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Ark? |
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| "And
the Ark rested in the seventh
month, on the
seventeenth day of
the month, upon the
mountains of Ararat. |
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And
the waters decreased continually
until the tenth
month: in the tenth
month, on the first day of
the month, were the tops
of the mountains
seen."
...Genesis 8:4-5 |
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2500 B.C. |
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And
GOD saw that the
wickedness of man was
great in the earth, and
that every imagination
of the thoughts of his
heart was only evil
continually. And it
repented the LORD that
he had made man on the
earth, and it grieved
him at his heart. And
the LORD said, I will
destroy man whom I have
created from the face of
the earth; both man, and
beast, and the creeping
thing, and the fowls of
the air; for it
repenteth me that I have
made them.
But
Noah found grace in the
eyes of the LORD.
These
are the generations of
Noah: Noah was a just
man and perfect in his
generations, and Noah
walked with God. And
Noah begat three sons,
Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
The earth also was
corrupt before God, and
the earth was filled
with violence. And God
looked upon the earth,
and, behold, it was
corrupt; for all flesh
had corrupted his way
upon the earth. And God
said unto Noah, The end
of all flesh is come
before me; for the earth
is filled with violence
through them; and,
behold, I will destroy
them with the earth.
Make
thee an ark of gopher
wood; rooms shalt thou
make in the ark, and
shalt pitch it within
and without with pitch.
And this is the fashion
which thou shalt make it
of: The length of the
ark shall be three
hundred cubits, the
breadth of it fifty
cubits, and the height
of it thirty cubits. A
window shalt thou make
to the ark, and in a
cubit shalt thou finish
it above; and the door
of the ark shalt thou
set in the side thereof;
with lower, second, and
third stories shalt thou
make it.
And,
behold, I, even I, do
bring a flood of waters
upon the earth, to
destroy all flesh,
wherein is the breath of
life, from under heaven;
and every thing that is
in the earth shall die.
But with thee will I
establish my covenant;
and thou shalt come into
the ark, thou, and thy
sons, and thy wife, and
thy sons' wives with
thee. And of every
living thing of all
flesh, two of every sort
shalt thou bring into
the ark, to keep them
alive with thee; they
shall be male and
female. Of fowls after
their kind, and of
cattle after their kind,
of every creeping thing
of the earth after his
kind, two of every sort
shall come unto thee, to
keep them alive. And
take thou unto thee of
all food that is eaten,
and thou shalt gather it
to thee; and it shall be
for food for thee, and
for them. Thus did Noah;
according to all that
God commanded him, so
did he. And Noah
did according unto all
that the LORD commanded
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2348 B.C. |
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| "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. And
the rain was upon the
earth forty days and
forty nights. In the
selfsame day entered
Noah, and Shem, and Ham,
and Japheth, the sons of
Noah, and Noah's wife,
and the three wives of
his sons with them, into
the ark; They, and
every beast after his
kind, and all the cattle
after their kind, and
every creeping thing
that creepeth upon the
earth after his kind,
and every fowl after his
kind, every bird of
every sort. And they
went in unto Noah into
the ark, two and two of
all flesh, wherein is
the breath of life. And
they that went in, went
in male and female of
all flesh, as God had
commanded him: and the
LORD shut him in. And
the flood was forty days
upon the earth; and the
waters increased, and
bare up the ark, and it
was lift up above the
earth. And the waters
prevailed, and were
increased greatly upon
the earth; and the ark
went upon the face of
the waters. And the
waters prevailed
exceedingly upon the
earth; and all the high
hills, that were under
the whole heaven, were
covered. Fifteen cubits
upward did the waters
prevail; and the
mountains were covered.
And all flesh died that
moved upon the earth,
both of fowl, and of
cattle, and of beast,
and of every creeping
thing that creepeth upon
the earth, and every
man: All in whose
nostrils was the breath
of life, of all that was
in the dry land, died.
And every living
substance was destroyed
which was upon the face
of the ground, both man,
and cattle, and the
creeping things, and the
fowl of the heaven; and
they were destroyed from
the earth: and Noah only
remained alive, and they
that were with him in
the ark. And the waters
prevailed upon the earth
an hundred and fifty
days. And God remembered
Noah, and every living
thing, and all the
cattle that was with him
in the ark: and God made
a wind to pass over the
earth, and the waters
asswaged; The fountains
also of the deep and the
windows of heaven were
stopped, and the rain
from heaven was
restrained; And the
waters returned from off
the earth continually:
and after the end of the
hundred and fifty days
the waters were abated.
And the ark rested in
the seventh month, on
the seventeenth day of
the month, upon the
mountains of
Ararat." |
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Note:
"
upon the mountains of
Ararat."
Many
explorers have looked on
Mt. Ararat
for the remains of
Noah's Ark. The
Bible however,
does not say that Noah's
Ark landed on
Mt. Ararat. It
says that the Ark landed
upon the mountains
of Ararat. (mountains
plural) An
examination of the
Hebrew manuscripts of
Genesis reveals that
actual wordage is that
Noah's Ark landed upon
the mountains
of Urartu.
(The whole mountainous
region in far eastern
Turkey. |
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