Noah Part 4: Noah and His Questions

1. How old was Noah when he built the ark?

- About 500


2. Where did he get all of the wood?

- Probable that there was plenty of wood around him at the time and more than likely used that in order to build the ark


3. Did anyone help him?

- Yes, His family and he probably had people from the community to help him. He was a righteous man and walked with God, so it is probably safe to assume that some people liked him and would help


4. Why were there 3 decks?

- 1 deck people to live on, 2nd deck animals to live on and 3rd deck the poop to go on and out of the ark


5. Did bugs go on the ark too?

- Yes, Genesis 6:20


6. Did Noah have a wife?

- Yes, Genesis 7:13


7. Did everyone in Noah’s time live as long as him?

- Noah lived to be about 950 or so.
- Everyone in Noah’s time lived around the same as He did.
- Gen 5:31 – Lamech
- Gen 5:25-26 – Methuselah – 969 yrs


8. How many animals were there?

- Every kind that you see today


9. How high was the water?

- Gen 7:19-20
- About 20 ft over the mountains.
- Mt Ararat, where they landed, present day Turkey
- About 17,000 ft high


10. How many people were on the ark?

- 8 people
- Noah – wife
- Shem, Ham and Japheth – Wives


11. How did they cook on the ark?

- Possible they could have dried out all of their meat before hand (100 yrs) and it is not likely that they used fire on the boat, so they probably did a lot of preparation


12. Why didn’t people just float on something when the rain came?

- They probably did, but the flood lasted 150 days. Without fresh water, you can’t live longer than a week
- Under normal circumstances you can’t live longer than 4-6 weeks without food
- People would die eventually


13. What did Noah do with the ark after the rain?

- Gen 8:20 – Used the wood for making things!!