When were Noahs boys born?Pastor was
speaking about Noah. And the example Noah put forth for his kids on
being dedicated to God .( unless I got distracted by this question.
How old was Noah's boys when he started building the Ark ? Its
usually taught that it took Noah 100 years to build the ark. Genesis
5:32 Noah is first mentioned and he is stated as to being 500 years
old,in Genesis 7 : 7 Noah and family inter the ark he is then 600
years old. So I think its per summed to have taken 100 years using
those verses. I don't think the Bible actually says how long it
took to build the ark. Back to my question" How old are Noah's
boys when he starts building the ark? " using the same verses
stating Noah's age
Gen 5:32 [32] After Noah was 500 years
old, Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Notice it say's AFTER Noah was 500
years old he FATHERED the boys. Next verse
Gen 7:[6] Noah was six hundred years
old when the flood of waters came upon the earth. [7] And Noah and
his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him went into the ark
to escape the waters of the flood.
Now notice Noah is 600 years old when
going into the ark. thats one hundred years . If he didn't have the
boys until he was 500 and it took 100 years to build the ark ,then
the boys were born during the construction of the ark .God blessed
Noah with boys so they could help build the ark. One more thing
These
are the generations of Shem. When Shem was 100 years old, he fathered
Arpachshad two years after the flood.
If Shem was 100 then fathered a son 2 years after the flood then
Noah must have been 502 when Shem was born .Noah entered the ark at
600.
God gave the command to build the ark
and he would save Noah ,his wife ,his sons ,and their wives.
Either God was speaking in the future
tense when he mentions the boys wives or the boys were married at the
time of the command. If the boys were married at the time of the
command .For discussion Lets say they are around 20 when they got
married. That would make Noah around 520 years old when the command
was given and around 80 years to build the Ark
Just a thought
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