Why do people still think that Noah was only on the ark for 40 days and nights? It was actually 375 days.?

Question

It clearly states in the Bible:
Genesis 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
- Please note that it was the second month, 17th day of Noah's 600 year when he was in the ark and it started to rain.
Genesis 8:13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first [month], the first [day] of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

8:14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
- Please note they left the ark the 601st year, second month, 27th day.
That would mean that he and the animals were on the ark for 375 days in total. Do you know how much food that is for all those animals? The ark was too small to house even the food.

L M: Of course I know that it is a fable, obviously my statement of the feed for the animals went over your head.

Dumbassed Liberals: I do not have to see the ark to realize that a vessel that large to house two of all the species (actually the Bible states slightly different and would work out to more) plus the food required would have it's back broken on the water. That is not hard to understand. You have to realize the food required on that vessel would be massive to feed all the animals for over a year.

Alien51: I am assuming too much? You need to look up the synonyms for the word kind.
They are:
type
sort
class
variety
breed
etc
So if you take 2 of every breed of cow, there are a lot of breeds. You take 2 of every breed of dog, there are lots of breeds as well. And so on. Do you understand it now?

Answer 1

Do people still think Noah had an Ark?

Or maybe he took embryos frozen in liquid nitrogen, and a few gene splicers instead.

Answer 2

No, no, no. you're utilising the calendar it fairly is putting on your wall. that's no longer the Hebrew calendar. The ark replace into on the water for the greater efficient element of one 3 hundred and sixty 5 days. examine it returned. count quantity it returned. Gen 7:11 interior the six hundredth 3 hundred and sixty 5 days of Noah's existence, interior the 2nd month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the super deep have been broken up, and the domicile windows of heaven have been opened. Gen 7:24 And the waters prevailed on the earth one hundred and fifty days. Gen 8:3 And the waters receded constantly from the earth. on the top of the hundred and fifty days the waters decreased. Gen 8:4 Then the ark rested interior the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat. Gen 8:5 And the waters decreased constantly until the 10th month. interior the 10th month, on the 1st day of the month, the tops of the mountains have been considered. Gen 8:6 So it got here to bypass, on the top of 40 days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made. Gen 8:10 And he waited yet yet another seven days, and returned he sent the dove out from the ark. Gen 8:12 So he waited yet yet another seven days and sent out the dove, which failed to return returned to him anymore. Gen 8:13 And it got here to bypass interior the 600 and known 3 hundred and sixty 5 days, interior the 1st month, the 1st day of the month, that the waters have been dried up from the earth; and Noah bumped off the overlaying of the ark and regarded, and definitely the exterior of the floor replace into dry. Gen 8:14 And interior the 2nd month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth replace into dried. Gen 8:15-sixteen Then God spoke to Noah, saying, "circulate out of the ark... My factor is -> get the time line appropriate earlier arguing the factor. Likewise

Answer 3

Genesis 7:4 4 Seven days from now I will make the rains pour down on the earth. And it will rain for forty days and forty nights, until I have wiped from the earth all the living things I have created.”

doesnt say anything about Noah being on the ark only 40 days. whoever thinks that has not read Genesis and paid attention to what it actually said.

Answer 4

I've never heard anyone say he was on the ark for 40 days and 40 nights. I've only heard people say it RAINED for 40 days and 40 nights. But I do have to admit, I didn't know he was on the ark that many days. Wow, more than a year! I think I've read that it took him several years to even BUILD the ark before he embarked. Thanks for the great bible lesson! I can't even imagine the smell on that ark!!!! And the food needed? Why didn't the lions eat the lambs and elephants trample the smaller animals? Did the chickens lay eggs and have babies? Did any of the animals have babies on the ark? What about sickness and disease? I guess you could say God had his hand on them!!! God was in control, just like He is now!!!

Answer 5

Look at a much more tenable set of ideas: the works of Christ. He broke bread and distributed fish on a massive scale, even though he only had a few loaves and fish to begin with. It was only God's intervention that allowed him to do this.

Now, if God were to do something as drastic as flooding the earth (keep in mind that this could be a completely allegorical tale about the wickedness of mankind, etc.), you'd think He'd intervene pretty directly to make sure Noah was okay. No, there isn't any way he could have kept that much food on there, but it's possible from a Christian viewpoint that God kept giving Noah more food.

Answer 6

Actually, it was 365 days. You've assumed that the Biblical calendar is a solar calendar, similar to the gregorian calendar used today. The Biblical calendar is based on the lunar calendar and corrects periodically with the season. A standard Biblical year has 354 days. Therefore, Noah was in the ark for 1 year and 11 days, inclusive, or 365.

Answer 7

For 40 days and 40 nights it rained.
Genesis 7:4
"Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made."

Too small of a boat?
Genesis 6:15
"This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high."

Doesn't sound like it can fit every 'kind' of animal does it? Well that depends on your interpretation of 'kind' or 'sort'.
Genesis 6:19-21
"19 You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.
20 Two of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive.
21 You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them."

You can think it means of every species which would be impossible for that small of a boat. Or you can think it to be of every kind. Kind as in a type of animal which can produce offspring. So instead of bringing dingoes, coyotes, and wolves. You'd just bring a few dogs. That's a kind, because dingoes, coyotes, and wolves can produce offspring together.

And what does size matter? You just bring baby animals.

You're assuming too much.

Answer 8

No, it rained for 40 days and nights, but it took a long time for the water to dry up

Answer 9

Well the Bible describes a day in Genesis as the passing of Dark or night, so if he sailed up the the north pole for three months during the summer and the sun never set that would still count as one day.

Answer 10

Oops.

That's a bit embarrassing for all those convinced of the 40 day and 40 night thing.