Show size of noahs ark may have totaled feet the dimensions of noahs ark aai s given in genesis were cubits cubias in length 50 cubits cubias in breadth 30 cubits cubias in height the length of tho the cubit is approximately 18 inches so that the ark must have been about feet long 75 feet broad and 45 feet high observes a writer in the detroit news the tonnage of a merchant vessel for purposes of registration is the entire internal cubic capacity in tons of cubic feet each ascertained in a manner prescribed by law according to this method of calculating tonnage the gross tonnage of the ark must have been a little over 15 tons scribners A dictionary of the bible edited by dr james hast in ings says of its capacity it has been calculated that it would contain a space of oooo cubic feet and that after nine tenths had ha d been set aside for storage of food there thera would be over 50 cubic feet each allowed for pairs of animals such calculations though in earlier times treated with all ser seriousness i ausness ous ness now receive little consideration consideration the measurements measure ments given in the biblical text are not sufficiently detailed nor is the description of the whole construction sufficiently explicit to form the basis of such ns |