"Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 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. 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)
The above picture is a 1/32 scale model of the cross-section of the ark. This view shows the interior and the three decks. The inside and outside was coated with pitch. A window was set in the ark 18 inches (one cubit) from the top (Gen
6:16). Notice the size of the ark in comparison to the larger animals such as the hippopotamus.
Notice the three decks and the various caging systems. The ark could hold about 40,000 sheep sized animals in about 33% of its capacity. This would leave more than two-thirds of the ark's interior for other uses. Probably far less than
this amount of animals was loaded on board the ark. In reality the ark was probably too big!
Arnold Mendez presents seminars on the subject of the Genesis Flood and Early Man. He has studied the Genesis account and the creation versus evolution controversy for the last 25 years. He is a chemistry instructor at Texas
A&M University in Corpus Christi and has both a Master and Bachelor of Science degree in Biology (minor Chemistry). His Noah's Ark & Early Man Seminars web site has more details about the flood, early man, evolution, creation,
radiometric dating, biblical longevity and various other topics.
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