And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
 

7:17 bare up the ark. The ark was thirty cubits high and, when loaded, probably had a draft of almost fifteen cubits. As soon as the water level rose to a level of fifteen cubits above the platform on which it had been constructed, it would begin to float.

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