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Genesis 6:15

King James Version (KJV)

And this is the fashion which thou shalt 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.

Translations

Genesis 6:15 - Amplified Bible

And this is the way you are to make it: the length of the ark shall be 300 cubits, its breadth 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits [that is, 450 ft. x 75 ft. x 45 ft.].

Genesis 6:15 - American Standard Version

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.

Genesis 6:15 - Bible in Basic English

And this is the way you are to make it: it is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.

Genesis 6:15 - Darby Bible

And thus shalt thou make it: let the length of the ark be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

Genesis 6:15 - English Standard Version

This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark 300 cubits, its breadth 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits.

Genesis 6:15 - King James Version

And this is the fashion which thou shalt 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.

Genesis 6:15 - La Biblia de las Americas

Y de esta manera la harás: de trescientos codos (Un codo equivale aprox. a 45 cm.) la longitud del arca, de cincuenta codos su anchura y de treinta codos su altura.

Genesis 6:15 - The Message

Genesis 6:15 - New American Standard Bible

~"This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred (I.e. One cubit equals approx 18 in.) cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.

Genesis 6:15 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

~"De esta manera la harás: de 135 metros la longitud del arca, de 22.5 metros su anchura y de 13.5 metros su altura.

Genesis 6:15 - World English Bible

This is how you shall make it. The length of the ark will be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

Genesis 6:15 - Young's Living Translation

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;

Genesis 6:15 - Additional Comments

The ark was very big. The cubit is generally considered to be about 18 inches, so this would make the ark about 450 x 75 x 75 feet. That would make it capable of storing the equivalent of 569 standard railroad stock cars. It may have been shaped very much like a rectangular box.

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