"since there are far too many (several to a few tens of millions) to fit on the ark"...
Unless the ark were bigger on the inside than on the outside...
There were some mighty strange things about the Ark. First off, no one knows what "gopher wood" was...
First off, no one knows what "gopher wood" was...
KJV Genesis 6:14
14. Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
ASV Genesis 6:14
14. Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
ROM Genesis 6:14
`aseeh lkaa teebat `atseey-goper qiniym ta`aseh 'et-hateebaah wkaapartaa 'otaah mibayit uumixuuts bakoper.
(Maybe a phonetic spelling??)
[From Easton's Bible Dictionary]
Topics: Go'pher
Text: a tree from the wood of which Noah was directed to build the ark (Gen. 6:14). It is mentioned only there. The LXX. render this word by "squared beams," and the Vulgate by "planed wood." Other versions have rendered it "pine" and "cedar;" but the weight of authority is in favour of understanding by it the cypress tree, which grows abundantly in Chaldea and Armenia.
NIV Genesis 6:14
14. So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.
LIT Genesis 6:14
|6213| Make |0000| for yourself |8392| a ship of |6086| cypress |7613| timbers. |7064| compartments |6213| You must make |0854| in the |8392| ship. |3722| And you must cover |0853| it |1004| inside |2351| and out |3724| with tar.
