Genesis records: "Noah was a righteous man and a perfect man in his generation." God instructed Noah to build an ark with his wife, sons (Shem, Ham and Japheth) and daughter-in-law. At the same time, God also instructed Noah to bring livestock, birds and other animals into the ark, including females and males.
After the ark was completed, the flood began. By this time, Noah, his family and animals had entered the ark.
Genesis describes the situation at the beginning of the flood in this way: "When Noah was 600 years old, on February 17th, all the fountains in the big garden cracked and the windows in the sky were opened. The flood flooded the highest mountain and all the creatures on the land died. Only the Noah family and the life in the ark survived.
After 220 days, the ark stopped near Mount Ale and the flood began to subside. After another 40 days, the top of Mount Ale was exposed.
Then Noah released a crow, but it didn't find any land to live in.
Seven days later, Noah released the pigeon again. This time, he immediately brought back the branches of the olive tree. Noah knew that the flood had dispersed. After waiting for another 7 days, Noah released the pigeon for the last time. This time, he didn't go back to the ark. Noah's family and all kinds of animals walked out of the ark.
After leaving the ark, Noah made a sacrifice to God. The Lord smelled the aroma of sacrifice and decided not to destroy the world with floods, so he made a rainbow in the sky as a guarantee.
In Genesis, God promised: "When I cover the earth with clouds, there will be rainbows in the clouds, so I will remember my agreement with you and all living things, and the water will never overflow and destroy all living things." .
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Design structure of Noah's ark;
According to the Bible, the ark was 300 cubits (elbow, 133.5 m, 437.99 ft) long, 50 cubits (22.3 m, 73. 163 ft) wide and 30 cubits (13.4 m) high.
If this ark had been built, its size and displacement would be about three-fifths of that of the famous Titanic (with a displacement of about 53,000 tons). The ark has a total volume of 40,000 cubic meters, and the ground floor warehouse covers an area of 8,900 square meters.
The ark has three floors, which can not only stabilize the hull, but also increase the total area to almost 8900 square meters. The ark is made of waterproof and high-fat trees such as cypress, and the inside and outside of the ark are coated with tar.
(Genesis 6: 14- 16) The Bible doesn't mention how Noah fixed the wood together, but before the Bible discussed the records about the flood, people who made all kinds of bronze and iron vessels were mentioned.
The length of the ark is six times the width and the height is 10 times. In fact, the Hebrew word "ark" has the same meaning as the "box" that Moses hid when he was a baby.
Moses' mother painted the box with asphalt so that it could float on the Nile. The ark is shaped like a box.
In the records, the "Ark" contains eight members of Noah's family, as well as various birds and animals, one male and one female unclean animals, and seven male and one female clean animals. When the flood came, the whole land was flooded, and only the creatures on Noah's ark survived.
After the flood, Noah's ark ran aground on Mount Ale. Finally, God takes the rainbow as a sign of covenant, so that people will no longer curse the earth and let all kinds of creatures live forever.
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