Genesis 6:14

Make therefore for thyself an ark of square timber; thou shalt make the ark in + 6:14 Gr. nests.compartments, and thou shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

In Context

13And the Lord God said to Noe, + 6:13 Gr. The time of every man.A period of all men is come before me; because the earth has been filled with iniquity by them, and, behold, I destroy them and the earth.

15And thus shalt thou make the ark; three hundred cubits the length of the ark, and fifty cubits the breadth, and thirty cubits the height of it.

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Cross References

Exodus 2:3And when they could no longer hide him, his mother took for him an ark, and besmeared it with + 2:3 i. e. a peculiar kind, more resembling vegetable pitch.bitumen, and cast the child into it, and put it in the ooze by the river.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 6:14-22

Prediction of the Deluge. ( b. c. 2448.) 13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 16 A window… Read the whole commentary →

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