Noah and his Ark?

Question

When Noah loaded up the Ark, did he just take examples of animals from the region he inhabited at the time, or was there supposed to be a male and female of every species from all corners of the earth

AJ - regardless of whether it's a story or not, what is the story - all the animals or just those relative to the region?

Answer 1

the bible says 2 unclean according to their kind and 7 clean according to their kind.
"And yes it was from all over the world."

Answer 2

Actually, due to Mendels laws, Genetic Geographic Isolationism, and other scientific laws regarding genetics, Noah didn't have to bring on every animal onto the ark.

Look at the Canine Family.

He could have brought a pair of wolves, a pair of hyenas, and a pair of domesticated dogs, and within eons of time since the flood, you could easily have the variety you see today. There was no reason to bring in every single solitary type of animal. Goodness, breeders come up with new breeds of dogs in mere decades.

The Bible doesn't specify how it was done, exactly what type from what kinds of animals were preserved, and which weren't, but it's obvious that it wasn't neccessary to bring on EVERY type of animal, when you consider the genetic problem scientifically.

Answer 3

It is just a creation myth that is not meant to be taken literally, but the story goes that he took all of the animals in the world, male and female, onto a small boat.

Now, if you ask me, I don't think its easy getting 4 billion plus animals onto a relatively small and structurely unstable 300 foot wooden boat with enough food to last for years without the animals turning on each other, but none of it makes sense so why should this be any different?

Answer 4

Noah was obedient to God. He did exactly what God told Him to do.
Since the whole world was not populated at that time I guess Noah took the animals that were there in that part of the world into the Ark.

Answer 5

First, it is necessary to note that Noah was not told to gather the animals. He was commanded only to build the Ark, large enough for all the animals, and simply receive the animals when they arrived. "And of every living thing of all flesh, . . . two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive" (Genesis 6:19-20).

The Flood story, however, is not merely natural, it involves the supernatural. The Creator was moving to preserve His creation. Might it not be appropriate to propose that, as the Flood was nearing, He instilled in a chosen pair of each "kind" a sense of impending doom and a desire to migrate to Noah and his Ark for preservation? All other representatives of their kind perished in the Flood, and all living representatives descended from the chosen pairs, inheriting the premonition and migration instincts.

Answer 6

GOD sent both male and female of All species to Noah from all over the earth.

Answer 7

THE FLOOD WAS 4,416 YEARS AGO

Noah was age 600 at flood year Gen.7:6; Land was dry in 375 days. 2 of all animals.
Noah is to 350 years after the flood. Gen.9:28,29; 7 each clean animals were for food.
Shem is to 502 years after the flood. Gen.11:10,11;
Abraham was 352 to 527 years after the flood. Gen.25:7,9;
Ishmael was from 438 to 575 years after the flood.Gen.16:16; 25:17;
Isaac is from 452 to 632 years after the flood. Gen.21:5; 35:28,29;
Jacob is from 512 to 642 in Egypt, to 659 years after the flood.Gen.25,26; 47:9,11,28;
Joseph age 40 in Egypt 642, Jacob Gen.47:9 Egypt. 712 after the flood, Gen.50:26;
Aaron born 774, age 83 Exo.7:7; to age 123, 897 after flood, Num.33:38,39;
Moses born 777, age 80 Exo.7:7; 857 to age 120, 897 after the flood, in Deut.34:7;
Joshua 898 to Judge Jair dies Judges 11:26; is 300 years to 1,198 after the flood.
Samuel is 1,227 to 1,307, King Saul is 1,293 to 1333, King David 1Ki.2:10.11; at 1,373.
!ki.6:1; 480 Solomon at 897 after Moses is 1,377 after the flood, has 36 years 1Ki.11:42; to 1413 after the flood and 997 years before Christ.
The Judah kings go to the 391st year to Babylon captivity 1804 2Chr.36:20-23; after the flood, and 606 years before Christ. The Promised Land is desolate. Matt.1:1-17;

THERE WILL BE NO KING UNTIL KING CHRIST JESUS AT HIS SECOND COMING

Acts 7:37 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
Deut.18:15;

Answer 8

I have a theory about this. The gods (Hebrew: Elohim), had a garden (Eden). So they also may have had a zoo, containing a breeding pair of every species of animal then on earth. Makes sense to me.

Answer 9

The Bible doesn't say of every species, but of every kind. so yes, it was from the whole world but not every species.

Answer 10

he supposedly cared and fed for 1000 spiecies of animals about 3000 or so birds 946,799 insects 500 spiders then when it comes to the whales and fish they probly all died.

The Earth needed about 4,493,361,000km3 to flood the earth