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removed speculative comment, which is really outside of the scope of the article anyway
After forty days and forty nights of rain, the Ark was adrift for 150 days until finally the waters subsided.<ref>''Genesis'' 7:24-8:1</ref>The Ark came to rest somewhere in the mountains of Ararat.<ref>''Genesis'' 8:4</ref>
After forty days and forty nights of rain, the Ark was adrift for 150 days until finally the waters subsided.<ref>''Genesis'' 7:24-8:1</ref>The Ark came to rest somewhere in the mountains of Ararat.<ref>''Genesis'' 8:4</ref>
It took another forty days until the waters decreased so that Noah was able to open the window and send forth a raven and a dove to see if the earth was dry enough to exit.<ref>''Genesis'' 8:14-16</ref> It is unclear how the animals came to spread to Australia, North America, South America, and South East Asia, which at the time were separated from Ararat by ocean.
It took another forty days until the waters decreased so that Noah was able to open the window and send forth a raven and a dove to see if the earth was dry enough to exit.<ref>''Genesis'' 8:14-16</ref> It is unclear how the animals came to spread to Australia, North America, South America, and South East Asia.
==Controversy==
==Controversy==