How many days did noahs ark stay afloat?

Answer 1

He was on the ark for 365 days.

Another Answer:

Assuming a lunar calendar, then Noah was on the Ark about 370 days as follows:

Genesis 7:10-11New King James Version (NKJV)

10 And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the earth. 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

Noah came into the Ark 7 days before the event began in the 2nd month, 17th day.

Genesis 8:14-16New King James Version (NKJV)

14 And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dried.

15 Then God spoke to Noah, saying, 16 "Go out of the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons' wives with you.

Noah exits the Ark in the 2nd month, 27th day (10 days over a year from start).

Answer 2

Noah was in the ark for just over a year.

Five months after the Flood began, "the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat"

But, though it was not FLOATING anymore, Noah remained in the Ark until the land dried off.(Genesis 7:11 compare: Genesis 8:13-15).

Answer 3

One year.

Gen:7:6: And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.

Gen:8:13: And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

Answer 4

Either 40 days or one year:

• Genesis 8:4 says that the Ark came to rest on Mount Ararat (5 km above sea level) on the seventeenth day of the seventh month. Verse 8:5 says that in the tenth month the tops of the mountains were seen. Finally, on the fist month of the new year (8:13a) the waters were dried up on the land.
• Genesis 8:6 says that at the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the Ark and (8:8-12) sent forth a dove to tell that the land was dry.

The difference arises from the differences in two different accounts of the same story, that have been intertwined to the point that can seem to be jusdt the one account, but for the internal contradictions. 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.

Answer 5

Noah started building the ark when he was 500 years old and the flood waters covered the earth when he was 600. So is short, It took Noah 100 years to build the ark.

Answer 6

It could be 40 days or more.

Answer 7

40 days and 40 nights -_-

Answer 8

It could be between 40 days or more.

Answer 9

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