ReinyDays
Gold Member
The answer reveals the incredible detail the story reveals. The inside of the ark was sealed to prevent noxious outgassing of the wood it was made of. Cedar and cypress were species that grew in the region that have this characteristic. Until these fumes abate they can be quite sickening.
Except the ark was made of gopher wood ...
My thought was to keep the ark water tight ... pitch and coat each layer of the hull ... so why not finish on the inside ...
In other words ... don't we pitch the inside of all boats? ...
I guess you didn't see the movie, because Noah was something od a dim-witted sheepherder, not a shipwright, so just easy stuff any mariner would know would have to be explained in detail to poor Noah ... like pitching the inside of his boat ...