11. ARK Stability and Capacity
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<- - - - - - 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.
Question: WHERE DID THE ARK LAND?
21. Answer: ON TOP OF MOUNT ARARAT IN EASTERN TURKEY
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Great Ararat \
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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
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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.
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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. Thi...
Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
Subject: "ARK of Noah"
From: Michael Stevenson
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 04:59:04 -0400
The following ascii artwork is from a file called,
"ARK of Noah" by Michael Stevenso...