I’m curious about Noah’s Ark…
Genesis 6:15 says the Ark's dimensions were at least 135 meters long (300 cubits), 22.5 meters wide (50 cubits), and 13.5 meters high (30 cubits).
That's 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high!
(Working with the 18 inch cubit; nominally the length of a man's arm from fingertips to elbow.)
An example of a more modern seagoing craft would be the 100.4 m (329.5 ft) Wyoming.
This American ship had a tendency to flex in heavy seas, causing the long planks to twist and buckle.
This allowed sea water into the hold, which had to be pumped out.
I’m no ship builder, but I know a wooden hull craft can only be So big before it becomes inherently unseaworthy…
How Did Noah manage a fully laden, and from some accounts, box-shaped craft on the ‘high seas’, I mean, he couldn’t have stayed close to shore, for shelter, there wasn’t any shore…?
2007-04-01
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