14 So make yourself an ark of cypress[a] wood;(A) make rooms in it and coat it with pitch(B) inside and out.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 6:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

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

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16 Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit[a] high all around.[b] Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 6:16 That is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters
  2. Genesis 6:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.

16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

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