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Then construct decks and stalls throughout its interior. <a href="/esv/genesis/6.htm">English Standard Version</a> Make yourself an ark of gopher wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch. <a href="/bsb/genesis/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out. <a href="/kjv/genesis/6.htm">King James Bible</a> Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. <a href="/nkjv/genesis/6.htm">New King James Version</a> Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch. <a href="/nasb_/genesis/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make the ark with compartments, and cover it inside and out with pitch. <a href="/nasb/genesis/6.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make the ark with rooms, and shall cover it inside and out with pitch. <a href="/nasb77/genesis/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make the ark with rooms, and shall cover it inside and out with pitch. <a href="/lsb/genesis/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make the ark with rooms, and you shall cover it inside and out with pitch. <a href="/amp/genesis/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Make yourself an ark of gopher wood; make in it rooms (stalls, pens, coops, nests, cages, compartments) and coat it inside and out with pitch (bitumen). <a href="/csb/genesis/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “Make yourself an ark of gopher wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it with pitch inside and outside. <a href="/hcsb/genesis/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Make yourself an ark of gopher wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it with pitch inside and outside. <a href="/asv/genesis/6.htm">American Standard Version</a> Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. <a href="/cev/genesis/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Get some good lumber and build a boat. Put rooms in it and cover it with tar inside and out. <a href="/erv/genesis/6.htm">English Revised Version</a> Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. <a href="/gwt/genesis/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Make yourself a ship of cypress wood. Make rooms in the ship and coat it inside and out with tar. <a href="/gnt/genesis/6.htm">Good News Translation</a> Build a boat for yourself out of good timber; make rooms in it and cover it with tar inside and out. <a href="/isv/genesis/6.htm">International Standard Version</a> So make yourself an ark out of cedar, constructing compartments in it, and cover it inside and out with tar. <a href="/msb/genesis/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out. <a href="/net/genesis/6.htm">NET Bible</a> Make for yourself an ark of cypress wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it with pitch inside and out. <a href="/nheb/genesis/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Make a box-shaped vessel of gopher wood. You are to make rooms in the vessel, and cover it inside and outside with pitch. <a href="/wbt/genesis/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Make thee an ark of gopher-wood: rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. <a href="/web/genesis/6.htm">World English Bible</a> Make a ship of gopher wood. You shall make rooms in the ship, and shall seal it inside and outside with pitch. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/genesis/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Make an ark of gopher-wood for yourself; you make rooms within the Ark, and you have covered it from inside and from outside with pitch; <a href="/ylt/genesis/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'Make for thyself an ark of gopher-wood; rooms dost thou make with the ark, and thou hast covered it within and without with cypress; <a href="/slt/genesis/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Make to thee a box of pitch wood; nests shalt thou make in the ark, and cover it from within and from without with pitch.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/genesis/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Make thee an ark of timber planks: thou shalt make little rooms in the ark, and thou shalt pitch it within and without. <a href="/cpdv/genesis/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Make yourself an ark from smoothed wood. You shall make little dwelling places in the ark, and you shall smear pitch on the interior and exterior. <a href="/nabre/genesis/6.htm">New American Bible</a> Make yourself an ark of gopherwood, equip the ark with various compartments, and cover it inside and out with pitch. <a href="/nrsvce/genesis/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/genesis/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Make yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and daub it without and within with pitch. <a href="/hpbt/genesis/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Make for you an ark of the wood of acacia box wood; make it stories for the ark and smear it from outside and from inside with pitch.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/genesis/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Make thee an ark of gopher wood; with rooms shalt thou make the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. <a href="/sep/genesis/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Make therefore for thyself an ark of square timber; thou shalt make the ark in compartments, and thou shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. <a href="/parallel/genesis/6-14.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=1364" 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> 13Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth. 14<a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ă·śêh (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">Make</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- ">for yourself</a> <a href="/hebrew/8392.htm" title="8392: tê·ḇaṯ (N-fsc) -- A box, chest. Perhaps of foreign derivation; a box.">an ark</a> <a href="/hebrew/1613.htm" title="1613: ḡō·p̄er (N-ms) -- Gopher (a kind of tree or wood). From an unused root, probably meaning to house in; a kind of tree or wood, apparently the cypress.">of gopher</a> <a href="/hebrew/6086.htm" title="6086: ‘ă·ṣê- (N-mpc) -- Tree, trees, wood. From atsah; a tree; hence, wood.">wood;</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.">make</a> <a href="/hebrew/7064.htm" title="7064: qin·nîm (N-mp) -- A nest. Contracted from qanan; a nest, sometimes including the nestlings; figuratively, a chamber or dwelling.">rooms</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (Prep) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">in</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/3722.htm" title="3722: wə·ḵā·p̄ar·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- A primitive root; to cover; figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel.">and coat</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/3724.htm" title="3724: bak·kō·p̄er (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- From kaphar; properly, a cover, i.e. a village; bitumen, and the henna plant; figuratively, a redemption-price.">with pitch</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: mib·ba·yiṯ (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">inside</a> <a href="/hebrew/2351.htm" title="2351: ū·mi·ḥūṣ (Conj-w, Prep-m:: N-ms) -- The outside, a street. Or chuts; from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by a wall, i.e. Outside, outdoors.">and out.</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.…<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/2-3.htm">Exodus 2:3</a> But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. <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="/matthew/24-37.htm">Matthew 24:37-39</a> 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. <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="/isaiah/54-9.htm">Isaiah 54:9</a> “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. <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="/job/22-15.htm">Job 22:15-17</a> 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?’ <a href="/ezekiel/14-14.htm">Ezekiel 14:14</a> then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD. <a href="/ezekiel/14-20.htm">Ezekiel 14:20</a> 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. <a href="/1_chronicles/1-4.htm">1 Chronicles 1:4</a> The sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. <a href="/isaiah/54-9.htm">Isaiah 54:9</a> “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. <a href="/2_peter/3-6.htm">2 Peter 3:6</a> through which the world of that time perished in the flood. <a href="/romans/1-20.htm">Romans 1:20</a> For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse. <a href="/psalms/29-10.htm">Psalm 29:10</a> The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD is enthroned as King forever.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Make you an ark of gopher wood; rooms shall you make in the ark, and shall pitch it within and without with pitch.A.<a href="/matthew/24-38.htm">Matthew 24:38</a> For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,<a href="/luke/17-27.htm">Luke 17:27</a> They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.<a href="/1_peter/3-20.htm">1 Peter 3:20</a> Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.rooms.<a href="/exodus/2-3.htm">Exodus 2:3</a> And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/revelation/11-19.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-19.htm">Cells</a> <a href="/jude/1-23.htm">Coat</a> <a href="/revelation/6-15.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-2.htm">Cypress</a> <a href="/revelation/5-4.htm">Inside</a> <a href="/revelation/22-15.htm">Outside</a> <a href="/daniel/11-45.htm">Pitch</a> <a href="/john/14-2.htm">Rooms</a> <a href="/revelation/2-25.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/revelation/22-10.htm">Seal</a> <a href="/revelation/18-17.htm">Ship</a> <a href="/james/2-8.htm">Thyself</a> <a href="/genesis/2-10.htm">Water</a> <a href="/revelation/11-19.htm">Within</a> <a href="/revelation/18-12.htm">Wood</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/6-15.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/jeremiah/37-16.htm">Cells</a> <a href="/genesis/37-3.htm">Coat</a> <a href="/genesis/20-16.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-8.htm">Cypress</a> <a href="/genesis/9-21.htm">Inside</a> <a href="/genesis/9-22.htm">Outside</a> <a href="/exodus/2-3.htm">Pitch</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-25.htm">Rooms</a> <a href="/genesis/6-19.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/genesis/38-18.htm">Seal</a> <a href="/genesis/6-15.htm">Ship</a> <a href="/genesis/6-21.htm">Thyself</a> <a href="/genesis/6-17.htm">Water</a> <a href="/genesis/6-16.htm">Within</a> <a href="/genesis/22-3.htm">Wood</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'; </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>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <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> </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>Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; The command to "make for yourself" indicates a personal responsibility and divine directive given to Noah. The term "ark" is unique, used here and in the story of Moses' basket, symbolizing salvation and deliverance. "Gopher wood" is a term not found elsewhere in Scripture, leading to various interpretations, including cypress or cedar, known for durability. This wood choice emphasizes the ark's role as a vessel of preservation. The construction of the ark prefigures Christ as the ultimate means of salvation, providing refuge from judgment.make rooms in the ark The instruction to "make rooms" suggests organization and provision for all living creatures. This reflects God's orderliness and care in His plans. The Hebrew word for "rooms" can also mean "nests," indicating a place of safety and rest. This aspect of the ark can be seen as a type of the church, where believers find refuge and community. The detailed preparation mirrors the meticulous care God takes in His redemptive plan.and coat it with pitch inside and out. The use of "pitch" for sealing the ark is significant for its protective function, ensuring the ark's watertight integrity. The Hebrew word for "pitch" is similar to the word for "atonement," symbolizing covering and protection from judgment. This act of sealing can be seen as a type of Christ's atoning work, covering believers from the wrath of God. The dual application "inside and out" underscores the comprehensive nature of God's salvation, safeguarding both the internal and external aspects of life.<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. His obedience and faith are central to this account. 2. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The divine being who commands Noah to build the ark as a means of salvation from the impending flood. 3. <a href="/topical/a/ark.htm">Ark</a> A large vessel constructed by Noah according to God's specifications, serving as a means of preservation for Noah's family and the animal species. 4. <a href="/topical/g/gopher_wood.htm">Gopher Wood</a> The specific type of wood instructed by God for the construction of the ark. The exact nature of "gopher wood" is unknown, but it signifies the importance of following God's precise instructions. 5. <a href="/topical/p/pitch.htm">Pitch</a> A substance used to waterproof the ark, symbolizing protection and security provided by God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_instructions.htm">Obedience to God's Instructions</a> Noah's meticulous adherence to God's command to build the ark demonstrates the importance of following divine guidance, even when it seems daunting or unclear. <a href="/topical/f/faith_in_action.htm">Faith in Action</a> Noah's construction of the ark is a powerful example of faith manifested through action. Believers are called to act on their faith, trusting in God's promises and instructions. <a href="/topical/d/divine_protection_and_provision.htm">Divine Protection and Provision</a> The ark, coated with pitch, symbolizes God's provision of safety and security. Believers can trust in God's protection in the midst of life's storms. <a href="/topical/p/preparation_for_judgment.htm">Preparation for Judgment</a> The building of the ark serves as a reminder of the importance of spiritual preparedness for God's judgment, encouraging believers to live righteously. <a href="/topical/s/symbol_of_salvation.htm">Symbol of Salvation</a> The ark is a foreshadowing of Christ's salvation, offering a refuge from judgment. Believers find their ultimate safety and deliverance in Jesus.<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/how_did_noah_fit_all_on_the_ark.htm">How did Noah fit all animals on the Ark?</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/why_do_biblical_miracles_echo_older_myths.htm">Why do biblical miracles resemble myths from earlier cultures?</a> <a href="/q/what_type_of_wood_is_gopher_wood.htm">What type of wood is gopher wood?</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>(14) Make thee an ark.--Tebah, a word so archaic that scholars neither know its derivation, nor even to what language it belongs. It is certain, however, that it was an oblong box, not capable of sailing, but intended merely to float. In the Chaldean account of the deluge, the language everywhere is that of a maritime people: the history in Genesis is as plainly the work of a people living inland.Of gopher wood.--Heb., trees (or beams) of gopher This is also a word which occurs nowhere else, but means the cypress (Cupressus sempervirens), a tall, upright evergreen tree, of great durability, and anciently much valued for shipbuilding.Rooms.--Literally, nests, small cells or cabins, arranged in three tiers, so that the interlacing of the timbers might aid in holding the whole structure together.Pitch.--That is, natural bitumen. The ark therefore must have been built in some country where this natural product is easily obtainable, as in Assyria.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 14. - Make thee an ark. תֵּבַת, constr. of תֵּבָה, etymology unknown (Gesenius); of Shemitic origin, from תָּבָה, to be hollow (Furst); of Egyptian derivation, a boat being called tept (Keil, Kalisch, Knobel); from the Sanskrit pota, a pot or boat (Bohlen); "a peculiar archaic term for a very unusual thing, like מַבּוּל, the term for the Flood itself" (T. Lewis); translated κιβωτός θίβη (LXX.), area (Vulgate), λάρναξ (Nicolas Damaseenus), πλοῖον (Berosus); not a ship in the ordinary acceptation of the word, but a box or chest (cf. <a href="/exodus/2-3.htm">Exodus 2:3</a>) capable of floating on the waters. "Similar vessels, generally, however, drawn by horses or men, were and are still used in some parts of Europe and Asia" (Kalisch). Of gopher wood. Literally, woods of gopher (גֹפֶר: ἅπαξ λεγ.., the root of which, like כפר, seams to signify to cover (Kalisch); ligna bituminata (Vulgate); pitch trees, resinous trees, such as are used in ship-building (Gesenius); most likely cypress, κυπάρισσος (Bochart, Celsius, Keil), which was used "in some parts of Asia exclusively as the material for ships, in Athens for coffins, and in Egypt for mummy cases" (Kaliseh). "It is said too that the gates of St. Peter's Church at Rome (made of this wood), which lasted from the time of Constantine to that of Eugene IV., 1. a 1100 years, had in that period suffered no decay" (Bush). Rooms - kinnim, nests, applied metaphorically to the chambers of the ark - shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. וְכָפַרְתָּ בַּכֹּפֶר: literally, shalt cover it with a covering. The substance to be employed was probably bitumen or asphalt (ἄσφαλτος, LXX.; bitumen, Vulgate). The root (cf. English, cover) signifies also to pardon sin, i.e. to cover them from God's sight (<a href="/psalms/65-3.htm">Psalm 65:3</a>; <a href="/psalms/78-38.htm">Psalm 78:38</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/30-18.htm">2 Chronicles 30:18</a>), and to make expiation for sin, i.e. to obtain covering for them (<a href="/genesis/32-20.htm">Genesis 32:20</a>; <a href="/daniel/9-24.htm">Daniel 9:24</a>); whence gopher is used for a ransom (<a href="/exodus/21-30.htm">Exodus 21:30</a>; <a href="/exodus/30-12.htm">Exodus 30:12</a>), and cap-poreth, the covering of the ark (<a href="/exodus/25-17.htm">Exodus 25:17</a>), for the mercy-seat (ἱλαστήριον, LXX.; propitiatorium, Vulgate). <a href="/commentaries/genesis/6-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Make עֲשֵׂ֤ה (‘ă·śêh) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make for yourself לְךָ֙ (lə·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> an ark תֵּבַ֣ת (tê·ḇaṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8392.htm">Strong's 8392: </a> A box, chest of gopher גֹ֔פֶר (ḡō·p̄er) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1613.htm">Strong's 1613: </a> A kind of tree, wood, the cypress wood; עֲצֵי־ (‘ă·ṣê-) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6086.htm">Strong's 6086: </a> Tree, trees, wood 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 rooms קִנִּ֖ים (qin·nîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7064.htm">Strong's 7064: </a> A nest, the nestlings, a chamber, dwelling in אֶת־ (’eṯ-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_854.htm">Strong's 854: </a> Nearness, near, with, by, at, among the ark הַתֵּבָ֑ה (hat·tê·ḇāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8392.htm">Strong's 8392: </a> A box, chest and coat it with pitch וְכָֽפַרְתָּ֥ (wə·ḵā·p̄ar·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3722.htm">Strong's 3722: </a> To cover, to expiate, condone, to placate, cancel inside מִבַּ֥יִת (mib·ba·yiṯ) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house and out. וּמִח֖וּץ (ū·mi·ḥūṣ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2351.htm">Strong's 2351: </a> Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/6-14.htm">Genesis 6:14 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/genesis/6-14.htm">Genesis 6:14 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/genesis/6-14.htm">Genesis 6:14 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/genesis/6-14.htm">Genesis 6:14 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/genesis/6-14.htm">Genesis 6:14 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/6-14.htm">Genesis 6:14 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/6-14.htm">Genesis 6:14 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/6-14.htm">Genesis 6:14 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/6-14.htm">Genesis 6:14 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/genesis/6-14.htm">Genesis 6:14 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/genesis/6-14.htm">OT Law: Genesis 6:14 Make a ship of gopher wood (Gen. 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