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NASB | Genesis 6:14 "Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make the ark with rooms, and shall cover it inside and out with pitch. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 6:14 "Make yourself an ark of gopher wood; make in it rooms (stalls, pens, coops, nests, cages, compartments) and coat it inside and out with pitch (bitumen). |
Bible Question: how was noah's ark built |
Bible Answer: Hi montgomery98 , What a provocative question, hmmmm. Well, the Bible does not offer much as to the construction of the ark and it was before recorded history, so I look more into reasons behind it being built than actually how it was built. An important thing to consider is that the Ark was built by amateurs while the Titanic was built by professionals. (o; I did, however get this following info, which I extracted from Wikipedia, and edited only slightly, for brevity. Apart from questions of date, authorship, and textual integrity, literalists devote much attention to technical matters such as the identity of "gopher wood" and details of the Ark's construction. The following sets out some of the more commonly discussed topics: Gopher wood: Gen 6:14 states that Noah built the Ark of (gofer, more commonly gopher) wood, a word not otherwise known in the Bible or in Hebrew. The Jewish Encyclopedia believes it was most likely a translation of the Babylonian "gushure iþ erini" (cedar-beams), or the Assyrian "giparu" (reed).The Greek Septuagint (3rd–1st centuries BC) translated it as ("xylon tetragonon"), "squared timber." Similarly, the Latin Vulgate (5th century AD) rendered it as "lignis levigatis", or "smoothed (possibly planed) wood." Older English translations, including the King James Version (17th century), simply leave it untranslated. Seaworthiness: The Ark is described as 300 cubits long, the cubit being a unit of measurement from elbow to outstretched fingertip. Many different cubits were in use in the ancient world, but all were essentially similar, and literalist websites seem to agree that the Ark was approximately 450 feet (137 m) in length. Many, but not all, literalist scholars believe that Noah must have built the Ark using advanced post-19th century techniques such as space frame construction. Capacity: The Ark would have had a gross volume of about 1.5 million cubic feet (40,000 m³), a displacement a little less than half that of the Titanic at about 22,000 tons, and total floor space of around 100,000 square feet (9,300 m²). God Bless, and Bless God, Tim |
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