The rain lasted 40 days and 40 nights, according to Genesis 7:12 and 17]. But God didn't tell Noah in advance how long the rain would last. God just let Noah know that the rain would begin seven days after Noah and his passengers boarded the ark [7:4, 10].
Around 2348 BC
Yes, according to the Bible, it rained before Noah built the ark.
After the rain stopped falling after a period of forty days and forty nights, the Ark built by Noah came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
The Bible says "40 days and forty nights". Genesis 7:14.
The people, the birds, and the animals were on the ark one year and ten days, according to Genesis 7:14-17, 8:14-19. Noah was 600 years old when the 40 days and 40 nights of rain began. He turned 601 just before the flood waters completely receded.
God sent the rain in order to destroy all creation that was not in the ark.
The length of time it rained while Noah was on the ark was 40 days and nights. This is in Genesis 7:12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
If you are talking about Noah, it was a year and ten days from the rain starting to Noah being able to leave the Ark. Read Genesis chapters 8 and 9.
Yes, it is believed that rain existed before Noah built the ark, as rain is a natural weather phenomenon that has been occurring on Earth for millions of years.
No animals died on Noah's Ark.
In Noah's Ark Noah saves many animals from being killed by a flood. In Schindler's Ark Schindler saves many Jews from being killed in the Holocaust
The phrase "no rain before Noah" refers to the belief that the first rain occurred during the time of the biblical figure Noah, as described in the story of Noah's Ark in the Book of Genesis.