Show BUILDING THE ARK A rabbis opinion of the time occupied in construction in 10 a recent issue the new york herald says rabbi morais was appealed to to decide the length 0 of f time occupied by noah in buildt building 9 the ark the finish finishing ilig of the equitable t building having been compared to that event hia his reply contained the following information which will interest many outside of companies the scriptures do not state the number of years during which noah was engaged in building the ark but some of our sages bag basins ing their assertion on a passage in genesis vi 3 declare that he was employed off and on in its construction years god who takes pleasure inthe in the repentance of sinners and not in their destruction would warn the contemporaries of noah and cause the averting of the I 1 impending ending doom but evidently they disbelieved and openly or covertly mocked the man who devoted so much time to do what they considered an undertaking both and unnecessary 8 besides it must be admitted that the means lor for constructing that object and making it exactly to answer the requirements must have been great hence we may not be loath to accept the rabbinical opinion As reg regards a a the length of the years i in it t the h e early times of the tile world we aliye in there can be no doubt that following the biblical chronology we must acknowledge that they were equal to ours for we read that noah was years old when the flood began chap vii 7 that in the second month of that year he entered the ark idem v 11 then the waters continued one hundred and fifty days idem v 24 then again agap I 1 they I 1 grew brew less viol violent exit decreasing till the tenth month chap vii V 5 finally we are told idem y 13 that in the year of the life of noah the earth became dry and that in the second mont month k thereof making it a full year v Y 14 noah was ready to leave the ark if the year tear during which noah noal h remained in the ark was like ours we have no reason to lay may that other years must have been differently computed I 1 am perfectly aware that other views have been held by jewish as well an well ae as gentile commentators but walking in the light of holy writ I 1 am forced to arrive at the conclusion just stated |