How many living things were on Noahs ark including him?

Answer 1

Genises 7:14, God spake unto Noah; "Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of the beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female." This indicates 2 of each animal that were forbidden to eat and 14 of each animal that were edible.

Answer 2

Noah took 'kinds' of animals. This means he took the 'progenitors' of the many variations of classes of animals we have today like canines - not every type of dog, coyote, fox, wolf, bear etc was needed.

Genesis 7:2-3New King James Version (NKJV)

2 You shall take with you seven each of every clean animal, a male and his female; two each of animals that are unclean, a male and his female; 3 also seven each of birds of the air, male and female, to keep the species alive on the face of all the earth.
Two of each species one of each gender there's more than 1,000,000 species so. More than 2,000,000 id say

Answer 3

One view:

Nobody knows 'how many' animals ended up on the ark, but according to the Genesis 7:2, there were 2 of each kind of "unclean" animal, 7 of each type of "clean" animal--those which would be used for sacrifices and eventually for food.

Genesis 6:19-22 says that Noah took two of each sort of animal into the Ark - cattle, fowl and every living thing. Genesis 7:1-5 says that Noah took seven of each clean animal, but only two of each unclean animal into the Ark. The reason for this difference is that there are actually two different Flood accounts woven together, so that unless read carefully they seem to be just one account. The verses attributed to the Priestly author are: Genesis 6:9-22, 7:6, 7:8-9, 7:11, 7:13-16a, 7:18-21, 7:24, 8:1-2a, 8:3b-5, 8:7, 8:13a, 8:14-19, 9:1-17. The verses attributed to the Yahwist are: Genesis 6:5-8, 7:1-5, 7:7, 7:10, 7:12, 7:16b-17, 7:22-23, 8:2b-3a, 8:6, 8:8-12, 8:13b, 8:20-22.

Either way, the total number of animals should have run into the millions, as animals that were not taken on board would have died, and we would have no descendants of those animals today.

Answer:

The scriptures are not clear on how many, only that they came in as one male and one female. To say that every species which exist today was on the ark cannot be proved. One must take into account the theory of evolution.

Genesis 7 implies that either 2 or 7 of each animal species on Earth went on board. It isn't stated, but plants would also need to be saved - non-marine/water species would not survive being submerged for either 40 or 150 days (Genesis gives both durations). This implies several million animals on board; the most common of which would be beetles - there are around 350,000 species of beetles - and many thousands of plants and trees.

Answer:

As to how many, it is uncertain, but it was actually no multiple of two, due to the uneven number of asexual and polysexual creatures that hab existed since a few months before 1000 b.c.

However, as non-avian dinosaurs were left to drown in the flood (being the "sinners" that Genesis refers to) there is a discrepancy regarding how many semi-avian animals that had recently evolved, many of which survived by coasting around the ark and picking of small, now extinct species from the ark's deck, before transforming back into serpants, lizards, amphibians, and killer birds.

Answer 5:

None; Geology and Archaeology have determined that there was never a world-wide flood on earth in the last 20,000,000 years. The story is pure myth.

Answer 6:

From Genesis--no specific count given

Total numbers can't be known, but one pair of each kind of unclean animals and seven pairs of each kind of clean animals and birds were taken on board.

Genesis 6:20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.

Genesis 7:2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. Answer 7:

Spiritual Vessel--no count possible

There is no way of counting them. Noah's Ark is a spiritual, not a scientific vessel. Its meaning is not to be found in numbers, and indeed, attempting to quantify such things is missing the point. Answer 8:

Real Vessel--Science may yet determine count

Noah's Ark was a real vessel; it was reported found by the Russians and seen by others and is in a glacier somewhere. If a non-biased expedition is sent to locate it, perhaps we will learn how many animals it may have carried. Answer 9:

It cant be decided - but certainly not 2 of every kind of animal in the world - it would never have been possible. Answer 10:

It is impossible for there to have been two of every animal on earth in the Ark. That is like 1.5 million species! This story is ether allegory or is just plain false, probably based on ancient folklore of a real flood that has been altered and changed over the millennia.

Answer:

The story of Noah's Ark is not to be taken literally. Noah's Ark represents the human mind (Spirit). "Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens," represents the 7 chakras or 7 major endocrine glands which are affected by our way of thinking. "…beasts that are not clean by two," represent the 2 affects(tree of good and evil) that those glands have on us, fear, self preservation, selfishness, (sin, evil) etc… or faith, love, giving (holiness, good) etc...We must take into consideration that when the Jews came out of Babylon and Ezra put The Bible together, they where influence from the stories from both east (India and surrounding areas) and from the west (Africa and surrounding areas). Babylon means "The Gate of the God" and was considered the gateway between both worlds (East and West). What the Jews did was take the stories of both worlds, put them together, and changed it a little to make it there own.

Answer:

Genesis 6:19-22 says that Noah took two of each sort of animal into the Ark - cattle, fowl and every living thing. Genesis 7:1-5 says that Noah took seven of each clean animal, but only two of each unclean animal into the Ark. The reason for this difference is that there are actually two different Flood accounts woven together, so that unless read carefully they seem to be just one account. The verses attributed to the Priestly author are: Genesis 6:9-22, 7:6, 7:8-9, 7:11, 7:13-16a, 7:18-21, 7:24, 8:1-2a, 8:3b-5, 8:7, 8:13a, 8:14-19, 9:1-17. The verses attributed to the Yahwist are: Genesis 6:5-8, 7:1-5, 7:7, 7:10, 7:12, 7:16b-17, 7:22-23, 8:2b-3a, 8:6, 8:8-12, 8:13b, 8:20-22.

Either way, the total number of animals should have run into the millions, as animals that were not taken on board would have died, and we would have no descendants of those animals today.

Answer:

Based on the information contained in the Bible, it has been calculated that approximately 16,000 animals were on the ark. The numbers mentioned in the Bible refer only to 'kinds' which are broader classifications than our present day species (on which sceptical estimates are based, hence the inflated figures usually arrived at).

Biblical account probably based on a real local flood, possibly the flooding of what is now the Black Sea. Noah had time to knock together a raft and grab enough of his breeding stock to keep him going when things settled down. What happened to the plants, I'd like to know?

The book of Genesis didn't give any final numbers. It just indicated that Noah had one female and one male representative each of every living, [air?] breathing species [7:8]. It described the species as being of animals and birds.

Answer:

2 of each 'unclean' animal and 7 of the 'clean' animals (Genesis 7:1-3)suitable for sacrifice. After Adam's sin animals were killed to provide clothing for people and for sacrificial purposes. (Genesis 3:21 / Genesis 4:4) Then after the Flood, mankind was given permission from God to eat animals.(Genesis 9:3, 4)

Answer 4

If the story of Noah's ark is literally true, anything that did not go onto the Ark must have perished. If it was a worldwide flood, there must have been millions of species: mammals, marsupials and monotremes, birds and reptiles, insects, Spiders, scorpions, parasites and other small creatures. Even plant life would have perished in the abyssal darkness and immense pressure under the kilometres of water, so Noah would probably have needed to take billions of seeds, spores and cuttings of all the trees, bushes, grass species, mosses, lichens, fungi and even seaweed. In fact, even the smallpox virus (species: variola) would have perished unless carefully taken on board and lovingly tended until it could be allowed to infect its first post-Flood victim.

Answer 5

The flood is said to have lasted for one whole year. If it was a worldwide flood, there must have been millions of mammals, marsupials and monotremes: two of each species and each subspecies, plus millions more of birds and reptiles from all over the world, many millions of insects, spiders, scorpions, parasites and other small creatures. If the story is literally true, anything that did not go onto the Ark must have perished. This includes plant life, so Noah would probably have needed to take billions of seeds, spores and cuttings of all the trees, bushes, grass species, mosses, lichens, fungi and even seaweed. With the water at least a kilometre deep in most places, nothing could have survived on what was once dry land - not insects, reptiles, worms, trees, plants or anything.

Clearly no conceivable boat could have held so many animals, even if they did not need to be fed or exercised for the entire year. However, a Jewish Midrash (non-binding opinion) of the Common Era has it that God commanded Noah to build an ark as large as he could, and God would take care of the rest. The Midrash notes that God performs miracles but expects us to do our part first.

Answer 6

Gen:7:7: And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.

Eight in total.

Answer 7

We don't know exactly how many animals Noah had, but he was instructed to take two of each animal, male and female. The animals were sent to him to go into the ark.

Answer 8

There was Noah, his wife, his three sons - Shem, Ham and Jepheth - and their wives. So in total there were 8 humans on the ark.

Answer 9

Nobody can tell the correct number.

Answer 10

How many people where on Noah’s arc