How big was the Ark compared to the Titanic?

The dimensions of Noah's ark in Genesis, chapter 6, are given in cubits (about 18-22 inches): length 300 cubits, breadth 50 cubits, and height 30 cubits. Taking the lower value of the cubit, this gives dimensions in feet of 450 x 75 x 45, which compares with 850 x 92 x 64 for the Titanic.
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How big was the ark compared to a football field?

A replica of Noah's Ark has been built in the rolling hills of northern Kentucky and it is, quite literally, of biblical proportions. The wood structure stands seven stories high and is the length of 1 1/2 football fields.
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How big is a cruise ship compared to the ark?

Based on the information in the Bible, we can estimate that Noah's Ark would have been about 510 feet long and 50 feet tall. This means that Noah's Ark was around half the length and one-quarter of the height of the world's largest cruise ship, Wonder of the Seas, which is 1,188 feet long and 236 feet high.
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How big would the ark actually have to be?

This means that, by their approximations, the ark would have been 144.6 meters long, 24.1 meters wide, and 14.46 meters tall—the size of a very small cargo ship. They went with cypress wood, though pine and cedar wood have similar densities.
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How does the ark compare to a cruise ship?

According to this definition, Noah's Ark measured roughly one quarter of its height, one-half the length of Symphony of the Seas, a cruise ship with more than 1,500 feet of depth and 238 feet of breadth.
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How many animals could fit on the Ark?

That brings our count up to a grand total of 3,858,920 animals aboard the ark—two of each species, except birds which number fourteen each.
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How long did it rain for Noah?

The Bible says that the rains that created the Noachian Flood lasted for 40 days (Genesis 7:17), that the waters prevailed on the earth for 150 days (Genesis 7:24), and after these 150 days the waters gradually receded from the earth so that by the seventh month and the seventeenth day, Noah's Ark came to rest upon the ...
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What animal did Noah not take on the ark?

Again, the Bible does not suggest that ANY animal missed the ark. Besides, Noah was given a direct order by God take every beast, fowl and any other living thing that creepeth upon the earth, onto the ark.
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How many days and nights did it rain when Noah was on the ark?

Rains 40 days and 40 nights. Noah and family and animals enter Ark on same day as flood begins. Flood lasts 40 days and nights. Waters rise, all creatures destroyed.
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How did insects survive Noah's flood?

In a line taken by creationists to argue that insects survived outside the Ark, Genesis says “everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died” in the flood. Insects do not have nostrils, so perhaps they survived by floating on uprooted trees or other debris.
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Where is Noahs ark now?

Near the top of Mount Ararat (seen from Armenia in a file photo) in Turkey, explorers claim to have found Noah's ark.
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Was Noah's ark ever found?

In 2020, the Institute for Creation Research acknowledged that, despite many expeditions, Noah's Ark had not been found and is unlikely to be found. Many of the supposed findings and methods used in the search are regarded as pseudoscience and pseudoarchaeology by geologists and archaeologists.
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What kind of wood was Noah's ark made from?

As recorded in Genesis 6:14, Noah's ark was made from gopher wood; however, it is still unknown what wood species the gopher is although Woodmorappe (1996) has argued for teak.
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How long did it take Noah to build the ark encounter?

Noah's ark, according to Answers in Genesis, took between 55 to 75 years to build. Once it was constructed, Noah herded the world's animals, two by two, into the bowels of his vessel, where he tended to them until the flood receded.
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How old was Noah at the time of the flood?

Noah, at the coming of the flood, was 600 years old, as appeareth in the 7th chap. of Genesis. The whole sum of the years are 1656. From the said flood of Noah, unto Abraham's departing from Chaldea, were 422years and ten days.
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How tall is Goliath in the Bible?

Some ancient texts say that Goliath stood at "four cubits and a span" –- which Chadwick says equals about 7.80 feet (2.38 meters) — while other ancient texts claim that he towered at "six cubits and a span" — a measurement equivalent to about 11.35 feet (3.46 m).
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How many pairs of animals did Noah take?

(Interestingly, there's a conflicting Biblical description in the story of Noah that indicated God wanted Noah to take "seven pairs of clean animals... and a pair of the animals that are not clean... and seven pairs of the birds of the air also.") The Biblical flood would probably kill most of the plant life on Earth.
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How many were saved in the ark?

Eight people were saved on the ark. In addition to Noah's family and the animals on the ark, one other family also survived the Flood by staying on the top of a mountain.
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What did Noah and his family eat on the ark?

“They eat lots of meat, and that meat consists of the other passengers, including us if other sources dry up. It's the same with all the carnivores.” “God will provide,” Noah mumbled again, eyes closed, trying not think about it. “Not good enough, Father Noah,” insisted one of the wives, the one with the big mouth.
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What are unclean animals in the Bible?

They are unclean for you. the gecko, the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink and the chameleon. Of all those that move along the ground, these are unclean for you. Whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean till evening.
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Where did the ark come to rest after the Flood?

Ararat traditionally is associated with the mountain on which Noah's Ark came to rest at the end of the Flood.
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What does 40 years in the Bible mean?

The Hebrew people lived in the lands outside of the promised land for "forty years". This period of years represents the time it takes for a new generation to arise (Numbers 32:13). Several early Hebrew leaders and kings are said to have ruled for "forty years", that is, a generation.
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What is the oldest flood story?

Perhaps the oldest flood story is one of the earliest stories known to man, The Epic of Gilgamesh. Recorded on 12 stone tablets this is among the first pieces of literature in history. According to the poem, Gilgamesh was a Sumerian king who reigned for 126 years.
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When did it start to rain on Earth?

Water remained a gas until the Earth cooled below 212 degrees Fahrenheit . At this time about 3.8 billion years ago the water condensed into rain which filled the basins that we now know as our world ocean.
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