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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/genesis/6.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/genesis/6.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/6.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Make the boat 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark 300 cubits, its breadth 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And this <i>is the fashion</i> which thou shalt make it <i>of</i>: The length of the ark <i>shall be</i> three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And this is how you shall make it: The length of the ark <i>shall be</i> three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark <i>shall be</i> three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And this is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now this is how you shall make it: the length of the ark 300 cubits, its breadth 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />This is the way you are to make it: the length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits (450’ x 75’ x 45’).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is how you are to make it: The ark will be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is how you are to make it: The ark will be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And this is how thou shalt make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Make it 133 meters long, 22 meters wide, and 13 meters high. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And this is how thou shalt make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />This is how you should build it: the ship is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Make it 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Make the ark like this: 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />This is how you should make it: The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And this is how you are to make it. The length of the vessel is to be five hundred seventeen feet, its breadth eighty-six feet, and its height fifty-two feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And this is the fashion in which thou shalt make it: the length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />This is how you shall make it. The length of the ship shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and this [is] how you do it: three hundred cubits [is] the length of the Ark, fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and this is that which thou dost with it: three hundred cubits is the length of the ark, fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And this which thou shalt make it, three hundred cubits the length of the ark; fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And thus shalt thou make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits: the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And thus shall you make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />This is how you shall build it: the length of the ark will be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And this is how you shall make it: the length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And thus make the length of the ark three hundred cubits and its width fifty cubits and its height thirty cubits.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And this is how thou shalt make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/6-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=1372" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/6.htm">Noah Builds the Ark</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">14</span>Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out. <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: wə·zeh (Conj-w:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">And this</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">is how</a> <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 build</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯāh (DirObjM:: 3fs) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">it:</a> <a href="/hebrew/8392.htm" title="8392: hat·tê·ḇāh (Art:: N-fs) -- A box, chest. Perhaps of foreign derivation; a box.">The ark</a> <a href="/hebrew/7969.htm" title="7969: šə·lōš (Number-fsc) -- A three, triad. Or shalosh; masculine shlowshah; or shloshah; a primitive number; three; occasionally third, or Thrice.">is to be 300</a> <a href="/hebrew/3967.htm" title="3967: mê·’ō·wṯ (Number-fpc) -- Hundred. Or metyah; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction."></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).">cubits</a> <a href="/hebrew/753.htm" title="753: ’ō·reḵ (N-msc) -- Length. From 'arak; length.">long,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2572.htm" title="2572: ḥă·miš·šîm (Number-cp) -- Fifty. Multiple of chamesh; fifty.">50</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).">cubits</a> <a href="/hebrew/7341.htm" title="7341: rā·ḥə·bāh (N-msc:: 3fs) -- Breadth, width. From rachab; width.">wide,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7970.htm" title="7970: ū·šə·lō·šîm (Conj-w:: Number-cp) -- Thirty. Or shloshiym; multiple of shalowsh; thirty; or thirtieth.">and 30</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).">cubits</a> <a href="/hebrew/6967.htm" title="6967: qō·w·mā·ṯāh (N-fsc:: 3fs) -- Height. From quwm; height.">high.</a> </span><span class="reftext">16</span>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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-7.htm">Hebrews 11:7</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-20.htm">1 Peter 3:20</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-37.htm">Matthew 24:37-39</a></span><br />As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. / 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-26.htm">Luke 17:26-27</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-5.htm">2 Peter 2:5</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-9.htm">Isaiah 54:9</a></span><br />“For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/22-15.htm">Job 22:15-17</a></span><br />Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod? / They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood. / They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/14-14.htm">Ezekiel 14:14</a></span><br />then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/14-20.htm">Ezekiel 14:20</a></span><br />then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. Their righteousness could deliver only themselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/22-15.htm">1 Chronicles 22:15-16</a></span><br />You also have many workers: stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and men skilled in every kind of work— / in gold and silver, bronze and iron—craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the LORD be with you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/25-10.htm">Exodus 25:10-11</a></span><br />And they are to construct an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high. / Overlay it with pure gold both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/37-1.htm">Exodus 37:1-2</a></span><br />Bezalel went on to construct the ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high. / He overlaid it with pure gold, both inside and out, and made a gold molding around it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/6-2.htm">1 Kings 6:2</a></span><br />The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/6-19.htm">1 Kings 6:19-20</a></span><br />Solomon also prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there. / The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/6-23.htm">1 Kings 6:23-28</a></span><br />In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim, each ten cubits high, out of olive wood. / One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing was five cubits long as well. So the full wingspan was ten cubits. / The second cherub also measured ten cubits; both cherubim had the same size and shape, ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And this is the fashion which you shall 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.</p><p class="hdg">cubits.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/7-20.htm">Genesis 7:20</a></b></br> Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/3-11.htm">Deuteronomy 3:11</a></b></br> For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead <i>was</i> a bedstead of iron; <i>is</i> it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits <i>was</i> the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/6-14.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/revelation/21-16.htm">Breadth</a> <a href="/jude/1-20.htm">Build</a> <a href="/revelation/21-17.htm">Cubits</a> <a href="/james/1-11.htm">Fashion</a> <a href="/revelation/22-8.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/acts/19-19.htm">Fifty</a> <a href="/revelation/21-16.htm">Height</a> <a href="/revelation/22-3.htm">High</a> <a href="/genesis/6-3.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-4.htm">Length</a> <a href="/genesis/6-14.htm">Ship</a> <a href="/genesis/5-16.htm">Thirty</a> <a href="/genesis/6-10.htm">Three</a> <a href="/genesis/6-12.htm">Way</a> <a href="/revelation/21-16.htm">Wide</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/6-16.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/genesis/13-17.htm">Breadth</a> <a href="/genesis/11-4.htm">Build</a> <a href="/genesis/7-20.htm">Cubits</a> <a href="/exodus/26-30.htm">Fashion</a> <a href="/genesis/7-20.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/genesis/7-24.htm">Fifty</a> <a href="/exodus/17-10.htm">Height</a> <a href="/genesis/6-16.htm">High</a> <a href="/genesis/7-6.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/genesis/13-17.htm">Length</a> <a href="/genesis/6-16.htm">Ship</a> <a href="/genesis/11-12.htm">Thirty</a> <a href="/genesis/7-13.htm">Three</a> <a href="/genesis/8-7.htm">Way</a> <a href="/genesis/10-11.htm">Wide</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/6-1.htm">The wickedness of the world, which provoked God's wrath.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/6-8.htm">Noah finds grace.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/6-9.htm">His family line</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/6-14.htm">The order, form, dimensions, and building of the ark.</a></span><br></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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>And this is how you are to build it:</b><br>This phrase introduces God's specific instructions to Noah for constructing the ark. It emphasizes the divine origin of the design, highlighting God's sovereignty and involvement in human affairs. The detailed instructions reflect God's care and precision, ensuring the ark's functionality and safety. This mirrors the detailed instructions given later for the Tabernacle (Exodus 25-31), showing God's desire for order and obedience.<p><b>The ark is to be 300 cubits long,</b><br>A cubit is an ancient measurement roughly equivalent to 18 inches or 45 centimeters, making the ark approximately 450 feet or 137 meters long. This immense size underscores the seriousness of the impending flood and the need for a vessel capable of preserving life. The ark's dimensions suggest a massive structure, comparable in size to modern ocean liners, indicating the scale of God's plan for salvation through Noah.<p><b>50 cubits wide,</b><br>This width, about 75 feet or 23 meters, contributes to the ark's stability and capacity. The proportions of the ark (length to width ratio of 6:1) are similar to those of modern ships, which are designed for stability in rough seas. This detail highlights the practicality and wisdom of God's design, ensuring the ark could withstand the floodwaters.<p><b>and 30 cubits high.</b><br>The height, approximately 45 feet or 13.5 meters, allows for multiple decks within the ark, maximizing space for Noah's family and the animals. This vertical dimension also suggests a structure that could endure the tumultuous conditions of the flood. The three levels (<a href="/genesis/6-16.htm">Genesis 6:16</a>) may symbolize completeness and divine order, as seen in other scriptural instances of the number three, such as the Trinity or Jesus' resurrection on the third day.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/n/noah.htm">Noah</a></b><br>A righteous man chosen by God to build the ark and preserve life during the flood.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The divine being who instructs Noah on how to build the ark, demonstrating His sovereignty and plan for salvation.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_ark.htm">The Ark</a></b><br>A large vessel constructed by Noah according to God's specifications to save his family and pairs of every living creature from the flood.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_flood.htm">The Flood</a></b><br>A cataclysmic event sent by God to cleanse the earth of its widespread wickedness.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_earth.htm">The Earth</a></b><br>The setting for the events, which is filled with corruption and violence, prompting God's decision to send the flood.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_instructions.htm">Obedience to God's Instructions</a></b><br>Noah's precise adherence to God's specifications for the ark demonstrates the importance of following God's guidance in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_action.htm">Faith in Action</a></b><br>Building the ark was an act of faith for Noah, showing that true faith is accompanied by action, even when the task seems daunting or the outcome uncertain.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_and_protection.htm">God's Provision and Protection</a></b><br>The ark symbolizes God's provision and protection for those who trust in Him, reminding us of His faithfulness in times of trial.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/j/judgment_and_salvation.htm">Judgment and Salvation</a></b><br>The flood account illustrates both God's judgment on sin and His provision of salvation, pointing to the ultimate salvation through Jesus Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/preparedness_for_god's_timing.htm">Preparedness for God's Timing</a></b><br>Just as Noah prepared for the flood, we are called to be spiritually prepared for Christ's return, living in a way that reflects readiness and anticipation.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_all_species_fit_on_the_ark.htm">How could all animal species fit and survive on the ark for the duration of the flood (Genesis 7)? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_noah's_ark_discovery_confirmed.htm">Is Noah's Ark discovery confirmed?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_the_genesis_flood_proven.htm">Is the Genesis flood scientifically proven?</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>(15) <span class= "bld">Cubits.</span>--The cubit is the length of the arm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger. As, further, it was regarded as one-fourth of a man's height, we may safely compute it at eighteen inches, except where the sacred or longer cubit is expressly mentioned. Thus the ark was 450 feet long, 75 broad, and 45 in depth. The <span class= "ital">Great Eastern </span>is much larger, being: 680 feet in length. However simple her construction, there would be great difficulty in building so large a vessel, from the danger of her breaking her back, especially in the tempestuous weather which followed.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 15.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And this</span> is the fashion <span class="cmt_word">which thou shalt make it of</span>. The shape of it is not described, but only its dimensions given. <span class="cmt_word">The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits</span>, - a cubit = the length from the elbow to the middle finger (<a href="/deuteronomy/3-11.htm">Deuteronomy 3:11</a>); nearly twenty-two inches, if the sacred cubit; if the common, eighteen inches, - the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. With a cubit of twenty-one inches, the length would he 525 feet, the breadth 87 feet 6 inches, dimensions not dissimilar to those of the <span class="accented">Great Eastern</span> which is 680 feet long, 83 feet broad, and 58 feet deep. The cubic contents of the ark with these dimensions would be 2,411,718'75 feet, which, allowing forty cubic feet per ton, would give a carrying capacity equal to 32,800 tons. P. Jansen of Holland, in 1609, proved by actual experiment that a ship constructed after the pattern of the ark, though not adapted for sailing, would in reality carry a cargo greater by one-third than any other form of like cubical content. The difficulty of building a vessel of such enormous magnitude, T. Lewis thinks, may be got over by remembering the extreme simplicity of its structure, the length of time allowed for its erection, the physical constitution of the builders, and the facilities for obtaining materials which may have existed in abundance in their vicinity. Bishop Wilkins ('Essay towards a Philosophical Character and Language'), Dr. A. Clarke, and Bush are satisfied that the ark was large enough to contain all the animals directed to be taken into it, along with provision for a twelvemonth; but computations founded on the number of the species presently existing must of necessity be precarious; and besides, it is at least doubtful whether the Deluge was universal, or only partial and local, in which case the difficulty (so called) completely vanishes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/6-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And this</span><br /><span class="heb">וְזֶ֕ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·zeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> </span><span class="str2">This, that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is how</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you are to build</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּֽעֲשֶׂ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(ta·‘ă·śeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it:</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹתָ֑הּ</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">The ark</span><br /><span class="heb">הַתֵּבָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(hat·tê·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8392.htm">Strong's 8392: </a> </span><span class="str2">A box, chest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[is to be] 300</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁלֹ֧שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(šə·lōš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7969.htm">Strong's 7969: </a> </span><span class="str2">Three, third, thrice</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cubits</span><br /><span class="heb">אַמָּ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(’am·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_520.htm">Strong's 520: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mother, a cubit, a door-base</span><br /><br /><span class="word">long,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹ֚רֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·reḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_753.htm">Strong's 753: </a> </span><span class="str2">Length</span><br /><br /><span class="word">50</span><br /><span class="heb">חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים</span> <span class="translit">(ḥă·miš·šîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2572.htm">Strong's 2572: </a> </span><span class="str2">Fifty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cubits</span><br /><span class="heb">אַמָּה֙</span> <span class="translit">(’am·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_520.htm">Strong's 520: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mother, a cubit, a door-base</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wide,</span><br /><span class="heb">רָחְבָּ֔הּ</span> <span class="translit">(rā·ḥə·bāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7341.htm">Strong's 7341: </a> </span><span class="str2">Breadth, width</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and 30</span><br /><span class="heb">וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(ū·šə·lō·šîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7970.htm">Strong's 7970: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thirty, thirtieth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cubits</span><br /><span class="heb">אַמָּ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(’am·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_520.htm">Strong's 520: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mother, a cubit, a door-base</span><br /><br /><span class="word">high.</span><br /><span class="heb">קוֹמָתָֽהּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(qō·w·mā·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6967.htm">Strong's 6967: </a> </span><span class="str2">Height</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/6-15.htm">Genesis 6:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/6-15.htm">Genesis 6:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/6-15.htm">Genesis 6:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/6-15.htm">Genesis 6:15 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/6-15.htm">Genesis 6:15 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/6-15.htm">Genesis 6:15 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/6-15.htm">Genesis 6:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/6-15.htm">Genesis 6:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/6-15.htm">Genesis 6:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/6-15.htm">Genesis 6:15 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/6-15.htm">OT Law: Genesis 6:15 This is how you shall make it (Gen. 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