A: About five months (compare Genesis 7:11 and 8:4).
BONUS: Many think it fills our oceans. The weight of the waters pressed down the seabeds and thrust up the mountains.
A: Her father’s household gods (Genesis 31:19).
BONUS: She wanted them for her children. The person who owned the family gods was the heir of the family fortune.
A: He was embalmed (Genesis 50:2–3).
BONUS: To preserve the body. The Egyptians believed that the soul existed only as long as the body survived.