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AnswerIn Genesis 6:19-20, Noah is told to take two of every animal onto the Ark, clean or unclean, but in Genesis 7:1 he is told to take two of every unclean animal, but seven of every clean animal. The reason for this surprising find is that there are actually two stories of Noah's Ark in The Bible, written by two different authors and cleverly interleaved so that the result appears to be just one, rather complicated story. In the same way as there are two answers to this question, we can also find that one story has the flood subsiding in just forty days, while the other says that it lasted one year.

We do not know the names of the two different authors of the biblical stories of Noah, and they are now called the Priestly Source and the Yahwist:

  • The Flood 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.
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Why 7 clean animals and not 2 clean animals on the ark?

7 clean animals were needed on the ark because when the flood was over, Noah made several sacrifices to God in thanks. Only clean animals could be sacrificed to God, so the 5 extra animals were needed, otherwise, they wouldn't exist today.


Where can one find the list of animals claimed to be taken into the Ark?

You can find a complete list of animals claimed to be taken into Noah's Ark on the Temple-Baptist home website. You can also find a list on the Noahs-Ark-Flood website.


How many animals died on board Noah's Ark?

No animals died on Noah's Ark.


What are those animals that Noah were taken on the ark?

those animals? Noah was told to bring 2 of every animal God brought to him. so those animals were every animal alive at the time. I'm assuming either the ark was really big or there weren't as many animals back then as there are now.


How many animals were in naoh's ark?

the answer is 60 000 animals :)


Did all the animals go onto Noah Ark in pairs?

There were pairs (male and female) of either two or seven of each kind on the ark. The Bible says they entered the ark in twos. Many aquatic animals would not have needed to enter the ark at all.


How is Schindler's ark like Noah's ark?

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Did all the animals go onto noahs ark pairs?

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What is an ark unit?

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How many were they at Noah's ark?

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How many pig did Noah take onto the ark?

2 This is a common misconception from the song that we all have to sing a youngsters the actual number could either be 7 which is the generally accepted answer or 14 depending on how you interpret certain versions of the bible. So the answer would be 7 unless you interpret the bible to say 14 but it is not 2 this is because Sheep are considered clean animals, only unclean animals were taken on to the ark in two's.