Even though they were grounded after 5 months, the ark was partially afloat for months longer.
Grounded but partially afloat for much longer?....Genesis 8 does not say that.
..the 1st land appeared in the 10th month and it was at least another month after that
before they could get out.
Genesis does not say they couldn't physically get out...rather Noah was not permitted to disembark until
all flood waters had receded and the whole earth was dry and had permission from God.....ie;
only when things were all back to complete normal.
Genesis 8:13-16
.And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month,
the waters were dried up from off the earth:....and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
15 And God spake unto Noah, saying,
16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.
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Waiting for ALL flood waters to be dried up from the earth doesn't have to mean the Ark was not
already properly dry grounded for months already.
God had shut the door from the outside. There's no mention of an inside door knob.
Gen 8:16 The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.
They didn't come out until God told them to. Presumably, God had to open the door since he had closed it from the outside.
Gen 8:16 "Come out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives.
17 Bring out every kind of living creature that is with you— the birds, the animals, and all the creatures that move along the ground—so they can multiply on the earth and be fruitful and increase in number upon it."
