There is nothing in the Bible about this. However, this is a Jewish legend that you may be referring to. The Book of Raziel the Angel is a medieval text which allegedly contains things revealed to Adam by the angel Raziel. The book was supposedly passed from generation to generation, and was taken on the [...]
Answers about Noah
Noah did not take every species of animal on board the Ark. Animals designated using the Hebrew words basar, behema, hayya, nephesh, op, remes, and sippor are used to describe the animals which were taken aboard (the common theme is land based oxygen breathing animals with blood).[1] Animals designated using the Hebrew words sheres and [...]
By the end of the 19th century archaeology had discovered many Mesopotamian texts containing creation and flood narratives remarkably similar to those in the Bible. Critical scholars came to believe that the Biblical narratives had simply been copied from earlier Mesopotamian myths.[1][2] The Biblical flood narrative in particular is still considered by some scholars to [...]
The relevant verses are given below. And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ark to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female. Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing [...]
There are two parts to this. First, it was God who shut the door of the ark: And those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him [Noah]. And the LORD shut him in. (Genesis 7:16) But this did take place seven days before the rain started: And [...]
