v. 14 Make yourself an ark of gopher (#1613) wood; make rooms in the ark, and cover (#3722) it inside and outside with pitch (#3724).
v. 14 Make yourself an ark of gopher (#1613) wood; make rooms in the ark, and cover (#3722) it inside and outside with pitch (#3724).
Interestingly older dictionaries will provide insight into the word gopher. The word wafer, gauffer, goffer, and gopher, all deal with related concepts. Definitions include; layers in a wafer, layers glued together, an adhesive to glue together layers of paper, and layers of lace in women's clothing. The concept of layering and lamination is implied in all of these words. The term goffering, comes from an old French word which is the process whereby irons are used to flute and press together various layers of lace. The early French settlers in the United States named rodents that burrowed in the earth and created layers of honeycombs—gophers.
Interestingly older dictionaries will provide insight into the word gopher. The word wafer, gauffer, goffer, and gopher, all deal with related concepts. Definitions include; layers in a wafer, layers glued together, an adhesive to glue together layers of paper, and layers of lace in women's clothing. The concept of layering and lamination is implied in all of these words. The term goffering, comes from an old French word which is the process whereby irons are used to flute and press together various layers of lace. The early French settlers in the United States named rodents that burrowed in the earth and created layers of honeycombs—gophers.
Source: World Book Dictionary. Field Enterprise
Corporation. Chicago IL. 1974.
Railroad stock-car, capacity 2670 cubic ft. The Ark's volume was 1,518,000 cubic feet, which is equal to the volume of 569 railroad stock cars. This would make a train five and one-half miles long.
Railroad stock-car, capacity 2670 cubic ft. The Ark's volume was 1,518,000 cubic feet, which is equal to the volume of 569 railroad stock cars. This would make a train five and one-half miles long.
This tractor-trailer rig is 60 feet long. The carrying capacity of these highway rigs is 3282 cubic ft. The Ark would carry the same amount of cargo as 464 of these trailers. This convoy with a ten-foot space between each truck would stretch for more than 6 miles. If one of these rigs passed you every second, it would take almost 8 minutes for the convoy to go by.
This tractor-trailer rig is 60 feet long. The carrying capacity of these highway rigs is 3282 cubic ft. The Ark would carry the same amount of cargo as 464 of these trailers. This convoy with a ten-foot space between each truck would stretch for more than 6 miles. If one of these rigs passed you every second, it would take almost 8 minutes for the convoy to go by.
Ferrari 308, this car is slightly more than 14 feet long. The Ark could carry 5,140 of these cars. If this amount of cars were bumper to bumper on the highway there would be a line of cars almost fourteen miles long. Each Ferrari 308 carries 4 people. This means that the cars in the ark would contain 20,560 people.
Ferrari 308, this car is slightly more than 14 feet long. The Ark could carry 5,140 of these cars. If this amount of cars were bumper to bumper on the highway there would be a line of cars almost fourteen miles long. Each Ferrari 308 carries 4 people. This means that the cars in the ark would contain 20,560 people.
Genesis 7:11 The Flood began in Noah’s 600th year, 2nd month, 17th day.
Genesis 7:11 The Flood began in Noah’s 600th year, 2nd month, 17th day.
Genesis 8:13-14 The Flood ended in Noah’s 601st year, 2nd month, 27th day.
The flood experience lasted for 1 year & 10 days.
Genesis 7:17-24 The waters covered the earth for 150 days.
Psalms 104: 8 The mountains rose and the seas went into basins.
Psalms 104: 8 The mountains rose and the seas went into basins.
Genesis 10:25 Peleg and the ice ages. Peleg born about 102 years after the flood.
Genesis 8:3 (Heb. “in going and returning”) Earth covered by large sheets of strata.
Large amount of fossil beds created.
Marine fossils and sea shells have been found on all the top of all the world’s mountains.
Marine fossils and sea shells have been found on all the top of all the world’s mountains.
Marine fossils have been found on the top of Mt. Everest. These fossils originally lived in water 400 meters deep.
Large strata beds of sedimentary rocks
Large strata beds of sedimentary rocks
formed.
Sedimentary rock
covers 75% of the
earth’s continents.
Water covers about 70% of the Earths surface.
Water covers about 70% of the Earths surface.
70% of the earth is covered by water.
70% of the earth is covered by water.
75% of the continents are covered by sedimentary rock; 30% X .75 = 23%.
Therefore 93% (70% + 23%) of the earth’s surface has been reworked and laid down by water or is water.
Mountains rose up.
Mountains rose up.
Deserts.
Ice caps were created.
Wind systems began.
Continents were formed/divided.
Climate changed, pre-flood earth was more tropical, no great variations.
Sedimentary rock formed in the flood of Genesis 1 was reworked and uplifted into mountain peaks.
Lowering of the atmospheric pressure.
Lowering of the atmospheric pressure.
Lowering of the atmospheric oxygen levels.
Genetic changes (mutations) to the hormonal makeup of man and animals.
Change in the ozone balance and amount in the atmosphere.
Changes in the composition of nutrients in the food and plants.
Genesis 5 & 11 - Mankind lived a shorter life span.
Genesis 5 & 11 - Mankind lived a shorter life span.
Flood caused the division of mankind via geological/water divisions (Peleg division).
Genesis 11:5-9 Caused mankind to have different languages and hence different cultures.
Genesis 6:13, 17 And God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.... And behold, I Myself am bringing floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die.
Genesis 6:13, 17 And God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.... And behold, I Myself am bringing floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die.
For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water, by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water.
For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water, by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water.
The Earth before the flood was different. The earth after the flood is different. We are awaiting the Millennial world that is coming…It too will be different.
The Earth before the flood was different. The earth after the flood is different. We are awaiting the Millennial world that is coming…It too will be different.
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