Can you explain Genesis 7:13-14?

Question

All of the animals boarded the ark “in the selfsame day” (Genesis 7:13-14). Since there were several million species involved, they must have boarded at a rate of at least 100 per second. How did poor Noah and his family make sure that the correct number of each species entered through the door and then get them all settled into their proper living quarters so efficiently?

Source: http://www.evilbible.com/absurd%20torah%20science.htm

Yes, that's what I thought you would say. "God did it" is the usual explanataion for something you don't know.

Answer 1

Gen. 7:14
From the foregoing, it becomes apparent that Noah could get all the necessary animals into the ark for preservation through the Flood. The Bible does not say that he had to preserve alive every variety of the animals. Rather, it states: “Of the flying creatures according to their kinds and of the domestic animals according to their kinds, of all moving animals of the ground according to their kinds, two of each will go in there to you to preserve them alive.” (Ge 6:20; 7:14, 15) Jehovah God knew it was necessary to save only representative members of the different “kinds,” since they would reproduce in variety after the Flood.

Following the recession of the floodwaters, these comparatively few basic “kinds” emerged from the ark and spread out over the surface of the earth, eventually producing many variations of their “kinds.” Although many new varieties have come into existence since the Flood, the surviving “kinds” have remained fixed and unchanged.

Could the Ark Have Held All the Animals?

The “kinds” of animals selected had reference to the clear-cut and unalterable boundaries or limits set by the Creator, within which boundaries creatures are capable of breeding “according to their kinds.” It has been estimated by some that the hundreds of thousands of species of animals today could be reduced to a comparatively few family “kinds”—the horse kind and the cow kind, to mention but two. The breeding boundaries according to “kind” established by Jehovah were not and could not be crossed. With this in mind some investigators have said that, had there been as few as 43 “kinds” of mammals, 74 “kinds” of birds, and 10 “kinds” of reptiles in the ark, they could have produced the variety of species known today. Others have been more liberal in estimating that 72 “kinds” of quadrupeds and less than 200 bird “kinds” were all that were required. That the great variety of animal life known today could have come from inbreeding within so few “kinds” following the Flood is proved by the endless variety of humankind—short, tall, fat, thin, with countless variations in the color of hair, eyes, and skin—all of whom sprang from the one family of Noah.

The ark had a carrying capacity equal to that of 10 freight trains of about 25 American boxcars each!

At Genesis 6:14, the Hebrew word qin·nim′ (“nests”) is translated “rooms” (KJ, RS), “cabins” (AT), and “compartments” (NW). Evidently these were relatively small compartments in the ark built by Noah and, similar to birds’ nests, served as a protection and shelter through a critical time when men and animals were otherwise helpless.

Answer 2

Noah was led by God. He didn't need to worry about how it would work he just listened and followed God's command. Genesis 7:5

Answer 3

a wooden boat falls apart once it reaches a certian size. having to load up 2 of each of the several billion species, discovered and undiscovered, the boat would have to be enormous, and wood was the only materail availible for boat-building, so it would come apart in the ocean...they left that part out, didnt they?

Answer 4

I explain it by recognizing that the story of Noah is myth, as in trying to explain origins, it's a story, I don't read it as scientific, and for centuries most Christians didn't.

Answer 5

Noah did what God command him to do. You should read the New King Jame verision either. That is the bible I use. I understand that bible better than the other newer version bible.

Answer 6

I am goin to guess that it took days for all of the animals to board the ark. In my Bible (NISB) it does not says that it happened in one day.

Answer 7

sure...God did it. jk, jk. poor Noah (if he ever existed) would have had major problems with that. just one of the many reasons Genesis is one of the most harmful books to Judiasm and Christianity because of its ridiculous claims.

Answer 8

It wasn't their problem to make sure of anything except be aboard the boat. God took care of the loading.
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Answer 9

...and what about the penguins and the polar bears?
Did the ark have refrigeration?

Answer 10

It was magic. or umm God did it.