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Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks. <a href="/nlt/genesis/6.htm">New Living Translation</a> Leave an 18-inch opening below the roof all the way around the boat. Put the door on the side, and build three decks inside the boat—lower, middle, and upper. <a href="/esv/genesis/6.htm">English Standard Version</a> Make a roof for the ark, and finish it to a cubit above, and set the door of the ark in its side. Make it with lower, second, and third decks. <a href="/bsb/genesis/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks. <a href="/kjv/genesis/6.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/genesis/6.htm">New King James Version</a> You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third decks. <a href="/nasb_/genesis/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> You shall make a window for the ark, and finish it to a cubit from the top; and put the door of the ark on the side; you shall make it with lower, second, and third decks. <a href="/nasb/genesis/6.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220You shall make a window for the ark, and finish it to a cubit from the top; and set the door of the ark in the side of it; you shall make it with lower, second, and third decks. <a href="/nasb77/genesis/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “You shall make a window for the ark, and finish it to a cubit from the top; and set the door of the ark in the side of it; you shall make it with lower, second, and third decks. <a href="/lsb/genesis/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> You shall make a window for the ark, and complete it to one cubit from the top; and set the door of the ark in the side of it; you shall make it with lower, second, and third decks. <a href="/amp/genesis/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a> You shall make a window [for light and ventilation] for the ark, and finish it to at least a cubit (eighteen inches) from the top—and set the [entry] door of the ark in its side; and you shall make it with lower, second and third decks. <a href="/csb/genesis/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> You are to make a roof, finishing the sides of the ark to within eighteen inches of the roof. You are to put a door in the side of the ark. Make it with lower, middle, and upper decks. <a href="/hcsb/genesis/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> You are to make a roof, finishing the sides of the ark to within 18 inches of the roof. You are to put a door in the side of the ark. Make it with lower, middle, and upper decks.&#8221 <a href="/asv/genesis/6.htm">American Standard Version</a> A light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. <a href="/cev/genesis/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Build a roof on the boat and leave a space of about 44 centimeters between the roof and the sides. Make the boat three stories high and put a door on one side. <a href="/erv/genesis/6.htm">English Revised Version</a> A light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. <a href="/gwt/genesis/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Make a roof for the ship, and leave an 18-inch-high opening at the top. Put a door in the side of the ship. Build the ship with lower, middle, and upper decks. <a href="/gnt/genesis/6.htm">Good News Translation</a> Make a roof for the boat and leave a space of 18 inches between the roof and the sides. Build it with three decks and put a door in the side. <a href="/isv/genesis/6.htm">International Standard Version</a> Make a roof for the ark, and finish the walls to within one cubit from the top. Place the entrance in the side of the ark, and build a lower, a middle, and an upper deck. <a href="/msb/genesis/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks. <a href="/net/genesis/6.htm">NET Bible</a> Make a roof for the ark and finish it, leaving 18 inches from the top. Put a door in the side of the ark, and make lower, middle, and upper decks. <a href="/nheb/genesis/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> And you are to make a roof in the vessel, and you are to finish it twenty-one inches above. And you are to set the door of the vessel in its side. You are to make it with lower, second, and third levels. <a href="/wbt/genesis/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 its side: with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. <a href="/web/genesis/6.htm">World English Bible</a> You shall make a roof in the ship, and you shall finish it to a cubit upward. You shall set the door of the ship in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/genesis/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> you make a window for the Ark, and you finish it to a cubit from above; and you put the opening of the Ark in its side; you make it [with] lower, second, and third [stories]. <a href="/ylt/genesis/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> a window dost thou make for the ark, and unto a cubit thou dost restrain it from above; and the opening of the ark thou dost put in its side, -- lower, second, and third stories dost thou make it. <a href="/slt/genesis/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Light shall thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou complete it from the ascent; and the entrance of the ark thou shalt set in its side; the lower parts the two and the three shalt thou make.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/genesis/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Thou shalt make a window in the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish the top of it: and the door of the ark thou shalt set in the side: with lower, middle chambers, and third stories shalt thou make it. <a href="/cpdv/genesis/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> You shall make a window in the ark, and you shall complete it within a cubit of the top. Then you shall set the door of the ark at its side. You shall make in it: a lower part, upper rooms, and a third level. <a href="/nabre/genesis/6.htm">New American Bible</a> Make an opening for daylight and finish the ark a cubit above it. Put the ark’s entrance on its side; you will make it with bottom, second and third decks. <a href="/nrsvce/genesis/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Make a roof for the ark, and finish it to a cubit above; and put the door of the ark in its side; make it with lower, second, and third decks.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/genesis/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And you shall make a window in the ark, and to the width of a cubit shall you finish it above; and the door of the ark you shall make in its side; with lower, second, and third decks you shall make it. <a href="/hpbt/genesis/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And make a window for the ark and a cubit above; finish it from above, and the door of the ark in its side; make a story below and make it a second and a third.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/genesis/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> A light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. <a href="/sep/genesis/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Thou shalt narrow the ark in making it, and in a cubit above thou shalt finish it, and the door of the ark thou shalt make on the side; with lower, second, and third stories thou shalt make it. <a href="/parallel/genesis/6-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=1382" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/genesis/6.htm">Noah Builds the Ark</a> …15And this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high. 16<a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ta·‘ă·śeh (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">You are to make</a> <a href="/hebrew/6672.htm" title="6672: ṣō·har (N-fs) -- A light, double light, noon. From tsahar; a light: dual double light, i.e. Noon.">a roof</a> <a href="/hebrew/8392.htm" title="8392: lat·tê·ḇāh (Prep-l, Art:: N-fs) -- A box, chest. Perhaps of foreign derivation; a box.">for the ark,</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: wə·’el- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3615.htm" title="3615: tə·ḵa·lɛn·nå̄h (V-Piel-Imperf-2ms:: 3fse) -- To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent. A primitive root; to end, whether intransitive or transitived.">finish its walls</a> <a href="/hebrew/520.htm" title="520: ’am·māh (N-fs) -- Prolonged from 'em; properly, a mother (below the elbow), i.e. A cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance).">a cubit</a> <a href="/hebrew/4605.htm" title="4605: mil·ma‘·lāh (Prep-m, Prep-l:: Adv:: 3fs) -- From alah; properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.">from the top,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: tā·śîm (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">place</a> <a href="/hebrew/6607.htm" title="6607: ū·p̄e·ṯaḥ (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- Opening, doorway, entrance. From pathach; an opening, i.e. Door or entrance way.">a door</a> <a href="/hebrew/6654.htm" title="6654: bə·ṣid·dāh (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3fs) -- A side. Contr. From an unused root meaning to sidle off; a side; figuratively, an adversary.">in the side</a> <a href="/hebrew/8392.htm" title="8392: hat·tê·ḇāh (Art:: N-fs) -- A box, chest. Perhaps of foreign derivation; a box.">of the ark,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ta·‘ă·śe·hā (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms:: 3fs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">and build</a> <a href="/hebrew/8482.htm" title="8482: taḥ·tî·yim (Adj-mp) -- Lower, lowest. From tachath; lowermost; as noun the depths.">lower,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8145.htm" title="8145: šə·nî·yim (Number-omp) -- Second (an ord. number). From shanah; properly, double, i.e. Second; also adverbially, again.">middle,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7992.htm" title="7992: ū·šə·li·šîm (Conj-w:: Number-omp) -- Ordinal from shalowsh; third; feminine a third; by extension, a third; specifically, a third-story cell).">and upper decks.</a> 17And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/25-8.htm">Exodus 25:8-9</a> And they are to make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them. / You must make the tabernacle and design all its furnishings according to the pattern I show you. <a href="/exodus/26-33.htm">Exodus 26:33</a> And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. <a href="/1_kings/6-16.htm">1 Kings 6:16</a> He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place. <a href="/ezekiel/41-16.htm">Ezekiel 41:16</a> as well as the thresholds and the beveled windows and the galleries all around with their three levels opposite the threshold, were overlaid with wood on all sides. They were paneled from the ground to the windows, and the windows were covered. <a href="/ezekiel/42-3.htm">Ezekiel 42:3</a> Gallery faced gallery in three levels opposite the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court and opposite the pavement that belonged to the outer court. <a href="/hebrews/9-2.htm">Hebrews 9:2-5</a> A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place. / Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place, / containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant. ... <a href="/hebrews/11-7.htm">Hebrews 11:7</a> By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith. <a href="/1_peter/3-20.htm">1 Peter 3:20</a> who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water. <a href="/2_peter/2-5.htm">2 Peter 2:5</a> if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight; <a href="/matthew/24-38.htm">Matthew 24:38-39</a> For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. / And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. <a href="/luke/17-26.htm">Luke 17:26-27</a> Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man: / People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. <a href="/revelation/21-12.htm">Revelation 21:12-13</a> The city had a great and high wall with twelve gates inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, and twelve angels at the gates. / There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south, and three on the west. <a href="/revelation/21-21.htm">Revelation 21:21</a> And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each gate consisting of a single pearl. The main street of the city was pure gold, as clear as glass. <a href="/exodus/27-21.htm">Exodus 27:21</a> In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to come. <a href="/exodus/40-3.htm">Exodus 40:3</a> Put the ark of the Testimony in it and screen off the ark with the veil.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>A window shall you make to the ark, and in a cubit shall you finish it above; and the door of the ark shall you set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shall you make it.window.<a href="/genesis/8-6.htm">Genesis 8:6</a> And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:<a href="/2_samuel/6-16.htm">2 Samuel 6:16</a> And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.<a href="/2_kings/9-30.htm">2 Kings 9:30</a> And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.the door.<a href="/genesis/7-16.htm">Genesis 7:16</a> And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.<a href="/luke/13-25.htm">Luke 13:25</a> When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:with.<a href="/ezekiel/41-16.htm">Ezekiel 41:16</a> The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;<a href="/ezekiel/42-3.htm">Ezekiel 42:3</a> Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/6-15.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/luke/12-25.htm">Cubit</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-10.htm">Decks</a> <a href="/genesis/4-7.htm">Door</a> <a href="/revelation/11-7.htm">Finish</a> <a href="/joel/2-24.htm">Floors</a> <a href="/genesis/6-15.htm">High</a> <a href="/colossians/2-23.htm">Lower</a> <a href="/genesis/3-3.htm">Middle</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-10.htm">Restrain</a> <a href="/2_john/1-10.htm">Roof</a> <a href="/genesis/4-19.htm">Second</a> <a href="/genesis/6-15.htm">Ship</a> <a href="/genesis/3-24.htm">Side</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-3.htm">Stories</a> <a href="/james/5-11.htm">Story</a> <a href="/genesis/4-4.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/genesis/2-14.htm">Third</a> <a href="/revelation/21-10.htm">Top</a> <a href="/acts/20-8.htm">Upper</a> <a href="/philippians/3-14.htm">Upward</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-33.htm">Window</a> <a href="/genesis/6-14.htm">Within</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/6-18.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/exodus/25-10.htm">Cubit</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-10.htm">Decks</a> <a href="/genesis/18-1.htm">Door</a> <a href="/genesis/29-27.htm">Finish</a> <a href="/1_samuel/23-1.htm">Floors</a> <a href="/genesis/7-17.htm">High</a> <a href="/genesis/8-3.htm">Lower</a> <a href="/genesis/15-10.htm">Middle</a> <a href="/numbers/11-28.htm">Restrain</a> <a href="/genesis/19-8.htm">Roof</a> <a href="/genesis/7-11.htm">Second</a> <a href="/genesis/6-18.htm">Ship</a> <a href="/genesis/14-5.htm">Side</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-5.htm">Stories</a> <a href="/genesis/24-66.htm">Story</a> <a href="/genesis/9-4.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/genesis/22-4.htm">Third</a> <a href="/genesis/11-4.htm">Top</a> <a href="/exodus/12-7.htm">Upper</a> <a href="/genesis/7-20.htm">Upward</a> <a href="/genesis/8-6.htm">Window</a> <a href="/genesis/9-21.htm">Within</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 6</div>1. <a href="/genesis/6-1.htm">The wickedness of the world, which provoked God's wrath.</a> 8. <a href="/genesis/6-8.htm">Noah finds grace.</a> 9. <a href="/genesis/6-9.htm">His family line</a> 14. <a href="/genesis/6-14.htm">The order, form, dimensions, and building of the ark.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The roof symbolizes God's provision and care, ensuring the safety of Noah and his family. In biblical typology, the ark can be seen as a type of Christ, providing refuge and salvation from judgment. The roof, therefore, represents the covering and protection found in Christ.Finish its walls a cubit from the top A cubit, an ancient measurement roughly equivalent to 18 inches, suggests a space left open for ventilation and light. This detail highlights God's attention to practical needs, ensuring the ark's inhabitants could breathe and have light. Theologically, this can be seen as a reminder of God's provision of life and light, paralleling how Christ is described as the light of the world in <a href="/john/8-12.htm">John 8:12</a>.Place a door in the side of the ark The door in the side of the ark is significant as it was the only means of entry into the ark, symbolizing the exclusivity of salvation through God's appointed way. This can be connected to <a href="/john/10-9.htm">John 10:9</a>, where Jesus declares Himself the door, emphasizing that salvation is only through Him. The door also signifies the invitation to enter into God's provision and safety.And build lower, middle, and upper decks The three decks of the ark suggest a well-organized structure, providing ample space for Noah's family and the animals. This tripartite division can be seen as a reflection of the order and completeness in God's creation and plan. Some theologians see a parallel to the Trinity, with the three levels representing the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, though this is more speculative. The design also underscores the ark's role as a comprehensive means of salvation, accommodating all that was necessary for life to continue post-flood.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/n/noah.htm">Noah</a> A righteous man chosen by God to build the ark and preserve life during the flood. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_ark.htm">The Ark</a> A large vessel constructed by Noah under God's instructions to save his family and pairs of every living creature from the flood. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_flood.htm">The Flood</a> A divine judgment sent by God to cleanse the earth of its widespread wickedness. 4. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The Creator who communicates with Noah, providing specific instructions for the ark's construction. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_earth.htm">The Earth</a> The setting of the account, which is filled with corruption and violence, prompting God's decision to send the flood.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_instructions.htm">Obedience to God's Instructions</a> Noah's precise adherence to God's detailed instructions for the ark's construction demonstrates the importance of obedience in our walk with God. <a href="/topical/d/divine_provision_and_protection.htm">Divine Provision and Protection</a> The ark symbolizes God's provision and protection for those who are faithful, reminding us of His care in times of judgment. <a href="/topical/f/faith_in_action.htm">Faith in Action</a> Noah's actions exemplify faith in action, encouraging believers to trust and act upon God's word even when the outcome is unseen. <a href="/topical/p/preparedness_for_judgment.htm">Preparedness for Judgment</a> Just as Noah prepared for the flood, believers are called to be spiritually prepared for Christ's return. <a href="/topical/c/community_and_family_salvation.htm">Community and Family Salvation</a> Noah's family was saved through his obedience, highlighting the impact of one person's faithfulness on their community and family.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 6</a> <a href="/q/biblical_weights_and_measures.htm">What are the Biblical weights and measures?</a> <a href="/q/key_details_of_noah's_ark.htm">What are the key details of Noah's Ark story?</a> <a href="/q/how_did_noah's_ark_sustain_all_species.htm">How could Noah’s Ark have housed and sustained all animal species for a year?</a> <a href="/q/how_was_the_ark_built_without_tech.htm">In Genesis 6:14-16, how was such a massive ark built under ancient conditions without modern technology?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(16) A window.--Not the word so rendered in <a href="/genesis/7-11.htm" title="In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.">Genesis 7:11</a>; <a href="/genesis/8-2.htm" title="The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;">Genesis 8:2</a>, which means a lattice; nor that in. <a href="/genesis/8-6.htm" title="And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:">Genesis 8:6</a>, which means an aperture; but "zohar," light, brightness. In the dual, double-light, it is the usual word for "midday," but it does not occur elsewhere in the singular. It was evidently a means, not merely of lighting the ark, but also of ventilating it; for as it was thickly covered within and without with bitumen--a point strongly insisted upon in the Chaldean Genesis--the two lower storeys would be so ill supplied with air as to be fit only for stores and. ballast, and the upper storey alone capable of being inhabited. If this zohar was an open space one cubit in height, running all round the ark, and formed by not boarding over the upright beams, it would have given a sufficient supply of air, and being protected by the overhanging eaves of the roof--for the ark had no deck--would not have admitted any serious amount. of rain. So in the Chaldean Genesis the ark has no deck, but a roof (p. 281).Above.--Or, upward. The word is one of those reduplicated forms by means of which the Hebrew language expresses so much within a little compass. Consisting of only six letters, it is nevertheless a compound of five particles, and signifies from to upward .� that is, thou shalt finish it (the ark, as is shown by the gender) from beneath, working upwards till the last cubit, which is not to be finished, but left open for ventilation and light.The door, on which also much stress is laid in the Chaldean account as being essential for the protection of the inmates (p. 281), was to be at the side, and probably extended throughout the three storeys, two-thirds of which, however, might be closed as soon as the lower storeys had received their freightage of provisions. Besides this door, there must also have been apertures to admit of cleaning the cells in which the animals were confined and removing their litter, but of such lower arrangements no mention is made.It is not necessary to suppose that Noah and his three sons built this vast vessel with their own hands. He was probably a powerful chieftain, and many of the Sethites may have given him aid. Implements of iron had been invented by the Cainites, and on the intermarriage of the two lines would be brought into general use. It is difficult, however, to understand now four men could feed, clean, and give water to a very large collection of animals for so many months. Without scrupulous attention to such matters, a murrain would have broken out, and as only two of many species were taken into the ark, the loss of any one of these animals would have been equivalent to the destruction of the race. The narrative, however, implies that the health of man and beast throughout the twelve months was perfect; and probably the number of the animals received into the ark was less than is commonly supposed.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 16. - A window - עֹהַר, from עָהַר, to shine, hence light (עָהֲרַיִם, double light, or light of midday - <a href="/genesis/43-16.htm">Genesis 43:16</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/6-4.htm">Jeremiah 6:4</a>). Not the window which Noah afterwards opened to let out the dove, which is called הַלּון (<a href="/genesis/8-6.htm">Genesis 8:6</a>), but obviously a lighting apparatus, which may have been a series of windows (Gesenius), scarcely one (Theodotion, θύραν; Symmachus, διαφανές; Vulgate, fenestram; Kimchi, Luther, Calvin); or an opening running along the top of the sides of the ark, occupied by some translucent substance, and sheltered by the eaves of the roof (Knobel); or, what appears more probable, a light opening in the upper deck, stretching along the entire length, and continued down through the different stories (Baumgarten, Lange); or, if the roof sloped, as is most likely, an aperture along the ridge, which would admit the clear light of heaven (tsohar), and serve as a meridional line enabling Noah and the inmates of the ark to ascertain the hour of noon (Taylor Lewis). Keil and Murphy think we can form no proper conception of the light arrangement of the ark. The conjecture of Schultens, which is followed by Dathius, Michaelis, Rosenmüller, and others, that the tsohar meant the covering (tectum, dorsum), "quo sane hoc aedificium carere non potuit, propter pluviam tot diernm continuam," is obviously incorrect - shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit - to a cubit, i.e. all but a cubit (T. Lewis); into a cubit, i.e. to the extent of a cubit (Ainsworth); by the cubit, i.e. by a just measure (Kalisch) - shalt thou finish it - not the window (Gesenins, Ewald, Tueh), the feminine suffix agreeing with tebah, which is feminine, and not with tsohar, which is masculine; but the ark - above. Literally, from above to above; i.e., according to the above interpretations of the preposition, either the roof, after the construction of the windows, should be regularly finished "by the just measure" (Kalisch); or the roof should be arched but a cubit, that it might be almost flat (Ainsworth); or from the eaves up toward the ridge it should be completed, leaving a cubit open or unfinished (T. Lewis). And the door of the ark - the opening which should admit its inmates - shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories. The word stories is not in the original, but some such word must be supplied. Lunge thinks that each fiat or story had an entrance or door in the side. <a href="/commentaries/genesis/6-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>You are to make תַּֽעֲשֶׂ֣ה (ta·‘ă·śeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make a roof צֹ֣הַר ׀ (ṣō·har) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6672.htm">Strong's 6672: </a> A light, double light, noon for the ark, לַתֵּבָ֗ה (lat·tê·ḇāh) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8392.htm">Strong's 8392: </a> A box, chest finish [its walls] תְּכַלֶ֣נָּה‪‬ (tə·ḵa·len·nāh) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3615.htm">Strong's 3615: </a> To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent a cubit אַמָּה֙ (’am·māh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_520.htm">Strong's 520: </a> A mother, a cubit, a door-base from the top, מִלְמַ֔עְלָה (mil·ma‘·lāh) Preposition-m, Preposition-l | Adverb | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4605.htm">Strong's 4605: </a> The upper part, with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top place תָּשִׂ֑ים (tā·śîm) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> Put -- to put, place, set a door וּפֶ֥תַח (ū·p̄e·ṯaḥ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6607.htm">Strong's 6607: </a> An opening, door, entrance way in the side בְּצִדָּ֣הּ (bə·ṣid·dāh) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6654.htm">Strong's 6654: </a> A side, an adversary of the ark, הַתֵּבָ֖ה (hat·tê·ḇāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8392.htm">Strong's 8392: </a> A box, chest and build תַּֽעֲשֶֽׂהָ׃ (ta·‘ă·śe·hā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make lower, תַּחְתִּיִּ֛ם (taḥ·tî·yim) Adjective - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8482.htm">Strong's 8482: </a> Lowermost, the depths middle, שְׁנִיִּ֥ם (šə·nî·yim) Number - ordinal masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8145.htm">Strong's 8145: </a> Second (an ordinal number) and upper {decks}. וּשְׁלִשִׁ֖ים (ū·šə·li·šîm) Conjunctive waw | Number - ordinal masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7992.htm">Strong's 7992: </a> Third, feminine a, third, a third, a third-story cell) <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/6-16.htm">Genesis 6:16 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/genesis/6-16.htm">Genesis 6:16 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/genesis/6-16.htm">Genesis 6:16 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/genesis/6-16.htm">Genesis 6:16 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/genesis/6-16.htm">Genesis 6:16 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/6-16.htm">Genesis 6:16 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/6-16.htm">Genesis 6:16 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/6-16.htm">Genesis 6:16 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/6-16.htm">Genesis 6:16 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/genesis/6-16.htm">Genesis 6:16 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/genesis/6-16.htm">OT Law: Genesis 6:16 You shall make a roof (Gen. 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