Noah and 8 plus souls

Noah, Genesis says, was one of eight souls that survived a cataclysmic world wide flood. This story has been told for centuries. Scientists have actually found records of tremendous flood scenarios around the world that date back to a time very near Noah's life. But were there more people that survived that just are not mentioned?

Genesis chapter 6 says that God was angry about all the evil and wickedness. So he tells his follower Noah that he is going to destroy the world with a flood. Noah is instructed to build an ark or a large barge that will handle all the beasts of the earth with food and provisions.

In Genesis 7:1, God said to Noah, "Come thou and all thy house unto the ark". It rained for 40 days and nights and the ark floated away with Noah, his family, and all the animals. Notice that The verse said all thy house?

The word house can mean family. It can also mean anyone under your care or command. How many stories in the bible show us that there were workers, maidens, concubines or slaves that were all under the same roof? These in some instances would be considered the house. The church is considered to be God's house and you can see how many people belong to it.

The bible mentions that Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth and these three had wives. Counting Noah and his wife, this accounts for eight souls. However the bible says that Noah was 500 years old when his three sons were born and it never mentions any children before his three sons. All the men from Adam to Noah had children by the time they were 187 years old. Why did Noah wait so long to have children?

The bible doesn't reveal anything unless it is significant with God's overall plan. It could be easily assumed that Noah and his sons already had children that could have entered into the ark along with the whole house.

God instructed Noah to bring the animals into the ark. Of the clean animals there were to be seven, both male and female. Of the animals that were unclean, just two of each, male and female. The ark will be a floating zoo that dwarfs any zoo in the world in comparison. Just think of 8 people taking care of a zoo. Do you think it would be impossible?

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