Take a guided tour of Noah’s ark with 10 stops: the outside, the cutaway side, the door, the pens, the food, the family and the window.
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Tour of Noah’s Ark
Genesis 6:15
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The Ark from the Outside
Look at the whole ark, from one end to the other. It was a huge building.
Look: Follow the shape and the length of the ark.
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Tour of Noah’s Ark
Teaching notes inspired by Scripture. The 3D models are illustrated reconstructions; read the Bible passages in context.
The Ark from the Outside
Look at the whole ark, from one end to the other. It was a huge building.
Follow the shape and the length of the ark.
The ark was huge: 300 cubits long, 50 wide and 30 high.
What the Bible Says
God gave Noah the measurements of the ark.
Teaching Reconstruction
The exact shape of the ark isn’t described in every detail. In this experience, the outside helps us understand how big the building was.
Think about it
How do you think Noah felt when God gave him such a big plan?
Bible references: Genesis 6:15
How Big Was the Ark?
The ark was 300 cubits long. An ordinary car and a one-story house help us imagine its size.
How small the car and the house look next to the ark.
Bible references: Genesis 6:15
The Ark Opened from the Side
We opened up one wall so you can look inside. See the length of the ark and its three decks, one above the other.
Follow the three decks along the whole ark.
God told Noah to make rooms in the ark.
What the Bible Says
The text says: “rooms shalt thou make in the ark.”
Teaching Reconstruction
The Bible doesn’t say how many rooms there were, what shape they had or what each one was for. The walls, boxes and pens in this reconstruction are imagined to help us understand how the space might have been organized.
Think about it
What things should go in a room for animals?
Bible references: Genesis 6:14-16
The Lower Pens
Down below, the animals stayed in pens. Each room had space for a pair and for their food.
The animals in the lower pens, set out in rooms.
God kept life safe in the ark. The animals went in, each after its kind.
What the Bible Says
God told Noah to bring into the ark living creatures of every kind. ·
Teaching Reconstruction
We don’t know all the species or where they stayed in the ark. The pairs you see are friendly examples, not a complete list.
Think about it
Can you find two animals that stay together?
Bible references: Genesis 6:19-20; Genesis 7:2-3
Three Decks and the Ramp
The ramp climbs from the lower deck to the middle one. The upper deck sits above them.
Follow the camera as it climbs the ramp, deck by deck.
The ark had three decks: lower, middle and upper.
What the Bible Says
God commanded Noah: “with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.”
Teaching Reconstruction
The ramps and the way the space is divided belong to this reconstruction. They let us climb safely and see all three levels.
Think about it
Climb up to every deck. Which one seems the brightest to you?
Bible references: Genesis 6:16
Just One Door
God planned just one door. Noah, his family and the animals went in through it. Then the LORD shut Noah in.
The door in the side of the ark.
The ark’s door was the entrance God prepared for Noah, his family and the animals.
What the Bible Says
God told Noah to set the door in the side of the ark. When they had gone in, the LORD shut Noah in. ·
Teaching Reconstruction
The text doesn’t say how big the door was, whether it had steps or exactly how it worked. Here we see them as a help for exploring.
Think about it
Why is it good to listen when God shows us the way?
Bible references: Genesis 6:16; Genesis 7:16
Inside a Pen
We step into a pen. The water trough and the bale of hay show how the animals could be fed every day.
The trough, the hay and the pair in the pen.
Bible references: Genesis 6:21
Supplies for the Journey
Noah gathered food for people and animals. Sacks, grain, crates and jars fill the storeroom in this reconstruction.
The stacks of hay, the sacks and the crates in the storeroom.
Noah prepared food for the people and for the animals.
What the Bible Says
God told him: “take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee.”
Teaching Reconstruction
Sacks, barrels, hay and crates appear here to help us imagine the supplies. The Bible doesn’t list the containers or where they were kept.
Think about it
Why was so much food needed for such a long journey?
Bible references: Genesis 6:21
Noah’s Family
Noah, his wife, his sons and their wives lived here. The bed, the blanket and the pillow show one way they might have rested.
The beds close together, with blankets and pillows.
Noah didn’t go into the ark alone. God kept his family safe.
What the Bible Says
Noah, his wife, his sons and his sons’ wives went into the ark because of the waters of the flood.
Teaching Reconstruction
The family’s resting place is a choice of this reconstruction. The Bible tells us who went in, not where each one slept.
Think about it
How could the members of Noah’s family help one another?
Bible references: Genesis 7:7
The Light from Above
At the top of the ark there was an opening for light, called the tsohar. The light reached the people and the animals.
The light falling from under the roof.
The tsohar was the opening at the top of the ark that let the light in.
What the Bible Says
God commanded Noah to make a tsohar for the ark; the KJV calls it a window. Later, Noah opened the window of the ark. ·
Teaching Reconstruction
Scholars discuss the exact meaning and shape of the tsohar. The bright band at the top is a teaching picture, not a Bible measurement.
Think about it
Look up. How would the light have helped the people and the animals in the ark?
Bible references: Genesis 6:16
The Raven and the Dove
Noah sent out the birds to find out whether the waters had gone down.
Noah first sent out a raven, then a dove, to find out whether the waters had gone down.
What the Bible Says
The dove came back with a green olive leaf, and later it didn’t come back at all.
Teaching Reconstruction
The bird flying in the “After the Flood” scene is a simple picture of this Bible moment.
Think about it
What good news did the green olive leaf bring?
Bible references: Genesis 8:6-12
The Covenant and the Rainbow
The rainbow reminds us of God’s faithful promise.
After the flood, God set the rainbow as the sign of His covenant.
What the Bible Says
God said that He would set the rainbow in the cloud as the sign of the covenant between Him and the earth.