Genesis 6:14

King James Version (KJV)

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

Translations

Genesis 6:14 - Amplified Bible

Make yourself an ark of gopher {or} cypress wood; make in {it} rooms (stalls, pens, coops, nests, cages, and compartments) and cover it inside and out with pitch (bitumen).

Genesis 6:14 - American Standard Version

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

Genesis 6:14 - Bible in Basic English

Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood with rooms in it, and make it safe from the water inside and out.

Genesis 6:14 - Darby Bible

Make thyself an ark of gopher wood: [with] cells shalt thou make the ark; and pitch it inside and outside with pitch.

Genesis 6:14 - English Standard Version

Make yourself an ark of gopher wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch.

Genesis 6:14 - King James Version

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

Genesis 6:14 - La Biblia de las Americas

Hazte un arca de madera de ciprés; harás el arca con compartimientos, y la calafatearás por dentro y por fuera con brea.

Genesis 6:14 - The Message

"Build yourself a ship from teakwood. Make rooms in it. Coat it with pitch inside and out. Make it 450 feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and forty-five feet high. Build a roof for it and put in a window eighteen inches from the top; put in a door on the side of the ship; and make three decks, lower, middle, and upper.

Genesis 6:14 - New American Standard Bible

~"Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make the ark with rooms, and shall cover it inside and out with pitch.

Genesis 6:14 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

~"Hazte un arca de madera de ciprés. Harás el arca con compartimientos, y la cubrirás con brea por dentro y por fuera.

Genesis 6:14 - World English Bible

Make an ark of gopher wood. You shall make rooms in the ark, and shall seal it inside and outside with pitch.

Genesis 6:14 - Young's Living Translation

`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;

Genesis 6:14 - Additional Comments

Both the Hebrew (also Exodus 2:3-5) word for ark means "chest" or "box", as does the Greek word (Matt 24:38, Luke 17:27, Heb 11:7, 1 Peter 3:20). It was probably more a box than a ship. It was not intended for navigation, only for flotation.
This is the only place in the Bible where gopher wood is mentioned. It is unclear what type of wood it was, but it must have been well-known and plentiful in Noah's day. Some suggest it was cypress wood -- even the NIV translates it as such. It is thought to have been a resinous wood, and the resin of the wood was used to make the pitch used to seal the ark.
The Hebrew term for rooms literally means "nest". They were probably varying size pens.
What will God ask you to do? It certainly could not be more bizarre or create more stir than what God asked Noah to do! Will you trust that what God asks you to do is ultimately for the best?

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