What Kind Of Wood Was The Ark Built From?
The King James Version of the Bible states that it was made form ‘gopher wood,’ however because trees like that don’t exist today, it’s hard to confirm. The NIV version says it was ‘cypress wood,’ so it’s still a mystery.
Was It Really Two By Two?
There are contradicting statements in the Bible, which says that God instructed Noah to take more than two of each animal. A passage says, “seven pairs of clean animals,” “one pair of unclean animals,” and “seven pairs of bird kinds.”