The stench of animal waste filled the air as 8 survivors from the flood stepped out of the 450 feet long ark, the length of 4 football fields. Animals, two by two, exited the ark as floodwaters dried up after 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
The flood waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water. The mountains were covered to a depth of more than twenty feet.
Officials estimate that every living thing that moved on the ground perished – birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind. The floodwaters destroyed all the corruption and violence on the earth.
"God told me to build an ark," said Noah, whose wife, 3 sons and daughters-in-law were the only survivors of the flood. "God also told us to bring 2 of every kind of animal into the ark with us. We did not know what to expect but we did as the LORD commanded and entered the ark before the flood started.”
A rainbow in the sky appeared to mark a promise from the LORD that he would never again destroy all living creatures with a flood.
Good News Press Staff Reporter - adapted from Genesis 6:1 - 9:17
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What happened to the clean animals that went 7 by 7?
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