroy them with [[pitched]] [[the earth. Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood]] and had three stories divided into multiple ; you shall make the ark with rooms, a window, and a door (Genesis 6:14, 16)shall cover it inside and out with pitch. The dimensions were This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred [[cubit]]s long by cubits, its breadth fifty cubits wide by , and its height thirty cubits high (Genesis 6:15). You shall make a window for the ark, and finish it to a cubit from the top; and set the door of the ark in the side of it; you shall make it with lower, second, and third decks. Behold, I, even I am bringing the flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which equates is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is on the earth shall perish. But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife, and your sons’ wives with you. And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to approximately 450 feet longkeep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. Of the birds after their kind, by 75 feet wideand of the animals after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive. As for you, take for yourself some of all food which is edible, and gather it to yourself; and it shall be for food for you and for them.” Thus Noah did; according to all that God had commanded him, by 45 feet highso he did.}}
Noah === Materials ===The vessel was instructedconstructed with [[gopher wood]], by God, to take aboard the Ark his wife, his three sons and their wives, male and female pairs which was covered with a layer of all the "unclean" kinds pitch (a kind of creatures[[tar]]). Scholars, seven (or seven pairs) each although not sure, posit a number of the "clean" kindspossibilities for what gopher wood represents, including [[mahogany]], [[zebra wood]], [[cambriatic wood]], [[cypress]], and enough food and supplies for everyone (Genesis 6[[ebony]].<ref>[http:18//www.christiananswers.net/q-7:3; 7:6, 11) God shut them all inside the Ark and started the Floodeden/gopherwood.html What is “Gopher Wood”? ChristianAnswers.net]</ref>
The Ark's passengers === Interior design and dimensions ===There were aboard for about three stories which were divided into multiple rooms. There is only a year, single window and finally came to rest somewhere in door recorded for the mountains of whole ark, but possibly because these were the most important ones. The dimensions were three hundred [[Araratcubit]], believed s long by many to be the mountains with that name in modern Turkey fifty cubits wide by thirty cubits high (Genesis 86:415). which equates to approximately 450 feet long, by 75 feet wide, by 45 feet high.
Before they left === Occupants ===Noah was instructed, by God, to take aboard the arkArk his wife, Noah released a raven then his three sons and their wives, male and female pairs of all the "unclean" kinds of creatures, seven (or seven pairs) each of the "clean" kinds, and enough food and supplies for everyone (Genesis 6:18-7:3; 7:6, 11) === Maiden Voyage ===The ark was afloat for about a dove year, and finally came to see if rest somewhere in the earth was dry enough mountains of [[Ararat]]. This is believed by many to exit be the mountains in modern Turkey which bear that name (Genesis Gen. 8:14-164).
==Controversy==