Genesis 6:15

The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits.

"The fashion of the ark," its proportions, but not its actual form, are given. The cubit was not. fixed measure, varying from 18 to 21 inches. "The proportions do not vary much from those of the Great Eastern. Reckoning the cubit at 21 inches the proportions would be: Length, 626 feet; breadth, 87 feet,. inches; height, 62 feet,. inches; those of the Great Eastern being, length, 680; breadth, 83, height, 58."-- S. C. German writers state that in 1609 Peter Jansen built. vessel of the same proportions as the ark, only much smaller, with. length of 120 feet; width, 20 feet; and depth or height, 12 feet. It was found most convenient for stowage, containing one-third more freight than ordinary vessels of the same tonnage, though it was not adapted to great speed. Curious calculations have been made of the capacity of the ark, and it has been shown that it would contain all the animals then known, with food for them. It has been shown that it would have received 7,000 species.