Annie's "Noah's Ark" Page

"And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the
earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy
them with the earth. Make thee an ark of gopher wood;
rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it
within and without with pitch."
~Genesis 6:13-14~

Here is the REAL Noah Story: Genesis 6:14-22

Here is some interesting information for you:
This is the Jewish year 5761. The year 5758 in Hebrew it means "Days of Noah".

Jesus said that His return would be: "But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the
coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were
eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into
the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the
coming of the Son of man be." Matthew 24:37-39 To read all of the chapter click HERE.

Questions and Answers about Noah's Ark

• What was the ark made of? Gopher wood Gen 6:14
• What was the length? 300 cubits (about 450 feet)
• What was the width? 50 cubits (about 75 feet)
• What was the height? 30 cubits (about 45 feet)
• What shape does it resemble? A house or a block Gen 6:15
• How many floors were there in the ark? The ark had 3 floors filled with rooms Gen 6:14 & 16
• Did it have doors and windows? One window and one door (Genesis 6:16)
• Who shut the ark? God did! "And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in." Genesis 7:16
• Who built it? Noah by God's direction & specifications
• Why did he build it? To save his family and representatives of all animals of the world (Genesis 6:18-19)
• Is it true that the animals came in ONLY 2 by 2? NO. God sent the CLEAN animals in 7 by 7 - Genesis 7:2 & The UNCLEAN went in 2 by 2 - Genesis 7:15
• What does the RAINBOW mean? God put a rainbow in the sky as a covenant and promise to remind His people that He would never destroy all mankind by water again. Genesis 8:13-17
• Do we know when the flood started? Well sort of. We know that Noah was 600 years old. And they went into the ark in the second month and the 17th day. Genesis 7:11
• How many days were between the times that Noah sent the dove to find land? Noah sent out the Dove out in intervals of 7 days. Gen 8:10
• Who built the Ark? Noah was the builder of the ark and survivor of the floods Gen 5:29
• How long did it rain? 40 days and 40 nights
• How many sons did Noah have? 3 Named SHEM, HAM, AND JAPHETH
• Were they married? Yes Noah and his son were all married
• How long were they on the ark? Actually it rained for 40 days and 40 nights. They entered in the second month. In the seventh month on the seventeenth day of the month the ark rested. In the tenth month they could see the tops of the trees. So Just short of a year they were on the ark. They left in the second month on the seven and twentieth day of the month. (Gen 8:4-5 7:11 8:13-14)
• How long did it take for the water to recede? They entered the ark on the second month and ark rested on the seventh month. The waters decreased continually until the tenth month. The earth was completely dry by the second month of the next year. SO you would just take 40 days from the total time on the ark and then an additional 7 days because it waited 7 days to rain. (Gen 8:4-5 7:11 8:13-14)
• Where did the ark come to rest? The Ararat mountain range of Armenia. "And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat." Genesis 8:4
• How old was Noah when he went on the ark? 600 years old
• How long were they in the ark before it started to rain? Noah and his family were in the ark for 7 days before it started to rain. Genesis 7:4
• What does Ararat mean? The Hitchcocks Bible Names Dictionary says that it means "Curse of trembling". The Hebrew Lexicon says this: Ararat = "the curse reversed: precipitation of curse" 1) a mountainous region of eastern Armenia, between the river Araxes and     the lakes Van and Oroomiah, the site where Noah's ark came to rest 2) (TWOT) the mountain where Noah's ark came to rest

NUMBERS are very important in the Bible.

• It rained 40 days & 40 nights.....What other Biblical events lasted for that amount of time?
• Noah had 3 sons......What do you think of in reference to the number 3?
• 8 people went on the ark.....What is the meaning of the number 8?
• Noah was in the ark for 7 days before the rain started....What was created in 7 days? 7 is a perfect number. Do you know why?

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What is the significance of the 3 sons of Noah?

The Curse on Ham's Son
The Blessing of Shem
The Enlargement of Japheth

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Ham - means "hot"
1. Noah's youngest son ....................................Genesis 5:32
Enters the ark..........................................Genesis 7:7
His immoral behavior merits Noah's curse........Genesis 9:22-25
Father of descendants of repopulated earth......Genesis 10:6-20

Other times "Ham" is mentioned in the Bible:
2. Poetic name of Egypt.................................Psalm 105:23,27
3. Hamites at Gedor................................1 Chronicles 4:39,40
4. Place where Chedorlaomer defeated the Zuzim..........Genesis 14:5

Shem means name; renown
Oldest son of Noah...................Genesis 5:32
Escapes the flood.....................Genesis 7:13
Receives a blessing................Genesis 9:23,26
Ancestor of Semitic people......Genesis 10:22-32
Ancestor of Abram...............Genesis 11:10-26
Ancestor of Jesus........................Luke 3:36

Japheth means widespreading
One of Noah's three sons............................Genesis 5:32
Saved in the ark......................................1 Peter 3:20
Receives messianic blessing........................Genesis 9:20-27
His descendants occupy Asia Minor and Europe....Genesis 10:2-5

Definitions from Merriam Webster Online:

Main Entry: No ah
Pronunciation: 'nO-&
Function: noun
Etymology: Hebrew NOah
: an Old Testament patriarch who built the ark in which he, his family, and
living creatures of every kind survived the Flood

Main Entry: Shem
Pronunciation: 'shem
Function: noun
Etymology: Hebrew ShEm
: the eldest son of Noah held to be the progenitor of the Semitic peoples

Main Entry: Ja pheth
Pronunciation: 'jA-f&th
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin Japheth or Greek Iapheth, from Hebrew Yepheth
: a son of Noah held to be the progenitor of the Medes and Greeks

What does the Bible tell us about Noah?

Nave's Topical Bible: Noah

• 1. Son of Lamech - Genesis 5:28,29
  ~Builds an ark (ship) and saves his family from the great flood - Genesis 6:14-22; Genesis 7; Genesis 8; Matthew 24:38; Luke 17:27; Hebrews 11:7 & 1 Peter 3:20
  ~Builds an altar and offers sacrifices - Genesis 8:20,21
  ~Receives the covenant from God that no flood would ever again visit the earth; the rainbow instituted as a token of the covenant
  Genesis 8:20,22 & Genesis 9:9-17
  ~Intoxication of, and his curse upon Canaan - Genesis 9:20-27
  ~His blessing upon Shem and Japheth - Genesis 9:26,27
  ~Dies at the age of nine-hundred and fifty years - Genesis 9:28,29
• 2. A daughter of Zelophehad, special legislation in regard to the inheritance of - Numbers 26:33; Numbers 27:1-7; Numbers 36 & Joshua 17:3-7

Noah - means "rest"
A. Life of Noah
Son of Lamech ................... Genesis 5:28,29
Father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth..Genesis 5:32
Finds favor with God....................Genesis 6:8
Lives in the midst of corruption.....Genesis 6:1-13
Instructed to build the ark........Genesis 6:13-22
Preacher of righteousness...............2 Peter 2:5
Enters ark with family and animals..Genesis 7:1-24
Preserved during flood...............Genesis 8:1-17
Builds an altar......................Genesis 8:18-22
Covenant established with............Genesis 9:1-19
Plants a vineyard; becomes drink...Genesis 9:20,21
Pronounces curse and blessings.....Genesis 9:22-27
Dies at 950..........................Genesis 9:28,29
B. Character of Noah
Righteous......................Genesis 6:9
Obedient....................Hebrews 11:7
In fellowship with God........Genesis 6:9
Notable in history......Ezekiel 14:14, 20

"But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD."
~Genesis 6:8~

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The World Book says this about Noah:
Noah, pronounced NOH uh, according to the Bible, was the only righteous, God-fearing man of his time. Genesis 6-9 tells that he was chosen by God to keep some people and animals alive during the Deluge, or great Flood. Noah warned people for 120 years that the Flood was coming. During that time, he built a ship, called the ark, which was 450 feet (137 meters) long. He took into the ark his family, and enough birds and animals to repopulate the earth. The rain poured for 40 days and 40 nights (Gen. 7:12, 24).
The waters dropped enough 150 days after the Flood started that the ark was able to rest on the mountains of Ararat. Noah let loose a raven that did not return. Then he sent out a dove, and it returned because it could find no place to perch. He sent out the dove two more times. On the second flight, it returned with an olive branch in its mouth. Noah and the animals left the ark later to begin a new life. Noah offered sacrifice to God for deliverance, and God promised him that He would never send another flood to destroy the earth. He made the rainbow a sign of that promise. He commanded Noah and his descendants to respect human life and to punish murder with the death penalty.
Noah's sons were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Shem became father of the Semitic peoples, including the Jews and the Arabs. Ham was the father of the Hamitic peoples. Japheth was father of peoples of Asia Minor and Europe. In traditions originally unrelated to the Flood, Noah is pictured as a gardener, and credited with the discovery of wine (Gen. 9:18-27).
This is what the World Book says about the "Ark"
Ark usually refers to the vessel that sheltered Noah and his family during the Deluge
(great flood) described in the Bible (Gen. 6). Ark comes from the Latin word arca,
meaning chest, box, or coffer. In the United States, ark referred to a large flatboat
used on western rivers during the expansion of the country.
This is what the World Book says about the "Deluge"
Deluge, pronounced DEHL yooj, according to the Bible, was a great flood that covered the
earth thousands of years ago. The Deluge destroyed all living things except those that
God permitted to go aboard a huge ark that was built by Noah.
The Deluge is described in two accounts combined in Genesis 6 to 8. In one version, God instructs Noah to save one male and one female of every animal. In the other, God tells Noah to take seven pairs of animals considered "clean" according to ancient dietary laws and one pair of "unclean" animals. Both accounts agree that God sent the flood to punish the wickedness of humanity.
Stories about great floods occur in the religious tradition of many peoples. A famous account is found in the Epic of Gilgamesh from Mesopotamia. Many scholars believe the Mesopotamian and Biblical accounts are related.
This is what the World Book says about "Ararat"
Ararat, pronounced AR uh rat, was the country where, according to the Bible, Noah's ark landed after the Deluge. The Biblical story is told in Genesis 6-8. Ararat was the area surrounding Lake Van in ancient Armenia, now part of Turkey. Many people believe that Noah's ark came to rest on Mount Massis, the tallest mountain in Ararat, known today as Mount Ararat. However, the Aramaic and Syriac translations of the story speak of the ark landing in the mountains of Kurdistan, southeast of Lake Van.
The land of Ararat is also mentioned in II Kings 19: 37 and Isaiah 37: 38. These passages tell that the sons of the Assyrian king Sennacherib fled to Ararat after they killed their father.
This is what the World Book says about "Mount Ararat"
Mount Ararat, pronounced AR uh rat, is a mountain in eastern Turkey near Lake Van. According to Biblical tradition, Noah's Ark landed there after the Great Flood (Genesis 6-8). However, the earliest artifacts archaeologists have discovered on Ararat date from early Christian times, thousands of years after the Great Flood would have occurred. The mountain, also called Agri Dagi, is the highest peak in Turkey. Scholars believe that for Biblical writers, Ararat probably symbolized the edge of the known world. The mountain rises 16,849 feet (5,137 meters).

Noah is mentioned in the Bible 46 times.

Now that you have learned more about Noah the words about the "end times" that Jesus
spoke should have much more meaning: "But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the
coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were
eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into
the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the
coming of the Son of man be." Matthew 24:37-39

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