Noaharuna

The instructions for building the ark were meticulous, with specific dimensions and features, such as a roof, doors, and compartments to house the animals. Noah obeyed God's commands, and after 120 years of construction, the ark was completed. When the ark was finished, God said, "Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before Me" (Genesis 7:1).

Noah’s flood is external, absolute, and divine. The rain falls for forty days and forty nights; the fountains of the great deep burst forth. Noah’s response is material: he gathers pairs of animals, stores food, and seals the pitch. His catastrophe is spatial—a rising tide that erases geography. noaharuna