Genesis 7:2 | 19 the earth to de stroy all life un der the heav ens , ev ery crea ture that has the breath of life in it . Ev ery thing on earth will per ish . 18 But I will es tablish my cov enant with you , and you will en ter the ark — you and your sons and your wife and your sons ’ wives with you . 19 You are to bring into the ark two of all liv ing crea tures , male and fe male , to keep them alive with you . 20 Two of ev ery kind of bird , of ev ery kind of an i mal and of ev ery kind of crea ture that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive . 21 You are to take ev ery kind of food that is to be eat en and store it away as food for you and for them .”
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Noah did ev ery thing just as God com manded him .
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The Lord then said to Noah , “ Go into the ark , you and your whole fam i ly , be cause I have found you righ teous in this gen er a tion . 2 Take with global flood or a flood over all the earth in the region . Interpretations over the extent of the flood vary . Because ancient Near Eastern people conceived of the known world as a single land mass surrounded by water , a massive regional flood could have been interpreted as a flood of the entire world . Proponents of a global flood offer explanations that they claim can demonstrate how such an event could have been possible . Supporters of a smaller scale flood point to evidence of local catastrophes in the ancient world , such as the large flood in the Black Sea region around 5500 BC , when the sea level of the Mediterranean rose suddenly . In that incident , 66,000 square miles of land were flooded over the course of a year . Compare note on 7:19 . 6:18 my covenant with you This covenant is given in 8:20 — 9:17 . 7:2 seven pairs There is a discrepancy between this figure and the instructions of 6:19 – 20 , which speak of
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Volume : 1,396,000 cubic feet Gross Tonnage : Nearly 14,000 tons Capacity : Equivalent to more than
500 railroad stock cars It could hold more than 125,000 sheep-sized animals .
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Family Rooms |
Dining Room and Kitchen |
Roof |
Stairs |
Water |
Stairs |
DECK 1 Bird storage |
Stairs
Water
Cistern
DECK 2 Food storage
Stairs
Inside Noah ’ s Ark
The ark was built with “ cypress wood ” and caulked with pitch . The passengers remained safe inside until the waters of the flood subsided , nearly one year later .
Cistern
Stairs
DECK 3 Animal storage