Most likely he worked to get the materials himself. And even if he didn’t, it took one hundred years to build the Ark, which is plenty of time to gather resources or funds to buy them.
God: ( Ding ) Noah Noah: Who is that? God: ( Ding ) It's the Lord Noah. Noah: What do you want, I been good? God: I want you to build an ARK. Noah: How do I do that? God: Build it 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide and 30 cubits high. Any questions? Noah: Yeah, what's a cubit?
Since Noah could only take family on the ARK where did he secure any
outside financing to buy materials to build it?
Most likely he worked to get the materials himself. And even if he didn’t, it took one hundred years to build the Ark, which is plenty of time to gather resources or funds to buy them.
God: ( Ding ) Noah
Noah: Who is that?
God: ( Ding ) It's the Lord Noah.
Noah: What do you want, I been good?
God: I want you to build an ARK.
Noah: How do I do that?
God: Build it 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide and 30 cubits high. Any questions?
Noah: Yeah, what's a cubit?
A cubit is the length of a man’s fore arm, approximately eighteen inches.
Did you measure the ARK using your forearm and fist to be sure it is the right size?
I did not, but I know the builders made sure to make it as close to the correct size as they could.