“Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch” (Genesis 6:14).

Details surrounding the story of Noah and the flood have long caused laymen and theologians alike to stumble and compromise.

“This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work” (I Timothy 3:1).

“And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh” (Genesis 2:23,24).

“For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding” (Psalm 47:7).

“That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me” (John 17:21).