THE SIZE OF NOAH'S ARK: ROOM FOR THE ANIMALS

(Message by Tanny Keng)

1. The Size Of  Noah’s Ark 

a) An argument against a universal flood is that no ark could contain so many species of animals as existed world-wide. Was Noah's ark too small?

b) Here is one of the arguments against such validity.

2. Room For The Animals

a) Not only is there speculation about the size of the ark, but also about the animals that went into it and the room they would need. All the Bible says is that “every beast after its kind, all cattle after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind” went into the ark (Genesis 7:13-16).

b) Nothing is said there about aquatic, plant, or microbial life. Only “all flesh in which is the breath of life, everything that is on the earth...” (Genesis 6:17). Beasts, birds, and creeping things are mentioned, but no list is given. Nor is anything said about food other than “You shall take for yourself all food that is eaten...for you and for them” (Genesis 6:21).

c) There is endless discussion and speculation, all based on so-called science, about why it was “impossible” for the animals to get to the ark, to fit in the ark, and to survive in the ark.

d) Noah was to take animals "according to their families... after their kind" (Genesis 6:19-20, 8:19). This is the same language as used in the account of creation (Genesis 1:20-25). The Bible mentions no significant changes from the types of birds and beasts of the land that were originally created and those that existed in Noah’s time. The purpose of Noah’s Ark was to preserve those.

e) It isn't sensible to imagine that Noah’s Ark was intended to hold all the species in today’s world, including sea creatures, plant life, and creatures now extinct but still evident as fossils. Noah was never commanded to fit all that into the ark.

f) Nobody knows in any detail what went into the ark. So how can anyone reasonably say, "The ark was too small", when there is barely a jot of hard data about the number, size, and requirements of the animals involved? Only when you have got a passenger list, can you decide whether the boat is too small. 

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