—–excerpts: “The Story of Noah”———

A. GOPHER WOOD: – as previously described, it is a
process of manufacture of product, as opposed to
a species of tree, according to the sources. This
process, which produces a wood similar in strength
and construction to plywood would probably by the
strongest of its day.
…a process, not a species
#################### <— Hand hewn wood
`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`, <— Adhesive: tree sap, tar etc.
##################### <— Hand hewn wood


D. LENGTH:”Three Hundred Cubits” It is generally held
that a “cubit” was a distance of about 18 inches. So then
the overall length of the Ark would be 450 feet.
,————————————————-,
<—`————————————————-‘—>
\ |~~~~~~|<-(door) /
\ |______| /
`—————————————————‘
<- – – – – – 450 feet – – – – – – ->
Noah’s ARK (sideview)
The Math
~~~~~~~~ 300 cubits X 18 inches = 5400 inches
5400 inches / 12 = 450 feet


E. WIDTH: “the breath of it shall be fifty cubits”
Now, with our familiar cubit of 18 inches we can
also determine the width (breath) of the Ark of Noah.
Window
/
,- ,——-~~~~~——-, The Math:
| <—`——\~~~~~/——‘—> ~~~~~~~~~
45ft. \ \ / / Width:
| \ \ / / 50 cubits X 18 in. = 900 in.
|_ `———-v———-‘ 900 in. / 12in. = 75ft.
<- – – 75 feet – – ->
(Frontview) Height:
30 cubits X 18 in. = 540 in.
540 in. / 12in. = 45ft.



11. ARK Stability and Capacity
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (sideview)
,——————————————————,
<—`——————————————————‘—>
\ |~~~~~~~| /
\ |_______| /
\________________________________________________________/
<- – – – – – 450 feet – – – – – – ->

,——-|~~~~|——-, From Genesis 6:15 we know
<—`—-/———-\—-‘—> that these dimensions expressed
\ \ / / in feet would be the size of
\ \ / / the ark that Noah did build
\________\____/________/ in obedience to God’s word.
<- – – – 75 feet – – ->
(frontview)
,———————, < Some have questioned the
<—`———————‘—> | stability of such a design,
\ / |45′ which is sometimes referred
\ / | to as a ‘6 to 1’ ratio
\_______________________/ | design. This is because
(rearview) < the ARK of Noah was six
times as long as it was wide.



–.–.–.-.-.–.–.–.—.-.-.,
. . . . . . . . . . . |
///////////////////////////////////////////
~~__ _–~~__ _–~~__ _–## |/ ARK of Noah:
~~_~~__ _–~~__ _–~~ ## “third” |/ Interior Specs:
~~__ _–~~__ _–~~-~~## |/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~__ _–~~__ _–~~-~##|||||||||||||||||||||/ God instructed Noah
~~__ _–~~__ _–~~-## |/ to build three stories
~~__ _–~~__ _-## “second” |/ (decks) within the Ark.
~~__ _–~~__ _–~## |/ *———————-*
~~__ _–~~__ _–## |/ | Gen 6:16 |`*
~~__ _–~~__ ##|||||||||||||||||||||/ | A window shalt thou | |
~~__ _–~~__ _## |/ | make to the ark, | |
~~__ _–~~__ ## “lower” |/ | and in a cubit shalt | |
~~__ _–~~__ _–## |/ | thou finish it above;| |
_________________##___________/ | and the door of the | |
| ark shalt thou set | |