Something I did not know until know:   As I was reading up on the ancient accounts of Noah and the Ark for the other Noah's Ark thread in the News forum regarding the newly deciphered Mesopotamian clay tablet about Ark construction found here...   http://www.mormondialogue.org/topic/62671-noahs-ark-new-details-on-mesopotamian-clay-tablet/   ...I came across the interesting tidbit that, according to Rabbinical literature, Noah illuminated the Ark with precious stones 'bright as the sun at noonday